1. e2e4  1... c7c5  2. g1f3  2... d7d6  3. d2d4  3... c5d4  4. f3d4  4... g8f6  5. b1c3  5... a7a6  6. c1g5  6... e7e6  7. f2f4  7... d8b6  The Poisoned Pawn Variation carries this title for a reason. Black risks  to gain a seemingly worthless pawn and gets heavily behind in development. Modern engines make defenders far braver than before. On top of that,  Vachier-Lagrave trusts his position. 8. d1d2  8... b6b2  9. a1b1  9... b2a3  10. f4f5  10... f8e7  11. f5e6  11... c8e6  12. d4e6  12... f7e6  13. f1c4 A fashionable line and a favorite  choice of the Chinese top-GM Wei Yi. White's play is very straightforward  and logical. 13... b8d7  14. c4e6  14... d7c5  15. e6b3 An over-the-board  novelty. 15... a8c8 Played without much hesitation. 16. e1g1  16... c5b3 It's a good moment to get rid of this beast and bring the  queen back into play. 17. b1b3  17... a3c5  18. g5e3  18... c5c4  19. f1f4 With the strong  threat of e4-e5. 19... c4e6 Technically speaking, only this is a novelty but not a  good one. Black used18 minutes on his clock and might have messed up the  lines. 20. b3b7 Picking up a nice, healthy pawn while occupying the seventh  rank. How bad can it get? 20... e8g8  21. h2h3 A cool consolidation  move. There will be no back-rank mates or Nf6-g4-e5 maneuvers. 21... c8b8 One more small subtlety by Grandelius. He does not even give  the b-file without a fight. 22. b7a7  22... b8a8  23. a7a8  23... f8a8  24. c3d5  24... a8b8  25. c2c4  25... e7d8  26. d2f2  26... f6d7  27. e3d4  27... d8g5  28. f4f5  28... g5h6  29. g1h2 The last preparatory move. Grandelius is converting in style. 29... b8c8  30. f2g3  30... g7g6  31. g3h4 A nice final touch. 31... h6f8  32. f5f6 Not even a sacrifice. The white pieces are mercilessly  surrounding the opponent's king. 32... e6e8 