[Event "Portishead v Clifton C"] [White "Hillier,C"] [Black "Borkowski,Andrew"] [Site ""] [Round ""] [Annotator ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2023.11.27"] [PlyCount "48"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Qe7 7. e3 Ngxe5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. Be2 a5 {An interesting line in which black tries to keep the 6th rank clear in order at some point to play Ra6 and then swing it over to the kingside} 10. O-O d6 {... or may be not!} 11. a3 Bxd2 12. Qxd2 a4 13. Rac1 {I play this variation as white also. Rac1 makes sense although best is} (13. c5 {although it is difficult to work it out over the board} dxc5 14. Qd5 f6 (14... Ng6 15. Bb5+ $1 Kf8 )15. Rac1 Ra5 16. Rfd1 b6 17. Bxe5 fxe5 18. Rd2 Qf6 19. Rcd1 )O-O 14. Rfd1 Ng6 15. Bg3 b6 16. Bf3 Rb8 17. Qb4 (17. Bc6 Bd7 18. Bb5 )Bd7 18. Qd2 Ne5 19. Be2 {May be 19.Bd5 might have slightly more winning chances?} Bc6 20. Qd4 Rfe8 21. Rd2 Rbd8 22. Rcd1 Rd7 23. Bxe5 dxe5 24. Qc3 Red8 {.. and with nothing in it a draw awas agreed} 1/2-1/2