Rio Grande Ospreys Defeat Australia Kangaroos, Can't Avoid Relegation
The Rio Grande Ospreys and the Australia Kangaroos each bring strong and balanced teams to their matches. In the final week of the PRO Chess League, the Ospreys were triumphant, but that wasn't enough for them to avoid relegation as the Seattle Sluggers also won their match.
Meanwhile despite losing, the Kangaroos are still playoff bound as the fourth seed in the Pacific Division.
Here's one exciting game from the match, won by GM Sarana against GM Hevia.
2018 PRO Chess League | Round 9 | Rio Grande Ospreys vs Australia Kangaroos
| Ospreys | Kangaroos | Alexey Sarana | Anton Smirnov | Temur Kuybokarov | Junta Ikeda | 7.5 |
| Oleksandr Bortnyk | 2 | |||||
| Bartlomiej Macieja | 2.5 | |||||
| Carlos Hevia | 2.5 | |||||
| Joshua Ruiz | 1.5 | |||||
| 8.5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | ||
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