Wesley starts off hot in Battle of Grandmasters

GM Wesley So started his first round in the Battle of Grandmasters tourney with a strong win vs Julio Catalino Sadorra.

[Event "Battle of Grandmasters"]
[Site "CITYSTATE Hotel"]
[Date "2008.04.25"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Sadorra, Julio Catalino"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2008.04.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qd3 b6 9. Qb5+ Nd7 10. Qb2 f5 11. Nh3 O-O 12. Bg5 Qe8 13. e3 h6 14. Bf4 e5 15.
Qb3 Bb7 16. Ba6 Bc6 17. Bb5 Qe6 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Bxe5 c4 20. Qb2 Nxe5 21. dxe5
Qc5 22. Qd2 Nxe3 23. Ke2 Rfe8 24. f4 Ng4 25. Rhd1 Rad8 26. Qc1 Qc6 27. Nf2 Qxg2
28. Rf1 Nxe5 29. fxe5 Rxe5+ 30. Qe3 Rde8 31. Qxe5 Rxe5+ 32. Kd2 Qd5+ 33. Kc1
Re2 34. Rd1 Qf3 35. a4 Qxc3+ 36. Kb1 Qc2# 0-1

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