Three teams have the chance to win the German chess championship
The last two rounds of the Schachbundesliga season 2009/10 will take place on 10th and 11th of April. The matches at the playing venues Baden-Baden and Bremen will definitely decide who will win the championship.
Two rounds before the end of the season, Baden-Baden, Solingen (each 24 points) and Werder Bremen (23 p.) are fighting for the title in the Schachbundesliga. Key matches will take place on Saturday, namely Werder Bremen – SG Solingen and OSG Baden-Baden – SV Mülheim Nord. These are the four best teams of the league so anything can happen.
In case that two teams have the same number of team points at the end of the season, there will be a tiebreak at the end of April. The board points are not relevant as second criteria for the title.
Jan Gustafsson
Arkadij Naiditsch
As in the previous rounds the Schachbundesliga publishes the lineups of the teams involved at the venue, where Baden-Baden is playing.
News and photos by Georgios Souleidis
14th round: Saturday, 10th of April 2010, 2 pm
Playing venue Baden-Baden
OSG Baden-Baden SV Mülheim Nord
Alexei Shirov 2730* – Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2718
Etienne Bacrot 2709 – Pavel Tregubov 2649
Michael Adams 2682 – Daniel Fridman 2661
Arkadij Naiditsch 2685 – Vitali Golod 2602
Francisco Vallejo Pons 2696 – Alexander Berelowitsch 2551
Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu 2664 – Felix Levin 2481
Jan Gustafsson 2622 – Daniel Hausrath 2528
Rustem Dautov 2596 – Gerhard Schebler 2486
SK Heidelberg-Handschuhsheim SF Katernberg
Viacheslav Ikonnikov 2558 – Vladimir Chuchelov 2598
Gennadi Ginsburg 2537 – Christian Seel 2493
Vladimir Gurevic 2470 – Klaus Bischoff 2561
Vadim Chernov 2433 – Ilja Zaragatski 2475
Erasmus Gerigk 2335 – Sebastian Siebrecht 2456
Jörg Schwalfenberg 2317 – Christian Scholz 2373
Hans-Joachim Vatter 2321 – Sarah Hoolt 2225
Jean-Luc Roos 2260 – Jens Kotainy 2243
*Elo rating at the beginning of the season
Playing venue Bremen
Werder Bremen – SG Solingen
Hamburger SK – SC Remagen
Playing venue Eppingen
SC Eppingen – SV Wattenscheid
SG Trier – SK Turm Emsdetten
Playing venue Erfurt
Erfurter SK – SF Berlin
Bayern München – SK König Tegel
15th round: Sunday, 11th of April 2010, 10 am
Playing venue Baden-Baden
SF Katernberg OSG Baden-Baden
Vladimir Chuchelov 2598 – Alexei Shirov 2730
Christian Seel 2493 – Etienne Bacrot 2709
Klaus Bischoff 2561 – Michael Adams 2682
Ilja Zaragatski 2475 – Arkadij Naiditsch 2685
Sebastian Siebrecht 2456 – Francisco Vallejo Pons 2696
Christian Scholz 2373 – Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu 2664
Sarah Hoolt 2225 – Jan Gustafsson 2622
Jens Kotainy 2243 – Rustem Dautov 2596
SV Mülheim Nord SK Heidelberg-Handschuhsheim
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2718 – Viacheslav Ikonnikov 2558
Pavel Tregubov 2649 – Gennadi Ginsburg 2537
Daniel Fridman 2661 – Vladimir Gurevic 2470
Vitali Golod 2602 – Vadim Chernov 2433
Alexander Berelowitsch 2551 – Erasmus Gerigk 2335
Felix Levin 2481 – Jörg Schwalfenberg 2317
Daniel Hausrath 2528 – Hans-Joachim Vatter 2321
Gerhard Schebler 2486 – Jean-Luc Roos 2260
Playing venue Bremen
SG Solingen – Hamburger SK
SC Remagen – Werder Bremen
Playing venue Eppingen
SV Wattenscheid – SG Trier
SK Turm Emsetten – SC Eppingen
Playing venue Erfurt
SF Berlin – Bayern München
SK König Tegel – Erfurter SK
Live coverage: All games of the Schachbundesliga are covered live in the internet. At the particular date of the matches you can get access to the games via this website.
Standings after 13 rounds:
1. OSG Baden-Baden – 24
2. SG Solingen – 24
3. Werder Bremen – 23
4. Mülheim Nord – 20
5. SV Wattenscheid – 16
6. Hamburger SK – 15
7. SC Remagen – 15
8. SC Eppingen – 14
9. Turm Emsdetten – 12
10. SG Trier – 12
11. SF Katernberg – 12
12. SF Berlin – 7
13. Bayern München – 5
14. Heidelberg-HSH – 5
15. SK König Tegel – 2
16. Erfurter SK – 2
