Black aggressively attempts to gain space in the center, with the caveat of an isolated pawn on d5 after a few pawn exchanges.
| Game | Result | Year |
| Ding Liren (2799) vs Carlsen, M. (2864) | 1/2-1/2 | 2022 |
| Carlsen, M. (2845) vs Mamedyarov, S. (2790) | 1/2-1/2 | 2019 |
| Vidit, S. (2722) vs Carlsen, M. (2870) | 1/2-1/2 | 2019 |
| Carlsen, M. (2864) vs Van Foreest, Jorden (2715) | 1-0 | 2022 |
| Ding Liren (2799) vs Grischuk, A.. (2776) | 1-0 | 2021 |
| Le, Quang Liem (2709) vs Carlsen, M. (2865) | 1/2-1/2 | 2022 |
| Shankland, S. (2708) vs Carlsen, M. (2865) | 1/2-1/2 | 2022 |
| So, W. (2778) vs Giri, A. (2777) | 1-0 | 2021 |
| Carlsen, M. (2847) vs Artemiev, V. (2704) | 1-0 | 2021 |
| So, W.. (2770) vs Grischuk, A.. (2776) | 1-0 | 2021 |