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If Black could not play this move then his counterplay would be
seriously stunted, and he would have to resort to 9 ... Rb8, which would be
wasting some time. Benjamin's computation is 10 e5 Nfd5, and then 11 Nxd5
could be answered either by 11 ... exd5, but more likely 11 ... Nxd5, where 12
c4 Nxe3 13 Bxa8 Nxc4 is not a problem for Black. I believe deFirmian will
ignore all of this and just castle queenside. Finally, it is also possible,
although a little dubious, for White to play 10 Nge2 and castle on the
kingside.
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