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1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Qd2
In the second half of the FIDE Candidates Tournament in Yekaterinburg, Alexander Grischuk chose an unorthodox setup against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave’s Sicilian Najdorf, which the world champion had successfully tested three years ago. Grischuk played the over-the-board novelty 9.Ne2 – previously 9.g3 was played. But is it an improvement? Mihail Marin sees good reasons for this, but also shows that Vachier-Lagrave was unable to exploit the potential of Black s position. His conclusion is nevertheless: As a player who doesn‘t play 1.e4 so much nowadays this game has something that inspires me!