Vachier-Lagrave Forces Beautiful Mate-In-Six Vs London Towers
With the Marseille Migraines locked into a playoff spot and the London Towers locked into relegation, this was a match primarily fought for glory. In this battle, the Migraines came out ahead despite the Towers holding GM Gozzoli (4/4 last week) to only a point.
The undoubted match highlight was this final-round finish by GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave against GM Gawain Jones. Instead of plodding through a winning endgame, Vachier-Lagrave saced one of his two rooks for a beautiful mate in six!
2018 PRO Chess League | Round 9 | London Towers vs Marseille Migraines
| Towers | Migraines | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | Etienne Bacrot | Yannick Gozzoli | Marc Andria Maurizzi | 9.5 |
| Gawain Jones | 2.5 | |||||
| Roman Yanchenko | 2 | |||||
| Peter Roberson | 1 | |||||
| Thomas Rendle | 1 | |||||
| 6.5 | 3.5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
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