R3 Manahan vs Sol Cruz

XAVIER INTER-SCHOOL MEET
Xavier School, San Juan City
R3 Grade School Division, G/60
W: Ralph MANAHAN [Ateneo]
B: Rhal SOL CRUZ [La Salle]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Be7? 6. c3 
6 Bxc6 + 7 Nxe5 is a pawn advantage.

6... b5 7. Bc2 O-O
Nothing is more important than safeguarding your K by castling early, within the first dozen moves, if possible. Evans in The 10 Most Common Chess Mistakes

8. O-O d5 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. Be3 Bg4 
In the opening, a B is best placed for attack when it controls a diagonal passing through the center or when it pins a hostile N and renders it immobile. Chernev in Logical Chess

11. Nbd2 Bf5

12. Qe2 Rad8
It is usually good play to get command of an open file, that is to say, a file which is occupied by no other man, by stationing a rook at one end of it.  Staunton in The Chess Player's Handbook

13. Ne4 Qd7 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Rad1 Qc8

16. d4 Bxc2 17. Qxc2 Rfe8 18. Bg5

18... Bxg5
[18... e4 19 Bxf6 exf3 20 Bh4, but if 20 Bxd8?? Qg4 -+, mate in 4 moves] 

19. Nxg5 g6 20. dxe5 [20. Qe4] Nxe5 21. Rfe1 Nc6

22. Nf3 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rd8
[23... Ne5 24 Nxe5 Rxe5 & 25... Qe8]

24. b3 Rxd1+ 25.Qxd1 Qd8 26. Qxd8+ Nxd8 
The position is equal but Rhal won in the endgame. 

Result: 0-1