1.e4
e6
2.d4
d5
3.Nc3
Bb4
4.e5
c5
5.a3
Bxc3+
6.bxc3
Ne7
7.Qg4
Qc7
8.Qxg7
Rg8
9.Qxh7
cxd4
10.Ne2
Nbc6
11.f4
Bd7
12.Qd3
dxc3
13.Rb1
I favor Nc3 today because the threat of Nc3-b5 usually motivates Black to play a6, when Rb1 leads to favorable in which black seems to have insufficient compensation for the pawn.
13...0-0-0
14.Nxc3
Na5
15.g3
Kb8
16.Ne2
An important move, to protect g3 and especially the key d4 square.
16...Nf5
17.Bh3
d4
Diagram
18.0-0!
Bc6
19.Rb4
Bd5
20.Bxf5
exf5
21.Rxd4
Two pawns ahead. Black does not have adequate compensation.
21...Be4
22.Qc3
Nc6
23.Rxd8+
Qxd8
24.Be3
Qh4
25.Bc5
The bishop will be strongly placed on d6
25...Qh3
26.Rf2
Meeting black's only possible threat 1-0