While far from perfect the game below is one that I am very proud of.  Instead of winning simply because my opponent blundered away his or her pieces, I was able to mount a solid position and capitalize on favorable exchanges and imbalances.  Also, I played throughout the game with a plan in mind and was able to achieve most of my goals.  As always, further analysis is always welcome and I thank you all in advance for taking the game to examine my game and offer suggestions for future play.

Since I often fiancetto on the king side with the black pieces, I should probably try out the same for white for a change. This game is a good example to get me started since it was chockfull of aggressive tactics (a craving of mine). Your notes were instructive and clear. Thanks for posting, and well-played.

Thanks for the comment, drumdaddy.  I'm a big fan of the kingside fianchetto.  I've heard it claimed that the English opening is dull, but when white plays aggressively the English can simply explode -- and do so on either side of the board!

English is my favorite opening on both sides. I am trying to get people to fall into this trap as black

in the note to blacks 25th move, I believe black is still lost.

Thanks for the clarification, shuttlechess.  Once the saw the fork, I pretty much stopped looking at all beyond that.  Thanks for taking the time and reinforcing for me, why it is so important to see beyond the tactic.

It was a good game. Was it an on-line game or live chess match?

this was a cc game, malachi. 

Nice game, rednblack!

21. dxe5 Giving the e5 square to black and allows 3 of black's pieces to occupy that square seems kind of odd to me but after seeing the continuation, its hard to suggest good moves for Black.This move must have been calculated as I would of been too worried about giving those knights activity.

21. d5 and you're winning the b7 pawn by force and fixing the backward d6 pawn which you can pressure.

All in all, you played a very nice game while your opponent collapsed when you opened up the position which is a good idea when you possess the bishop pair vs. knights. I'm not sure which move on move 21 is better.

Thanks, Trysts.

@wilsonyiuwahwong, dxe5 certainly lets black play in the middle of the board, and this could very well be a major problem for white.  The thing I dislike about d5, though, is that it would blunt my light-squared bishop, and I wanted to keep as much ammunition as possible pointing at b7