Nope, Giri wants to play actively $1 Alas, this is going to backfire in a spectacular fashion.
1. b1c3  1... g8f6  2. d2d4  2... d7d5  3. c1f4 Firouzja's bread-and-butter line. 3... c7c5  4. e2e3  4... c5d4  5. e3d4  5... a7a6  6. g1f3  6... b8c6  7. f3e5  7... e7e6  8. g2g3  8... c8d7  9. f1g2  9... c6e5 This line has picked up of late. 10. d4e5  10... f6g8 Black loses a couple of tempi, but it might be worth it as long as the knight manages to comfortably attack the key e5-pawn. 11. h2h4 Aggressive prophylaxis. 11... a8c8  12. e1g1  12... g8e7  13. h4h5  13... h7h6  14. c3e2 Where's this knight going $2 The d4-outpost seems like a perfect candidate. But not the only one... 14... e7c6 Giri plays solidly. 15. c2c3  15... f8e7  16. e2c1 A very nice idea $1 White wants to overprotect his center, while discouraging the opponent's queenside play before launching a kingside assault. 16... e8g8  17. c1d3  17... b7b5  18. a2a3  18... a6a5  19. d1g4 Firouzja has got what he wanted, and Black seems doomed to passive defense. 19... g8h8  20. f1e1 