1. c2c4 Continuing the match trend of a new opening per game, this time Ding Liren plays the English Opening. It certainly didn't come as a surprise to Gukesh's team. 1... e7e5  2. b1c3  2... f8b4 The third most popular move, but not worse than 2...Nf6 or 2...Nc6. 3. c3d5 The natural reply, forcing Black to defend the bishop. 3... b4e7 3...Bc5 and 3...a5 are also popular options. 4. g1f3 This move has been the favorite of strong GMs recently. 4... d7d6  5. g2g3  5... c7c6  6. d5e7  6... g8e7 This is the point of Black's previous move. The knight is developed to e7. 7. f1g2  7... f7f6 Already a new move. Instead of castling (the most natural move), Gukesh immediately prepares d6-d5. 8. e1g1  8... c8e6  9. b2b3  9... d6d5  10. c1a3 This is not the first game in which Ding has made a surprising development of the bishop to this diagonal. 10... e8g8  11. a1c1  11... a7a5 Preparing Na6-b4 or maybe a5-a4. This highlights a small problem with the bishop on a3. 12. f3e1 Ding chooses an interesting plan, more or less typical of the English Opening, although it looks a bit funny: to play f2-f4 without moving any of the central pawns. 12... f8e8 