1. e2e4  1... e7e5  2. g1f3  2... b8c6  3. f1b5  3... g8f6  4. e1g1  4... f6e4  5. d2d4  5... e4d6  6. b5c6  6... d7c6  7. d4e5  7... d6f5  8. d1d8  8... e8d8  9. h2h3 Vachier-Lagrave remains one of the few players  willing to crack the Berlin endgame. Almost every other top player  switched to a complex middlegame battle with 4.d3. 9... d8e8  10. b1c3  10... h7h5  11. c1f4  11... f8e7  12. a1d1  12... c8e6  13. f3g5  13... h8h6  14. f1e1  14... e7b4  15. a2a3  15... b4c3  16. b2c3  16... h5h4 