Would Nimzowitsch be proud?

Hi everyone. :)

I've recently started reading Nimzowitsch's "My System" and was inspired to have a semi-serious game of chess after a brief respite from it. My Internet was unhelpfully offline at the time so this game was played against a chess program on my laptop. Sad to say, a lot of pieces were traded down early so it isn't the most exciting of games, but I hope you lovely people are willing to provide some feedback on it regardless. :)

There we have it. :) Machine: 1 Man:0

On a serious note, I would really appreciate if anybody could give me some feedback on the mistakes I made in this game, particularily in the endgame.

I'm surprised you didn't consider e5 as a major choice on move 3. It takes more central space & it doesn't bring more pieces to pressure your d4 pawn. By black having played Nc6 it hinders his ability to attack your center with a c5 pawn push. So by black not being able to play c5 so quickly it doesn't let him attack the base of your d4-d5 pawn chain which makes your center even stronger. I think playing e5 makes his Nc6 move a mistake.

That is a very good point. e5 should definitely have been a candidate move. I'm not at all sure why I didn't see it at the time. I'll keep in mind in the future that advancing the threatened pawn when the centre is attacked is an option. Thank you, MrDamonSmith. :)

You're welcome. & Nimzovich covers pawn chains in his book: attack it at its base.

Does anybody else have any advice to help me improve? :)

Don't be so eager trade pieces. Patience and pressure from piece play is more the nimzowich style. When you trade pieces you nullify your opponent's and also your own play and opportunities for favorable changes in the position.