Need some advice from a game I played yesterday.

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Okay, so I need a bit of advice. I am new to chess strategy and have slowly been reading "Bobby Fisher teaches chess" as well as working through the tactics and puzzles on chess.com. I have been playing chess since I was little, but never looked at developing my game and strategy until a month ago when I picked the game back up. I played a game against a friend of mine, who is decent at chess, after over the last month taking some time to develop a good opening strategy (spanish game) and starting to feel comfortable again with playing the computer (I can now beat on level one and two with ease). Anyways, this match ended in a draw but I realized a few things about my game that I would have not before I started studying as it has made me more mindful, but I am a bit lost on what I should to to correct or strengthen these areas I became aware of in the game. So the first thing I realized, to which he even commented on, I am a very aggressive player... are there tactics/openings/endgame/books/gm's who play very aggressively that I can study to help develop this and make it more of a strength for me, since I am obviously comfortable being aggressive in play? The second thing I realized during the game is that my first 10-15 moves were very strong, I controlled the center, developed pieces, connected rooks,  castled, and backed up most of my pieces on the board. I had him on the run and was collecting many of his pieces, everything looked very good for a while......BUT, as the game went on I found myself getting a bit confused with all of the possible moves, with all the thinking a step or two ahead, the backing up pieces etc....I could literally feel the mental fatigue setting in. With this I noticed that I made two blunders in moves with which allowed him to get back in the game. I ended up being able to pull back into the game enough to draw but also was lost on endgame strategy. I admit so far most of what I have looked at was learning the Ruy Lopez opening, which works well for me, as well as starting to work through the Bobby Fisher book, but I would appreciate any advice on the issues above I mentioned and how I can improve in those areas of my game as they seem to be the weakest at the moment and are costing me dearly. I feel very weak in the midgame and endgame. I wished I would have written down this game, but it was impromptu. please feel free to post any questions or advice, I greatly appreciate it.

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okay. thank you for the advice and help. I greatly appreciate it. I hope to have more games posted soon.