Thanks for all your thoughts on that previous position!
In the game, I was white, and I was considering between b4 and g4. I looked at f5, but didn't give it nearly as much consideration as it deserved. I didn't see how strong it was until after the game was over and I was going back over it. Crafty considers b4 and f5 to be roughly equal, slightly preferring b4, but I think that just says that I need to stop using Crafty for anything but blunderchecking.
After b4 and the trade-down into the endgame, I ran out of ideas pretty fast and it turned into a draw.
Okay, new one! I'm really, really, really working on getting better at these classical, closed, center-fighting positions:
Black to move.
Can he safely play e4?
Does he want to play e4?
If he could play e4 and he wanted to, why would it be good for him?
If he could play e4 and he didn't want to, what other plan would be better for him?