1. e2e4  1... e7e5  2. g1f3  2... b8c6  3. f1c4  3... g8f6  4. d2d3  4... f8c5  5. c2c3  5... d7d6  6. b2b4 The plan with the queenside pawn advance has been tried by strong chess players recently. One of the advantages of the Italian opening is that White has many possible plans, from aggressive to positional. 6... c5b6  7. a2a4  7... a7a5 The natural move, fixing the pawn structure, 7...a6 is also played quite a lot. 8. b4b5  8... c6e7  9. e1g1  9... e8g8  10. b1d2  10... e7g6  11. d3d4 Caruana has already played this position with White on two other occasions. 11... c8g4 The most popular move. 12. d1c2  12... d8d7  13. f1e1 