2 wins and a draw perhaps?

Yep

That's 66% success though IMO

no that would be 2 wins and 1 loss

My point was I consider it a failure to only draw, I'm not debating the maths.

oh i see

Re1!

- overprotects e5 and enables White to play dxc5 without worrying about their e5-pawn

- frees the f1 square for the bishop (in case it gets disturbed by Nb4, e.g. after Black exchanges pawns cxd4, cxd4)

Re1! ftw (imo)

Re1

You guys should probably stop looking at opening books now, with this position only played like 6 times before, they're pretty worthless. Re1 is a logical move, developing the rook, ensuring protection of e5.

We might also want to start thinking of moving the f-knight so that we can push f4 at some point, it's a common plan in the French.

Re1 Be7 played. You have until 8 tommorow to submit your vote. Remember, all votes in red

Yes I've been wondering about that! 

After thaught it works:

33.33%/2 = 16.665

16.665+66.66

83.3% --  The openings book is vindicated

Na it is right, 2.5/3 = 83.3%.

Just depends whether you consider a draw a success

Defeated once again by simple math...

Anyway back to the chess I vote Nbd2.

I think Nbd2 gives away an advantage after black takes the d-pawn and Nb4, forcing the light-squared bishop to either go to a bad square on b1 or to be exchanged.

I vote Qe2 trying to provoke c4, closing in the center followed by 10. Bc2. We all know engines do poorly in closed positions, let's see if we can't get it to go into one.

I am with Typswn on this one, Nbd2

dxc5 seems to be a very strong move. Their bishop must move again (Bxc5), and then White can grab some space on the queenside (b4!) without any risk. Maybe the b-pawn can then also chase away their knight, and this will reduce Black's pressure on White's e5-pawn.

dxc5!

I find this interesting. Houdini is in analysis mode and wasn't given an opening to play its defense from. It choses the Sicilian Defense. When I force Chessmaster to play itself, making it use the Dunst Opening, but making it chose how to defend it, it immediately plays c5 and transposes to the Sicilian. That is cool to me that they see it the same. It makes me wonder why when I play the Sicilian, I always feel like it is very even and I have to be very carefully, though the computers seem to agree it is very strong. Maybe I am not agressive enough.

Be3 it develops a piece. no harm in that.                                                        

dc

Nbd2

Computers aren't tuned to evaluate opening moves at all.  A program's preference of 1.c5 over 1.Nf3 for example is unrelated to the objective value of the move.