Schachbundesliga 14th/15th round at 9th/10th of April Print
Thursday, 07 April 2011 18:02
schachbundesligaAt 9th and 10th of April the 14th and 15th round of the Schachbundesliga will take place. The title bout will take place in Baden-Baden where the German champion faces his strongest contender Werder Bremen.

By Georgios Souleidis

The red carpet is rolled out in Baden-Baden. The German champion awaits his hardest rival to fight for the title in the Schachbundesliga. At the 14th round the best German teams meet each other for the top match of the season 2010/11. Both teams will compete with their nearly strongest lineup. All chess fans can await a hard fought battle between two teams which consists only of players in the top 100 of the world ranking. Theoretically speaking the team of SC Eppingen has also chances to win the title but will compete in Baden-Baden with a weakened formation. Take a look at the crucial pairings concerning the fight for the title in the highest German chess league.

14th round: Saturday, 9th of April 2011, 2pm

  OSG Baden-Baden   Werder Bremen  
Alexei Shirov 2749*  - Pavel Eljanov 2761
Peter Svidler 2731  - Vugar Gashimov 2719
Sergei Movsesian 2723  - Zahar Efimenko 2683
Etienne Bacrot 2716  - Laurent Fressinet 2718
Michael Adams 2728  - Luke McShane 2657
Peter-Heine Nielsen 2670  - Alexander Areshchenko 2664
Francisco Vallejo Pons 2697  - Michael Roiz 2637
Arkadij Naiditsch 2674  - Tomi Nyback 2635


  SC Eppingen   Delmenhorster SK  
Sergei Tiviakov 2637  - Bartlomiej Heberla 2534
Evgeny Postny 2595  - Tobias Jugelt 2409
Arik Braun 2538  - Markus Lammers 2395
Robert Ruck 2555  - Michal Luch 2335
Namig Guliyev 2510  - Malte Meyer 2348
Zoltan Medvegy 2531  - Florian Mossakowski 2335
Elisabeth Pähtz 2467  - David Höffer 2259
Christian Mann 2444  - Alex Isakson 1958


15th round: Sunday, 10th of April 2011, 10am

  Werder Bremen   SC Eppingen  
Pavel Eljanov 2761  - Sergei Tiviakov 2637
Vugar Gashimov 2719  - Evgeny Postny 2595
Zahar Efimenko 2683  - Arik Braun 2538
Laurent Fressinet 2718  - Robert Ruck 2555
Luke McShane 2657  - Namig Guliyev 2510
Alexander Areshchenko 2664  - Zoltan Medvegy 2531
Michael Roiz 2637  - Elisabeth Pähtz 2467
Tomi Nyback 2635  - Christian Mann 2444


  Delmenhorster SK   OSG Baden-Baden  
Bartlomiej Heberla 2534  - Alexei Shirov 2749
Tobias Jugelt 2409  - Peter Svidler 2731
Markus Lammers 2395  - Sergei Movsesian 2723
Michal Luch 2335  - Etienne Bacrot 2716
Malte Meyer 2348  - Michael Adams 2728
Florian Mossakowski 2335  - Peter-Heine Nielsen 2670
David Höffer 2259  - Francisco Vallejo Pons 2697
Tobias Sturm 2037  - Arkadij Naiditsch 2674

The fight against relegation will take place in Hamburg and Aue. The teams of Griesheim, Remagen, Berlin and Aue fight for two remaining places in the Schachbundesliga. Here are the parings in Hamburg and Aue.

Playing venue: Kasino der Signal Iduna, Kapstadtring 8, 22297 Hamburg
Saturday, 9th of April, 2 pm, 14th Round
Hamburger SK - SG Trier
SF Berlin - SV Griesheim

Sunday, 10th of April, 10 am, 15th Round
SG Trier - SF Berlin
SV Griesheim - Hamburger SK

Playing venue: Aula der Mittelschule Aue-Zelle, Agrikolastraße 5, 08280 Aue
Saturday, 9th of April, 2 pm, 14th Round
Nickelhütte Aue - SG Solingen
Bayern München - SC Remagen

Sunday, 10th of April, 10 am, 15th Round
SG Solingen - Bayern München
SC Remagen - Nickelhütte Aue

In the fourth playing venue of the last weekend of the season all teams fight for the prestige achieving the best possible ranking in the table.

Playing venue: Haus der Evangelischen Kirche, III. Hagen 39, 45127 Essen
Saturday, 9th of April, 2 pm, 14th Round
SF Katernberg - SK Turm Emsdetten
SV Mülheim Nord - SV Wattenscheid

Sunday, 10th of April, 10 am, 15th Round
SK Turm Emsdetten - SV Mülheim Nord
SV Wattenscheid - SF Katernberg

Live coverage:
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Standings after 13 rounds:

1.     OSG Baden-Baden     25
2.     Werder Bremen     23
3.     SC Eppingen     23
4.     SG Solingen     20
5.     Mülheim Nord     16
6.     Turm Emsdetten     15
7.     SG Trier     14
8.     SV Wattenscheid     13
9.     Hamburger SK     12
10.     SF Katernberg     12
11.     SV Griesheim     10
12.     SC Remagen     8
13.     SF Berlin     7
14.     Nickelhütte Aue     6
15.     Bayern München     4
16.     Delmenhorster SK     0


 
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