World Champion Anand favours the Schachbundesliga
In the 10th round the German champion OSG Baden-Baden faces the most serious contender Werder Bremen. It will be the most exciting match in the history of the Schachbundesliga and Viswanathan Anand will join the party.
Both teams will play with their nearly best possible lineup. The elo average of Baden-Baden is 2717 and of Bremen 2679. Both teams will have only Top 100 players from the current world ranking at their disposal. Bremen will play on the first two boards with the “Azerbaijani guys” Vugar Gashimov and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, both known for their uncompromising style.
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
Vugar Gashimov
Laurent Fressinet and Tomi Nyback will also defend the “green-white coloured”. After nine rounds they belong to the five top scorers of the league.
Undoubtedly the biggest attraction of the whole weekend is the world champion Viswanathan Anand. Two months before his match against Veselin Topalov in Sofia he makes a “break” in his preparation to support his team in Germany. Since many years he maintains friendly relations to the environment of Baden-Baden so his appearance doesn’t come as a big suprise.
Etienne Bacrot and the German No. 1 Arkadij Naiditsch will also play for Baden-Baden. They belong to the five best performers of the whole league so far in this season.
Viswanathan Anand
Arkadij Naiditsch
Etienne Bacrot
Saturday, 27th of February 2010, 2 pm
Playing venue: Kongresshaus Stadthalle Heidelberg, Neckarstaden 24, 69117 Heidelberg
OSG Baden-Baden – Werder Bremen
1 Viswanathan Anand 2788* – Vugar Gashimov 2740
2 Peter Svidler 2741 – Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2721
3 Alexei Shirov 2730 – Pavel Eljanov 2717
4 Etienne Bacrot 2709 – Zahar Efimenko 2654
5 Sergei Movsesian 2711 – Laurent Fressinet 2658
6 Michael Adams 2682 – Alexander Areshchenko 2667
7 Arkadij Naiditsch 2685 – Michael Roiz 2658
8 Peter-Heine Nielsen 2687 – Tomi Nyback 2615
All matches of the Schachbundesliga will be covered live in the internet.
News and photos by Georgios Souleidis and Christian Bossert
10th round: Saturday, 27th of February 2010, 2 pm
Playing venue Heidelberg
OSG Baden-Baden – Werder Bremen
SK Heidelberg-Handschuhsheim – Hamburger SK
Playing venue Mülheim
SV Mülheim Nord – Bayern München
SF Katernberg – Erfurter SK
Playing venue Solingen
SG Solingen – SV Wattenscheid
SC Remagen – SK Turm Emsdetten
Playing venue Trier
SG Trier – SF Berlin
SC Eppingen – SK König Tegel
11th round: Sunday, 28th of February 2010, 2 pm
Playing venue Heidelberg
Hamburger SK – OSG Baden-Baden
Werder Bremen – SK Heidelberg-Handschuhsheim
Playing venue Mülheim
Bayern München – SF Katernberg
Erfurter SK – SV Mülheim Nord
Playing venue Solingen
SV Wattenscheid – SC Remagen
SK Turm Emsdetten – SG Solingen
Playing venue Trier
SF Berlin – SC Eppingen
SK König Tegel – SG Trier
Standings Schachbundesliga after 9 rounds:
1. OSG Baden-Baden – 18
2. SG Solingen – 16
3. Werder Bremen – 16
4. Mülheim Nord – 14
5. SV Wattenscheid – 13
6. Hamburger SK – 11
7. Turm Emsdetten – 10
8. SC Remagen – 10
9. SF Katernberg – 8
10. SC Eppingen – 7
11. SF Berlin – 6
12. SG Trier – 4
13. Heidelberg-HSH – 4
14. Bayern München – 3
15. SK König Tegel – 2
16. Erfurter SK – 2
