Originally posted by exigentsky
I've checked a lot of opening databases, I haven't found this position. But I did play around with Qb6 as an alternate and it doesn't seem promising. I've narrowed it down to Nf6, d6, d5 and Rb8. 😉
You didn't check very hard then. I have the position after 7. Bd2 6 times in my recent GM database (500k total games) and 26 times in my general database (2 million total games).
Overall performance for black is 75% in the GM database and 30% in the general database (100% is all black wins, 0% all white wins).
Moves played:
7. ... Nf6
Twice in the GM database, 6 times in the general. Scoring 100% in GM and 67% in the general.
7. ... d6
Once in the GM database, 4 times in the general. Scores 100% in the GM and 87% in the general.
Other moves played include e6, d5, e5, Bb7, Rb8 and Qb6. The large array of moves played indicates that this position isn't the subject of a prevailing wisdom and as black has the tempo and needs to define a clear plan lots of moves are perfectly acceptable.
EDIT: Beaten on finding the game in a database but I've got the moves palyed.