1. g1f3 Historically Ding’s main move is 1.d4. In his first white game he went for 1.e4. Now he tries a third option. 1... d7d5  2. e2e3  2... g8f6  3. b2b3 Ding has never played this before. With this move he shows that he wants a position without much theory and without many risks for this game. 3... c8f5 Black has many development options: he can put the bishop on g4, play 3...e6 and then develop it with the fianchetto (b6-Bb7) or he can immediately develop the other bishop with 3...g6. The move played is also natural and good. 4. f1e2  4... h7h6 A prophylactic move, giving a square back to the bishop. After the immediate 4...e6 White can grab the bishop with 5.Nh4, which is already one of the very few benefits offered by his opening system. 5. c1a3 White, in turn, exploits Black's slight delay in playing ...e7-e6 to place the bishop on a somewhat surprising diagonal, making Black's development a bit more difficult. 5... b8d7  6. e1g1  6... e7e6  7. a3f8  7... d7f8  8. c2c4  8... f8d7 Black had to lose some time to finish development, but this is not serious since the white pieces are not in threatening positions and the center is well controlled. 9. b1c3  9... e8g8  10. c4d5  10... e6d5  11. b3b4 A usual plan in this type of pawn structure. 11... c7c6  12. f3d4 At the moment Black can't drive the knight out with c6-c5, so it's relatively safe on d4, despite not doing much. 12... f5h7 Another option would be to move the bishop to g6. It's hard to say which is better and maybe it doesn't matter much for the position. 13. d1b3 The first new move of the game. 13... d7e5 Centralizing the knight and provoking f2-f4. 14. a2a4  14... a8c8  15. a4a5  15... b7b6 Black prepares c6-c5, attacking the knight that is unstable on d4. 16. d4f3 The knight goes back, offering simplification. 16... e5f3 