Diary from the Legend tournament (2)

Are you searching for an aggressive opening with White in open games? Perhaps you are tired (disgusted) with the ‚Italian shuffling‘ d3, c3, 0-0, Re1, Nd2-f1, etc., or the analogous development in closed Spanish games?! In 1987, Dutch grandmaster John Van der Wiel introduced a then revolutionary tool to gain the initiative in the Scotch Game, specifically the Mieses Attack (3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5) by the then almost secretive rook manoeuvre 8.h4! In the computer age of searching for new and newer systems, Alexander Morozevich revived the system a few years ago, only for analysts with their engines to immediately pounce (again!) on the early h-pawn push. Naturally, such a system could not go unnoticed by a player like Jan Nepomniachtchi; already in the dramatic semifinals of the Legend tournament, in rapid games at 2-2, it was an ideal challenge for the correct and strong positional technician that Anish Giri is…