However, now comes a piece of magic:
1. d2d4  1... g8f6  2. c2c4  2... e7e6  3. b1c3  3... f8b4  4. g1f3  4... d7d5  5. d1a4  5... b8c6  6. c1g5 Mamedyarov  likes to sacrifice pawns in the opening, but this time it seems as he felt victim of Aronian's famous opening laboratiry. 6... d5c4  7. a2a3  7... b4c3  8. b2c3  8... d8d5 "I thought I remember everything about this move, but I  obviously did not. Or maybe this was just a bad position (for me)?"  (Mamedyarov). 9. g5f6  9... g7f6  10. g2g3  10... c8d7  11. a4c2  11... c6a5  12. e2e4  12... d5d6  13. f1g2  13... a5b3 A novelty in comparison to a very old game. 14. a1d1 "One pawn or two pawns, it is not a big difference" (Mamedyarov).  14... d6a3  15. e1g1  15... e8c8  16. c2e2 "It is already very bad position (for  me)" (Mamedyarov). The knight on b3 is a monster that does not allow White a chance to use the open files. But this is not its only advantage. 16... d7b5  17. d1b1  17... c7c6  18. f1d1  18... a7a5 Aronian makes progress on the queenside while  Mamedyarov simply waited in the past few moves. With his next move he  tries to get rid of the black knight and open files on the queenside.