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To lend more support to the e4 pawn, possibly by dropping the e3 bishop
back. Looking back, it seems that White may not incisive enough in meeting 6
... e6. He could have dispensed with 7 h3 and tried 7 Qd2 O-O 8 O-O-O Ne7 9
e5, basing his play on a wedge with the pawn on e5. It would not have been
necessary to play h2-h3 for this, as ... Nf6-g4 could always be met by Be3-g1.
In the above line, White gives Black d5 for his knights but tries to shut the
rest of Black's army in.
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