Candidates game annotated

Grischuk-So Round (2) 1-0

Grischuk-So (Spanish) 1-0 Analysis.html

pgn game

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Wesley So"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2799"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Re1
d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Ndf3 Qd7 15. d4 exd4 16. cxd4 h6 17. Ne4
Rfe8 18. Bd2 Nf6 19. Rc1 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Bf6 21. Rg4 Kh8 22. Rc5
Rad8 23. Qc1 Nxd4 24. Nxd4 Re4 25. Rxc7 Qxd4 26. Be3 Rxg4
27. hxg4 Qe4 28. f3 Qb4 29. Rxb7 Bxb2 30. Qf1 f6 31. Qf2 Be5
32. f4 Bd6 33. g5 Qe4 34. Qf3 Qb1+ 35. Qf1 Qe4 36. Qf3 Qb1+
37. Kf2 Bb4 38. Qe2 Qe4 39. Qf3 Qb1 40. Kg3 fxg5 41. Kh2 Qf5
42. Rf7 Qg6 43. fxg5 Bd6+ 44. Kh3 1-0

Key positions 

1.Position after 9..Bb7

2.Position after 22 Rc5!

3. Position after 40 Kg3!?

pgn game with analysis here 

Grischuk-So (Spanish) 1-0 Analysis.html