TWIC is 30. First issue 17th September 1994.
Bunesliga 2009-10 (10-11)
Preview of Rounds 10 and 11 of the Bundesliga 2009-10
Georgios Souleidis - Thursday 25th February 2010
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.
10th and 11th round of the Schachbundesliga World champion favours the Schachbundesliga
By Georgios Souleidis (Editor Website 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 worldranking at their disposal. Bremen will play on the first two boards with the "Azerbaijani guys" Vugar Gashimov and Shakhriyar Mamedayrov, both known for their uncompromising style.
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.
Here are the lineups and the pairings of the match Baden-Baden - Werder Bremen:
Saturday, 27th of February 2010, 2 pm
Playing venue: Kongresshaus Stadthalle Heidelberg, Neckarstaden 24, 69117 Heidelberg
| Bundesliga (GER), 16 x 2009 - 11 iv 2010 |
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| 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 | ||||||||
*Rating at the beginning of the season
This match and of course all other matches of the Schachbundesliga will be covered live in the internet. At the day of the matches you can get access via the website of the Schachbundesliga.
Here are all matches of the 10th and 11th round of the Schachbundesliga.
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
| Bundesliga (GER), 16 x 2009 - 11 iv 2010 Leading Round 9 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pl | Team | R | + | = | - | MP | BP |
| 1 | OSG Baden-Baden | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 54.5 |
| 2 | SG Solingen | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 45.5 |
| 3 | Werder Bremen | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 43.5 |
| 4 | SV Muelheim Nord | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 44.5 |
| 5 | SV Wattenscheid 1930 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 42 |
| 6 | Hamburger SK | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 41.5 |
| 7 | SK Turm Emsdetten | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 39.5 |
| 8 | SC 1950 Remagen | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 39 |
| 9 | SF Katernberg | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 32 |
| 10 | SC Eppingen | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 35.5 |
| 11 | SF Berlin 1903 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 32.5 |
| 12 | SG Trier | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 28.5 |
| 13 | Heidelberg-Handschuhsheim | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 26 |
| 14 | FC Bayern Muenchen | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 27 |
| 15 | SK Koenig Tegel | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 23 |
| 16 | Erfurter SK | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 21.5 |
