At 26th and 27th of February the 10th and 11th round of the Schachbundesliga will take place. Take a look at the pairings at the venues Bremen, Griesheim, Solingen and Aue.

By Georgios Souleidis

The most important match of the weekend will take place in Bremen. The only serious contender of Baden-Baden is facing the strong team of Mülheim. Bremen needs to win in order not to loose the contact to the top of the table. The match starts on Saturday on 2pm and will be broadcasted live in the net as any other games from the Schachbundesliga.

Playing venue: Swissotel Bremen, Hillmannplatz 20, 28195 Bremen

10th round: Saturday, 26th of February 2011, 2pm
Werder Bremen - SV Mülheim Nord
Delmenhorster SK - SF Katernberg

11th round: Sunday, 27th of February 2011,
10am
SV Mülhein Nord - Delmenhorster SK
SF Katernberg - Werder Bremen

At the playing venue Solingen the host team will face Hamburg and Berlin. Solingen ist one of the strongest teams in the league and is aiming to qualify fot the European Club Cup. An interesting match will take place between Berlin and Remagen. Both teams are fighting against relegation.

Playing venue: Stadtsparkasse Solingen, Kölner Str. 72, 42631 Solingen

10th round: Saturday, 26th of February 2011, 2pm
SG Solingen - Hamburger SK
SC Remagen - SF Berlin

11th round: Sunday, 27th of February 2011,
10am
Hamburger SK - SC Remagen
SF Berlin - SG Solingen

At the playing venue Griesheim the top duo Baden-Baden/Eppingen will face the duo Trier/Griesheim. This two teams surprised throughout the season with some unexpected results and will be hard rivals to beat for the favourites. As usual the lineups from Baden-Baden and the teams at the same venue are published in advance.

Playing venue: Bürgerhaus St. Stephan, Am St. Stephansplatz 26, 64337 Griesheim

10th round: Saturday, 26th of February 2011, 2pm

SV Griesheim       -    OSG Baden-Baden     
Aleksander Mista     2574 -    Etienne Bacrot     2716
Marcin Tazbir     2523 -    Peter-Heine Nielsen     2670
Piotr Murdzia     2477 -    Arkadij Naiditsch     2674
Miroslaw Grabarczyk     2475 -    Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu     2683
Bogdan Grabarczyk     2448 -    Georg Meier     2659
Krzysztof Bulski     2459 -    Jan Gustafsson     2646
Julian Geske     2364 -    Fabian Döttling     2579
Stefan Walter     2321 -    Philipp Schlosser     2574

SG Trier      -    SC Eppingen     
Constantin Lupulescu     2617 -    Ferenc Berkes     2678
Lukasz Cyborowski     2531 -    Csaba Balogh     2608
Pawel Jaracz     2543 -    Evgeny Postny     2595
Laszlo Gonda     2550 -    Arik Braun     2538
Rüdiger Seger     2416 -    Robert Ruck     2555
Andrei Nestor Cioara     2426 -    Namig Guliyev     2510
Miklos Galyas     2484 -    Zoltan Medvegy     2531
Dietmar Kolbus     2332 -    Elisabeth Pähtz     2467

11th round: Sunday, 27th of February 2011,
10am

OSG Baden-Baden       -    SG Trier     
Etienne Bacrot     2716 -    Constantin Lupulescu     2617
Peter-Heine Nielsen     2670 -    Lukasz Cyborowski     2531
Arkadij Naiditsch     2674 -    Pawel Jaracz     2543
Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu     2683 -    Laszlo Gonda     2550
Georg Meier     2659 -    Rüdiger Seger     2416
Jan Gustafsson     2646 -    Andrei Nestor Cioara     2426
Fabian Döttling     2579 -    Miklos Galyas     2484
Philipp Schlosser     2574 -    Dietmar Kolbus     2332

SC Eppingen     -      SV Griesheim     
Ferenc Berkes     2678 -    Aleksander Mista     2574
Csaba Balogh     2608 -    Marcin Tazbir     2523
Evgeny Postny     2595 -    Piotr Murdzia     2477
Arik Braun     2538 -    Miroslaw Grabarczyk     2475
Robert Ruck     2555 -    Bogdan Grabarczyk     2448
Namig Guliyev     2510 -    Krzysztof Bulski     2459
Zoltan Medvegy     2531 -    Julian Geske     2364
Elisabeth Pähtz     2467 -    Stefan Walter     2321

At the playing venue Aue most teams are playing against relegation and so some very hardfought matches can be awaited. Especially Bayern Munich has to score in order to have chances to survive.

Playing venue: Aula der Mittelschule Aue-Zelle, Agrikolastraße 5, 08280 Aue

10th round: Saturday, 26th of February 2011, 2pm
ESV Nickelhütte Aue - SK Turm Emsdetten
Bayern München - SV Wattenscheid

11th round: Sunday, 27th of February 2011,
10am
SK Turm Emsdetten - Bayern München
SV Wattenscheid - ESV Nickelhütte Aue

Live coverage:
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Standings:
1. OSG Baden-Baden - 17
2. Werder Bremen - 15
3. SC Eppingen - 15
4. SG Solingen - 14
5. Mülheim Nord - 14
6. SF Katernberg - 10
7. SG Trier - 10
8. Hamburger SK - 9
9. SV Wattenscheid - 9
10. Turm Emsdetten - 7
11. SF Berlin - 6
12. Nickelhütte Aue - 6
13. SV Griesheim - 6
14. SC Remagen - 4
15. Bayern München - 2
16. Delmenhorster SK - 0