I guess I vote e5. Shall we play it
Martin vs the world analysis thread #4
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After e5 I think Martin will retreat to either h7 or e8, and I'm leaning more towards ...Nh7. Then we might be able to play e6, I haven't fully calculated it.
I vote e5 as well.
I think e6 is fine, if he captures he weakens his kingside. I actually don't think he'll play Nfd7, instead Ne8, leaving us with exd6 Nxd6..
Looking a 9. Kf1 right now, and there is nothing that inspires me.
Edugiorfi, who posts most every day on the Daily Puzzle, and lately posts famous chess quotes from chess masters, along with a picture of them, posted a week ago on the Yoyo puzzle:
"Each move must carry a threat, no matter how small."
Emanuel Lasker
Vote e5.
^e6 is only fine if he plays Nfd7, blocking the bishop.
If Ne8 or Nh7, I don't think e6 works for us.
Wait, in that image above, c5 is hanging, so he probably won't like that line. He'll have to go exd6, but this does allow him to trade a rook for bishop if he chooses. Caution required here.
Nonetheless, with our current e5 we may have him backing up, our control of the center is daunting, and we'll have plenty of more days to consider how things go forward in this very exciting Event Variant game!
9. e5 Nh7 10. exd6 exd6...
Re8 is trading a bishop for rook, nothing we can do. I don't like it.
So e5 is no good?
I'm finding some nice tactics if we give up a pawn with e6...
9. e5 Nh7 10. e6 fxe6 11. dxe6 Bxd6 12. Nd5 Nf6 13. Bb6 Qd7...
Now 14. Bc8 wins on the spot.
Of course he probably doesn't allow this, but this hopefully shows we have a dynamic position here.
USAuPzlBxBob wrote:
So e5 is no good?
I think it's ok if we give up the pawn with e6, but I don't like allowing Re8 to pin the two bishops. It kinda depends if the bishops are better than rooks. I think so, but it's not easy to be certain.
Lol I totally missed Rxc8 in that position above. Sorry.
Still, these bishops are a handful. I definitely do not want to allow a bishop/rook trade.
I'll look at things… we still have a few days to decide, at most… mostly… 
In Tug's diagram, while Bc8 fails, Nc7 is very good for us.
I can't see Martin trading pawns after e5, it leaves him worse.
He'll retreat the knight to d7, which then attacks the e5 pawn. We'd then have to play either e6 or exd6. I think I kinda like e6, but it's hard to say if the isolated pawn there (after fxe6 dxe6) is a strength or weakness.