Chess Match: Shady Bill vs. Skybird

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by Shady Bill

8. Be3

your move 8. Bg5-e3 my move 8. ... / d6-d5



This was work and I am not really fully convinced of the outcome, but I spend the afternoon on this now and the rest of my life demands its rights, too, so somewhere oyu gotta make a decision and then call it a day. I also considered Rb8, h6, e5, even Qb6, but it seems it is all slowly, gently, almost unnoticably dropping the scale in Whites's favour within just 5, 6 more moves, very subtle. d5 is in principle possible I think, but maybe prematurely played.

I have no immediate worries, but really happy I am also not, I am too passive, still, lacking options. It should be different in the Pirc, that's why Black opts for it. However, White is far from an easy win with this.