1. c2c4 So's recipe against the Grunfeld defence this time: avoid it! 1... g7g6  2. b1c3  2... c7c5  3. g2g3  3... f8g7  4. f1g2  4... b8c6  5. g1f3  5... e7e5 The most ambitious  setup by Svidler. Black seizes space and adds another pawn into the  center. The drawback is that the d5 square is weakened for good. 6. a2a3  6... a7a5  7. d2d3  7... g8e7  8. f3d2  8... d7d6  9. d2f1 A typical maneuver. 9... e8g8  10. f1e3  10... a8b8  11. a1b1  11... c6d4  12. c1d2  12... c8d7 Svidler was already thinking heavily at this point. 13. e1g1  13... d7c6  14. b2b4  14... a5b4  15. a3b4 And after all the logical moves done it  became clear that So did much better than his opponent. The b7-pawn in  particular remained on the board, which the main strategical danger for  Black in the English opening as a whole. 15... c5b4 This is a  novelty. 16. b1b4  16... c6g2 