Halley, 9-dan and my favorite trickmove

Halley, 9-dan is one of the strongest players on IGS. We wrote a lot about him on GoSensations.
Here is his recent game with Alexey Lazarev. Halley started well, by tricking Alexey in joseki (which Black's move was wrong?), but later Lazarev played solidly and keep his lead.
I am sure, that 3 stones handicap is too big - nobody can beat Lazarev on such a big handicap, because his Go is very solid and peaceful. And if you avoid the fights ... How can you lose?