1. e2e4  1... e7e5  2. g1f3  2... b8c6  3. f1c4  3... g8f6  4. d2d3  4... f8c5  5. b1c3 This Italian Opening with the knight on c3 was played a few days ago by Rapport. Adams had already played it a few times. Many different plans are possible in this opening and this is one of its attractions. 5... h7h6  6. e1g1  6... e8g8  7. h2h3  7... d7d6 I don't like this move very much, as it allows White to exchange the knight for the bishop, giving sense to the play with Nc3. 8. c3a4 [%c_effect a4;square;a4;type;GreatFind;persistent;true] 8... c5b6  9. a2a3 A necessary move to open the way for the bishop and not allow a similar maneuver for Black with ...Na5. The exchange on b6 does not need to be done now, as the bishop has nowhere to run. In chess it's good to be flexible. 9... c8e6 Other moves were tried recently: 10. c4e6  10... f7e6  11. c2c3 