A sigh of relief. The most dangerous black pawn has  disappeared.
1. g1f3  1... d7d5  2. g2g3  2... g8f6  3. f1g2  3... g7g6  4. e1g1  4... f8g7  5. d2d4  5... e8g8  6. c2c4  6... c7c6  7. d1b3  7... d8b6 A  solid line in which Black holds well against the Fianchetto line in the  Grunfeld. 8. f1d1  8... c8f5  9. b3a3 A novelty. Firouzja wants to avoid the endgame. 9... d5c4  10. f3e5  10... f5e6 Aronian decided that the c4-pawn is more valuable. 11. a3e7  11... b8a6 Black is ready to bring his knights close to the enemy camp. In the meantime he connects the rooks. 12. b1c3  12... a8d8 Not only hitting the pawn, but also surrounding the white  queen. 13. e7a3  13... f8e8  14. c1g5  14... h7h6  15. g5e3 A very risky move that leads to immense  complications. Firouzja decided to keep his bishop pair. 15... g7f8  16. d4d5 What happens next is closer to checkers than chess. 16... b6e3 First capture. Aronian ruins the opponent's pawn  structure. 17. f2e3  17... f8a3  18. d5e6  18... d8d1  19. c3d1 Once again White's key resource to  hold everything together. 19... e8e6  20. e5c6  20... a3b2  21. d1b2 The 10th(!) capture in a row, and a  short break. 21... c4c3  22. c6a7 Firouzja misses a chance to equalize fully. 22... c3b2  23. a1b1  23... e6b6 The strong passer on b2 survives. White is in  trouble. 24. a7c8  24... b6b4  25. c8e7  25... g8f8 The knight is heading to d5 anyway. 26. e7d5  26... b4c4 