After winning the first game, I was able to relax a little for the second game of the match. I played Black and quickly found myself getting bottled up in the diagrammed position. I decide to go in for the possibly-complicated trade with Nxe5. Post-game discussion revealed that White saw farther ahead than I did but not far enough. He expected to win material by having his pawn take at e5, f6 and e7 to threaten my queen while letting my bishop take at b5 and c1. With my queen threatened, I would have to give up the bishop, he thought. Luckily for me, I was able to use the newly opened file to exchange queens and rescue my bishop.
After the smoke cleared, I had taken his rook and pawn at the cost of a knight. Not enough of an advantage for a clear win, but certainly an nice advantage, nonetheless. After some regrouping of pieces on both sides, White started to bring his king into the action to reach the next shown position. However, it turned out to be a blunder since the tactical reply Rd2+ won his bishop.
Now I had a comfortable lead, and in the final diagram I found a move to improve my overall position while giving back a little material. After Rxc3 Rxc3, Bxe5 I was a piece up with three strong passed pawns, and Black soon resigned.
That gives me 4 wins, 4 losses and no draws for a solid third place out of five.