Dutch Leningrad according to stockfish and leela

[Pedro]

Hello guys, good afternoon for everyone.

I would like to know what is the best move, according to Stockfish 12 dev and Leela in great depth, for white in this position of the Leningrad variation after 7...c6?

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1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. c4 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 c6 *

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[AdminX]

[d]rnbq1rk1/pp2p1bp/2pp1np1/5p2/2PP4/2N2NP1/PP2PPBP/R1BQ1RK1 w - - 0 1
Analysis by Lc0 v0.27 J96-44 Cuda RTX2070S:

8.d5 e5 9.e4 cxd5 10.cxd5 Na6 11.Ng5 Qe7 12.exf5 gxf5 13.Re1 Kh8 14.Nb5 Bd7 15.a4 e4 16.Ne6 Bxe6 17.dxe6 Qxe6 18.Qxd6 Qg8 19.Qa3 Nd7 20.Bg5 Ne5 21.Nd6 b6 22.Be7 Nc5 23.Rad1 Ncd3 24.Re2 Qe6 25.Bxf8 Rxf8 26.h3 Qf6 27.Rc2 Rd8 28.Nc4 Bf8 29.Qc3
White has an edge: = (0.25) Depth: 20/60 00:17:42 11271kN

[Pedro]

Thank you very much my friend for the answer!

[Deberger]

Deep Stockfish 13 Dev with Back-Solving

[jdart]

It is usually helpful to look at what the correspondence players play because that play is engine-aided nowadays, and these players have days to select a move.

Most recent games by strong players have preferred Rb1, with b3 also a frequent alternative.

[Cornfed]

8. Be3 by SF 12. Proof positive that engines do not think.