Maybe he'd like to inaugurate a theoretical novelty

d5 for me

d5: 8 votes (Hueristic, boolberry, galdur, xmrpromotions, Morecoin Freeman, hermesesus, dre1982, jjacob)
h6: 1 vote (mdgreasyjohn)

d5: 9 votes (Hueristic, boolberry, galdur, xmrpromotions, Morecoin Freeman, hermesesus, dre1982, jjacob, languagehasmeaning)
h6: 1 vote (mdgreasyjohn)

Unlike last game when we were defending, this game we may end up the side with the initiative, albeit at the price of a pawn.

Yeah, bring it on OP.

Maybe he´s pondering whether to propose the main Marshall line I mentioned

9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6

Sorry it took me a while to respond. I have been pretty busy lately.

Nxd5 (galdur, boolberry)

I vote for 9...Nxd5.

Nxd5: 4 votes (galdur, boolberry, Hueristic, hermesesus)

It´s pretty much a forced line and theory.

Black sacrifices a pawn for a lead in development. He gets initiative. It´s kind of double-edged for both sides which is why it often leads to enjoyable games. Which is good because truth to be told most chess games are pretty boring affairs.