I realize this has probably been talked about quite a bit on this forum, but I'm going to start another thread about this line anyway.
I was bored today and decided that a switch to the ...Na6 lines was in order, given my frustration with various ...Nc6 lines. I started by just looking through some recent games to see if I even like the positions, which I do. Then I decided to just dig in and do some work and to map out a repertoire. Typing all of it would be ridiculous, but basically I just went through a database and for each line that was played a lot, I selected what I thought was a good enough / best line and then selected some thematic high level games and put them into Wordpad, and went through them, analyzing them for improvements and trying to learn from them. Here is a brief synopsis. The 8. Re1 lines look to be the most worrisome to me, and I would welcome any thoughts on my chosen lines, what you play, and any moves that I missed (I may just not have posted them here for length reasons)
After
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. 0-0 Na6!? MINOR LINES:
8. Bg5 h6 Chosen game --> Kreiman-Nakamura, Foxwoods '03
8. d5 Nc5 Chosen games -> Keene - Torre, Manila '79
8. dxe5 Chosen game --> Osthoff - Naumann, Bad Wiesse '03
8. Rb1 Chosen game --> Goriachnik - Poldauf Parnormo '01
MAIN LINE 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8
10. dxe5 dxe5 11. h3 f6 Chosen Games --> Harikrishna - Morabiabadi, Dubai, '04
Medvegy - Brandenburg, EU Champs, '06
Barus - Damljanovic, Bled Olymp., '02
Simutowe - Perelshteyn, New York, '03
Pacheco - Izoria, World Junior Champs., '03
10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nd2 f6 Chosen games --> Schact - Perelshteyn, Foxwoods '07
Sasikiran - Mahadeo Thipsay, BPCL ch, '02
10. h3 f6 Chosen games --> Kadimova - Movesesian , Cappelle Open, '02
MAIN LINE 8. Re1 Qe8
9. Bg5 c6 Chosen games --> Renet - Marc Degraeve, French Champs, '07
9. Bf1 Bg4 10. d5 Nb4 Chosen games --> Ftacnik - Fercec, It Op., '98
Illescas Cordoba-Gelfand, Wijk Aan Zee, '93
Korchnoi - Gelfand, Wijk Aan Zee, '93
Ivanchuk - Milov, EuT Champs., '01
I'm a little suspicious of 10...Nb4, but I wasn't sure if there was anything much better. Let me know what you guys think.