1. d2d4  1... g8f6  2. c2c4  2... e7e6  3. g1f3  3... d7d5  4. b1c3  4... f8e7  5. c1g5  5... h7h6  6. g5h4  6... d5c4 [%c_effect c4;square;c4;type;Interesting;persistent;true] This same variation was played in the second game of the match. 7. e2e3  7... c7c5  8. f1c4  8... c5d4  9. e3d4 More ambitious than 9... e8g8  10. e1g1  10... b8c6 Giri played this position in an important classical game in 2023. 11. f1e1  11... f6h5 A typical device in such positions, played in order to exchange bishops and simplify the position. 12. h4e7  12... c6e7 