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…e6 and …d5: 5.Ne5, your best weapon

Via the move order 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 e6 4.e3 Bd6, you played 5.Ne5 in 14 games for 71%, and 5.Bd3 in 10 games for 40%. Worse: 5.Bd3 O-O 6.O-O, 7 games, 29%. For the engine, the two are equal; in your games, they are not.

Review: against the fianchetto, why play h3 early?