1. g2g4 In Freestyle, the initial position is already interesting and requires analysis. Perhaps the biggest peculiarity here is the placement of the king between the two rooks. As is usually the case, the moves that open the way for the bishop or the queen are the best ones. Here my favorites would be 1.f4, 1.g4, or 1.g3. 1... g7g6 A sensible move. Keeping the symmetry with 1...g5 looks weird, but it's also playable. 2. f2f4  2... d7d5 This pawn formation can give Black a headache, so it's worth thinking about an alternative here. 3. g1f3  3... e7e6 Preparing to develop the knight. 4. e2e3  4... b7b6  5. g4g5 Fixing the pawn structure, but White could also give priority to development. 5... e8d6  6. e1d3  6... h7h5 Before developing the knight, Sindarov decides to improve the structure on the kingside, avoiding being stuck with a fixed pawn on h7. He could also choose 6...h6. 7. d3e5  7... g8e7  8. b2b4 White's plan is to open the bishop's diagonal and fix the structure on the queenside with b4-b5. 8... e7f5  9. f1d3  9... f8e7 Both sides prepare \"short castling,\" or maybe I should say kingside castling since it's not so short here.