26th and 27th of February in Bremen, Griesheim, Solingen and Aue
At 26th and 27th of February the 10th and 11th round of the Schachbundesliga will take place. The playing venues are in Bremen, Griesheim, Solingen and Aue. 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 lose 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
Arkadij Naiditsch, topscorer of the league with 8 out of 9 (OSG Baden-Baden)
At the playing venue Solingen the host team will face Hamburg and Berlin. Solingen is 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
Elisabeth Pähtz, best German female player (SC Eppingen)
At the playing venue Griesheim the top duo Baden-Baden/Eppingen will face the duo Trier/Griesheim. These 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
SG Trier - SC Eppingen
11th round: Sunday, 27th of February 2011, 10am
OSG Baden-Baden - SG Trier
SC Eppingen - SV Griesheim
Constantin Lupulescu, reigning Romanian Champion (SG Trier)
At the playing venue Aue most teams are playing against relegation and some hard-fought matches can be expected. 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: All games of the Schachbundesliga are covered live in the internet. This season the games are presented within a new live portal. Its possible to follow any game just by one click and all games are analyzed by one of the strongest engines in the world – Rybka 4. Also its possible to download all games by one click.
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
Article by Georgios Souleidis
