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Known continuations are 8...a6 and 8...d6, which are the top choices of Stockfish17 and Dragon1.
I preferred to immediately break White's bind with an apparent-novelty, 8...f5!?
It is not a bad move per se, but Black must be aware after 9.exf5 Nxf5 10.Nxf5 Rxf5 that for the foreseeable future White will have the safer king, which, as grandmaster Nigel Davies enjoys pointing out, is the most important factor in chess.
LESSON: sometimes a move is objectively sound, but results in a player having to walk a thinner tightrope than is desirable for a human, even if engines have little trouble in such positions.
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