Bd2

I like Be3.

Be3

Bd2

Chess.com... after white plays bxd6, houdini takes the bishop.. and white plays Qd3.. then white will inevitably be up in material..  and will perhaps have a better position.  Chess.com ftw!!!

Bxg6 fxg6 qd3 kf7 and black's better because we've just given up our important light-squared bishop for nothing. I vote Bd2

This is an interesting match...

K, white is not inevitably up in material after it trades the bishop and threatens..  

still like white's position- though it is indeed an interesting match

I think after us playing a4 black is at least equal.

@CS007: I think it would be interesting to see the Houdini evals after each move.

a division here. I like Be3 better, but it looks like Bd2 wins

#browni I'll put the eval in the original post after each move, I do remember Houdini saying he has a slight advantage, but much less than a pawn so its stilll pretty much equal

very cool concept btw, I'm curious where the game will go,

Be3Please be relevant, helpful & nice!

h6 by Houdini is a bad move in my opinion, for a couple of reasons. It doesn't do very much and it weakens the kingside, especially since we can now at any time play Bxg6. This isn't a good move right away though. I'm still afraid we don't stand much of a chance without organization.

true browni

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Rc1 seems like a logical move, it gets my vote as well

Rc1

Qc2 looks good to me.

Qc2

aims at g6

It's slightly unclear, we played Bd2? Followed by Houdini 0-0

Assuming this is so, I'm voting Qc2