1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bf4 0-0 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Be2
Levon Aronian introduced 7.Be2 (instead of 7.c5) at the highest level, and above all he was the first to meet 7...dxc4 with 8.0-0. He managed to put his opponents under pressure but all the games ended in draws. Evgeny Postny also examines the variations which have as yet not appeared on the board.
(Language: German and English) 8 commented games (Language: English)