After my opponent dropped the first pawn he wasn't during so well it seemed, at least he did not play very energetically and then he dropped another pawn, but then when he "sacrificed" his piece he really messed up, especially since he could have saved the knight.

The critical moment when he wrongfully gave up his knight.
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<b>1.</b><b>Nf3</b> <b>d6</b> <b>2.</b><b>g3</b> <b>e5</b> <b>3.</b><b>d3</b> <b>Be7</b> <b>4.</b><b>Bg2</b> <b>c6</b> <b>5.</b><b>O-O</b> <b>h6</b> <b>6.</b><b>c3</b> <b>Nf6</b> <b>7.</b><b>e4</b> <b>O-O</b> <b>8.</b><b>Nbd2</b> <b>Nbd7</b> <b>9.</b><b>Re1</b> <b>Nb6</b><br>
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Played to support a d6-d5 break, but that should be far away since he would drop a pawn if he does not adequately protect e5 first.<br>
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<b>10.</b><b>Nf1</b> <b>Bg4</b><br>
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It will not be enough to eliminate the knight, the e5 pawn is still hanging in the case that he plays the break to quickly.<br>
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<b>11.</b><b>h3</b> <b>Bxf3</b> <b>12.</b><b>Qxf3</b> <b>d5</b><b>?</b><br>
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This is just losing a pawn.<br>
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<b>13.</b><b>exd5</b> <b>cxd5</b> <b>14.</b><b>Rxe5</b> <b>Bd6</b> <b>15.</b><b>Re1</b> <b>Re8</b> <b>16.</b><b>Bf4</b> <b>Qd7</b> <b>17.</b><b>Bxd6</b> <b>Qxd6</b> <b>18.</b><b>d4</b><br>
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I just checked that Nc4 was not scary, after that I felt like this is a better position for white, besides being a pawn up, black should have no good play here.<br>
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<b>18...</b><b>Nc4</b> <b>19.</b><b>b3</b> <b>Nb6</b> <b>20.</b><b>Ne3</b> <b>Ne4</b><b>?</b><br>
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This also drops a pawn, this is more tactical so my opponent might not have considered my response.<br>
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<b>21.</b><b>Nxd5</b> <b>Nd2</b> <b>22.</b><b>Qf4</b><br>
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I had seen this, possibly this is the only critical test.<br>
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<b>22...</b><b>Qxf4</b> <b>23.</b><b>Nxf4</b> <b>g5</b> <b>24.</b><b>Nd3</b><br>
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Here white is winning, he made a very bad move later, giving up a piece unneccesarily which made the game entirely hopeless for black.<br>
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<b>24...</b><b>Rac8</b> <b>25.</b><b>c4</b> <b>Rcd8</b> <b>26.</b><b>d5</b> <b>Nd7</b> <b>27.</b><b>Rad1</b> <b>Rxe1+</b> <b>28.</b><b>Nxe1</b> <b>Nxc4</b><b>?</b><br>
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Re8 is better.<br>
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<b>29.</b><b>bxc4</b> <b>Ne5</b> <b>30.</b><b>c5</b> <b>Nc6</b> <b>31.</b><b>Nd3</b> <b>Nd4</b> <b>32.</b><b>d6</b> <b>Ne2+</b> <b>33.</b><b>Kf1</b> <b>Nc3</b> <b>34.</b><b>Rd2</b> <b>f5</b> <b>35.</b><b>Bxb7</b> <b>a5</b> <b>36.</b><b>Ne5</b> <b>1-0</b><br>
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