Pellik's idea is certainly appealing, and one that perhaps Gata Kamsky would endorse.
I am looking more at the types of endgames that Kramnik has played against 4.e3, and I think Black is ok in the variation below. I would need more time and some high-level correspondence
examples to feel more confident about this though.
It's the same line I posted last page #44, glad to see pfren had the same idea :) I posted the continuation 8...Qb6 9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.c5