Caruana deviates from the game he played in the recent Grand Swiss, although the ideas remain similar.
1. e2e4  1... e7e5  2. f1c4  2... g8f6  3. d2d3  3... b8c6  4. g1f3  4... f8c5  5. c1g5  5... h7h6  6. g5h4  6... c5e7 A solid way of meeting White's opening play. This is the move of choice if Black doesn't want to sharpen the game with g7-g5. 7. h4g3  7... d7d6  8. a2a4 