Chengdu Pandas Deny The Dallas Destiny
The Chengdu Pandas barely beat the Dallas Destiny with a final round win leaving the score 8.5 - 7.5 With this win, Chengdu holds onto the top spot and clinches a playoff berth. For Dallas, this loss leaves them in third place.
A beastly duo of GM Yuang Yi on board one and GM Li Chao on board two carried the Pandas with undefeated scores of 3.5/4. Despite the loss, GM Jeffrey Xiong kept the Destiny in the match, only losing to Chao and drawing the match higher rated Yi. Let's take a look at their game:
2018 PRO Chess League | Week 8 | Chengdu Pandas vs Dallas Destiny
| Pandas | Destiny | Jeffery Xiong | Conrad Holt | Elshan Moradiabadi | Sabina-Francesca Foisor | 7.5 |
| Yu Yangyi | 3.5 | |||||
| Li Chao | 3.5 | |||||
| Li Di | 1.5 | |||||
| Chu Ruotong | 0 | |||||
| 8.5 | 2.5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
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