Beginner learning how to analyze my own game

Before I get to the game, here are some details about my chess play.  I started out here poorly, but have worked myself back up to 800 level.  I understand the basics of evaluating material advantages, but I'm not very good at analyzing position or attacks in the middlegame.  Even though this is a one game sample, I feel it is representative of my style and thinking.  I've commented on a lot of my movements that are probably obvious to many of you, but I do so because I'd like to know if my thinking and methods are sound.  Any constructive advice or things that I'm doing right on this game, or my playing philosophy, are welcome

Note:  If you haven't read "The Amateur's Mind" by Silman, and "How to Reassass Your Chess", also by Silman, I recommend them heartily.

Also look at "The Inner Game of Chess" by Andrew Soltis and "Winning Chess Strategies" by Seiriwan is worthwhile.

You're on the right track; you're putting thought into your games and analyzing afterward, but your opening is just a little too crazy.  Take a look at the study plans that chess.com have provided; click "learn" in the green ribbon bar on top.  There is a reason that beginners are advised to study opening principles and your game is unfortunately a good example of it.  Always try and stick a pawn on e4 or d4 to open.  I know Nf3 is a legitimate opening, but it's not for someone on your level. You and your opponent made way too many pawn moves in the beginning and the resulting pawn structure is just wrong.  I'm not qualified to do a move by move assessment of your game by any means, but remember the old adage that "well begun is half done" and see if you can't play more according to opening principles.  

may i ask why in  you didn't 27.Rxh3 . Anyway i suggest you to read some of the books people just recommended you and keep posting your games for analysis (other than me of course, i'm not even that good myself)

I hear you on the Nf3 opening being too above my head.  Most of the time I do open with e4 or d4 when I'm white, but I do like to test drive some other openings since I'm still not really sure I know what my identity as a chess player is yet.  However, it appears I need more studying in openings, especially if I'm going to branch out like that.  Thanks for the comments so far.  Anybody else?

Try 2) g3 next game.  Yes, these openings are "advanced" but so what.  The same things that make them difficult to play make them difficult to play *against* so you should be fine against an equal opponent. 

10) f3..  Qe2, then castle queenside and rip him up before he can develop anything.  His setup is a wreck.  Bishop, knight and rook for black are terrible, all he can do to develop is Na6?  or  O-O behind trashed pawns or yet more pawn moves to loosen up the bishop etc.  Yikes!

most of the rest looks pretty good, even very good, for your level.  Your opponent is weaker than you, you have learned a lot. 

Queen trade is probably OK, but I would have held onto it and tried to use it in the attack.  21 Be2 is right, he has to move it or lose it, and that buys you time to do things (a tempo).  He can't do anything useful with it.

your attack goes wrong on 26.    BxN looks good.  27, he hangs his bishop, you can take it.  Rook check is pointless and cannot harm you --- thankfully your bishop protects your knight so he cannot win it with a rook knight combo.   27 allows him to get your trapped rook, which is bad for you.

You are not hopeless.  You are the exchange down but there is a lot of play left and a draw is very possible, if he makes a mistake, a win is possible.  Losing will require him to play very well.

35 take his pawn.  yours easy to be stopped, and taking his splits his pawns making them weak targets. 

39) RxR!  This allows your king to come up to defend the pawn and moves his king away from your pawn, greatly helping your position.

47 Nx pawn seems better.

49 Kx pawn seems better. 50 Kxpawn

after losing the knight its about game over for you.

Your chess identify (style?) won't be apparent until you are much more advanced. Pegging yourself as a certain kind of player to early will stunt your growth in the future. I was told to "learn to play good chess first. Then you can decide what style of good chess you want to play." Keep at the learning mill!

Your Opponent sunk his own battleship when he played Damiano's defense.

Woah, is your profile pick Damien Sandow.  I bet he'd be good at chess.

Yes it is Damien Sandow, your intellectual saviour of the unwashed masses.

I totally pictured him when I read your first post here.