All of these were confidently blitzed by both the players, but Black's next move came after more than eighteen minutes  on the clock.
1. e2e4  1... c7c5  2. g1f3  2... d7d6  3. d2d4  3... c5d4  4. f3d4  4... g8f6  5. b1c3  5... a7a6  6. c1g5  6... e7e6  7. f2f4  7... d8b6  Vachier-Lagrave lost two painful games in Wijk an Zee earlier this year in the Poisoned Pawn Variation. However, the point of having a reliable  opening repertoire is that despite the occasional cracks, the foundation  will remain solid and one can repair the building relatively fast and  easy. 8. d1d2  8... b6b2  9. a1b1  9... b2a3 The other main direction of the line was  tested by Radjabov recently: 10. e4e5  10... h7h6  11. g5h4  11... d6e5  12. f4e5  12... f6d7  13. c3e4 In this line White often  sacrifices three to four pawns in the blink of an eye: 13... a3a2  14. b1d1  14... a2d5  15. d2e3  15... d5e5 