Aronian is searching for concrete counterplay, and rightly so!
1. c2c4  1... g8f6  2. b1c3  2... e7e5  3. g2g3  3... f8b4 The Reversed Rossolimo Sicilian. 4. e2e4 A  move that White needs anyaway, so why not just play it at once? The  original Bulgarian IM Bogomil Andonov often played like this with reversed colors. 4... b4c3  5. d2c3  5... d7d6  6. f2f3  6... c8e6  7. g1h3  7... a7a5 This is already a novelty and no wonder: the position is quite fresh. 8. a2a4  8... e8g8  9. b2b3  9... b8a6  10. h3g5  10... e6d7  11. c1e3  11... a6c5  12. a1a2 