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The theoretical continuation here is 8 b3 Ne4 9 Bb2 Nxc3 10 Bxc3 Be4. In
this line, White gets his dark-squared bishop to a useful post. Gurevich's 8
Re1 is more difficult to understand, as Black can stop e2-e4 with the natural
8 ... Ne4. The idea for White is 9 Nxe4 Bxe4 10 Bf1, allowing 10 ... Bxf3 12
exf3, when the rook will be nicely posted, or if Black does not exchange, then
11 Nf3-d2 is the followup.
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