Apparently also part of  the plan, although Black started using some time on his clock.
1. e2e4  1... e7e5  2. g1f3  2... b8c6  3. f1b5  3... g8f6  4. d2d3  4... f8c5  5. b5c6  5... d7c6  6. e1g1  6... f6d7  7. b1d2  7... e8g8  8. d2c4  8... f8e8  9. a2a4  9... a7a5  10. h2h4 The move in front of  the king is definitely daring and challenging, but in this game, the  Chinese GM found the soft spot in White's idea. 10... d7b6 Ding found a very strong improvement upon their previous game. 11. c4e3  11... c5e3  12. f2e3  12... b6d7 Ding is sending his knight to the outpost on g4. Blitzing. Still in his home prep. 13. c1d2  13... d7f6  14. f3h2 