TWIC is 29. First issue 17th September 1994.
Schachbundesliga 2010-11 (7-9)
Second half of the Schachbundesliga 4th-6th February 2011
Georgios Souleidis - Thursday 3rd February 2011
The second half of the Schachbundesliga season starts with a match on 4th February followed by rounds 8-9 on 6th February 2011.
SBL starts the second half of the season
From 4th to 6th of February two matches of the 7th round and the regular matches of the 8th and 9th round of the Schachbundesliga will take place. The playing venues are Eppingen, Wattenscheid, Remagen and Mülheim. All pairings and informations are presented in the following article.
By Georgios Souleidis
At Eppingen the host and the team of Baden-Baden meet the teams of München and Aue. Things seem to be clear at this venue as München and Aue are playing against relegation and will not compete with their best lineup.
8th round: Saturday, 5th of February 2011, 2pm
| SC Eppingen | Bayern München | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Csaba Balogh | 2608 | Stefan Bromberger | 2530 |
| 2 | Evgeny Postny | 2595 | Tibor Reiss | 2403 |
| 3 | Zoltan Gyimesi | 2595 | Christoph Renner | 2420 |
| 4 | Peter Acs | 2601 | Alexander Belezky | 2454 |
| 5 | Robert Ruck | 2555 | Peter Meister | 2446 |
| 6 | Zoltan Medvegy | 2531 | Bernd Meissner | 2401 |
| 7 | Christian Mann | 2444 | Ludwig Deglmann | 2397 |
| 8 | Lothar Vogt | 2423 | Felix Graf | 2341 |
| OSG Baden-Baden | ESV Nickelhütte Aue | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sergei Movsesian | 2723 | Tatjana Vasilevich | 2399 |
| 2 | Etienne Bacrot | 2716 | Tatiana Melamed | 2353 |
| 3 | Peter-Heine Nielsen | 2670 | Lutz Diebl | 2222 |
| 4 | Francisco Vallejo Pons | 2697 | Sebastian Eichner | 2323 |
| 5 | Arkadij Naiditsch | 2674 | Cliff Wichmann | 2341 |
| 6 | Rustem Dautov | 2602 | Lubos Rosko | 2305 |
| 7 | Fabian Döttling | 2579 | Jürgen Heinz | 2288 |
| 8 | Philipp Schlosser | 2574 | Ralf Schnabel | 2259 |
9th round: Sunday, 6th of February 2011, 10am
| Bayern München | OSG Baden-Baden | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stefan Bromberger | 2530 | Sergei Movsesian | 2723 |
| 2 | Tibor Reiss | 2403 | Etienne Bacrot | 2716 |
| 3 | Christoph Renner | 2420 | Peter-Heine Nielsen | 2670 |
| 4 | Alexander Belezky | 2454 | Francisco Vallejo Pons | 2697 |
| 5 | Peter Meister | 2446 | Arkadij Naiditsch | 2674 |
| 6 | Bernd Meissner | 2401 | Rustem Dautov | 2602 |
| 7 | Ludwig Deglmann | 2397 | Fabian Döttling | 2579 |
| 8 | Felix Graf | 2341 | Philipp Schlosser | 2574 |
| ESV Nickelhütte Aue | SC Eppingen | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tatjana Vasilevich | 2399 | Csaba Balogh | 2608 |
| 2 | Tatiana Melamed | 2353 | Evgeny Postny | 2595 |
| 3 | Lutz Diebl | 2222 | Zoltan Gyimesi | 2595 |
| 4 | Sebastian Eichner | 2323 | Peter Acs | 2601 |
| 5 | Cliff Wichmann | 2341 | Robert Ruck | 2555 |
| 6 | Lubos Rosko | 2305 | Zoltan Medvegy | 2531 |
| 7 | Jürgen Heinz | 2288 | Christian Mann | 2444 |
| 8 | Ralf Schnabel | 2259 | Lothar Vogt | 2423 |
The biggest contender of Baden-Baden, Werder Bremen, will play at the venue Wattenscheid. The "Green-Whites" are odds-on favourite in both matches but in the past not rarely they had problems against underdogs.
8th round: Saturday, 5th of February 2011, 2pm
SV Wattenscheid - Werder Bremen
Turm Emsdetten - Delmenhorster SK
9th round: Sunday, 6th of February 2011, 10am
Werder Bremen - Turm Emsdetten
Delmenhorster SK - SV Wattenscheid
At the playing venue Remagen some crucial matches in the fight against relegation will take place. The host has to score especially against Griesheim in order to leave the relegation zone. Solingen is one of the best teams in the league and odds-on favourite in all matches.
7th round: Friday, 4th of February 2011, 4pm
SC Remagen - SG Solingen
8th round: Saturday, 5th of February 2011, 2pm
SC Remagen - SG Trier
SG Solingen - SV Griesheim
9th round: Sunday, 6th of February 2011, 10am
SG Trier - SG Solingen
SV Griesheim - SC Remagen
At the playing venue Mülheim all participating teams lie in the midfield of the league. So all matches are expected to be very close. The host Mülheim is practicing for the next season. This team will host the first ever central round of the Schachbundesliga. From 14th to 16th of October 2011 the first three rounds of the season 2011/12 will be played with all teams in Mülheim.
7th round: Friday, 4th of February 2011, 4pm
SV Mülheim Nord - SF Katernberg
8th round: Saturday, 5th of February 2011, 2pm
SV Mülheim Nord - Hamburger SK
SF Katernberg - SF Berlin
9th round: Sunday, 6th of February 2011, 10am
Hamburger SK - SF Katernberg
SF Berlin - SV Mülheim Nord
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
| Rk | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | OSG Baden-Baden | 13 |
| 2. | Werder Bremen | 12 |
| 3. | SC Eppingen | 11 |
| 4. | SF Katernberg | 9 |
| 5. | SG Solingen | 9 |
| 6. | SG Trier | 8 |
| 7. | Mülheim Nord | 8 |
| 8. | Hamburger SK | 7 |
| 9. | SV Wattenscheid | 7 |
| 10. | Nickelhütte Aue | 6 |
| 11. | SF Berlin | 5 |
| 12. | Turm Emsdetten | 4 |
| 13. | SV Griesheim | 4 |
| 14. | SC Remagen | 3 |
| 15. | Bayern München | 2 |
| 16. | Delmenhorster SK | 0 |
