Pawn Strength

I won this game a while back. He resigned at the end because I was about to take his queen. My opponent played foolishly and had a few blunders. I want to start documenting my games and learning from my own strengths and weaknesses. One thing I did great here was controlling the center of the board. Many people I've played so far would rather push their pawns forward then simply trade them. It's pointless to push pawns forward without proper protection. I imagine as I go up in rank things will get more difficult for me. I'm glad I figured out how to embed my games on here. It took me a bit.