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Schachbundesliga 2010-11 (Rds 3-4)
Bundesliga 2nd weekend 12th - 14th November 2010
Georgios Souleidis - Thursday 11th November 2010
The 2nd weekend of the Bundesliga takes place 12th - 14th November. Peter Svidler, Michael Adams and Anish Giri are amongst the players. Press release: Georgios Souleidis.
Top matches and fight against relegation By Georgios Souleidis
From 12th to 14th of November three preponed matches of the 7th round and the regular matches of the 3rd and 4th round of the Schachbundesliga will take place. The playing venues are Eppingen, Berlin, Solingen and Griesheim. All pairings and informations are presented in the following article.
OSG Baden-Baden will play in Eppingen where it faces the host and the teams of Western Germany SV Wattenscheid and SK Turm Emsdetten. The German Champion is odds-on favourite in all matches. As in the past the Schachbundesliga presents the line-ups from the venue where Baden-Baden is playing in advance.
Playing venue Eppingen:
7th round: Friday, 12th of November 2010, 4pm*
| SC Eppingen | OSG Baden-Baden | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ferenc Berkes | 2678 | Peter Svidler | 2731 |
| 2 | Sergei Tiviakov | 2637 | Michael Adams | 2728 |
| 3 | Csaba Balogh | 2608 | Peter-Heine Nielsen | 2670 |
| 4 | Zoltan Gyimesi | 2595 | Arkadij Naiditsch | 2674 |
| 5 | Peter Acs | 2601 | Georg Meier | 2659 |
| 6 | Falko Bindrich | 2507 | Jan Gustafsson | 2646 |
| 7 | Arik Braun | 2538 | Rustem Dautov | 2602 |
| 8 | Zoltan Medvegy | 2531 | Philipp Schlosser | 2574 |
3rd round: Saturday, 13th of November 2010, 2pm
| SC Eppingen | SK Turm Emsdetten | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ferenc Berkes | 2678 | Anish Giri | 2677 |
| 2 | Sergei Tiviakov | 2637 | Wouter Spoelman | 2538 |
| 3 | Csaba Balogh | 2608 | Ruud Janssen | 2498 |
| 4 | Zoltan Gyimesi | 2595 | Daan Brandenburg | 2519 |
| 5 | Peter Acs | 2601 | Roeland Pruijssers | 2483 |
| 6 | Falko Bindrich | 2507 | Thomas Fiebig | 2453 |
| 7 | Arik Braun | 2538 | Christov Kleijn | 2427 |
| 8 | Zoltan Medvegy | 2531 | Christian Richter | 2392 |
| OSG Baden-Baden | SV Wattenscheid | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter Svidler | 2731 | Mateusz Bartel | 2599 |
| 2 | Michael Adams | 2728 | Sebastian Bogner | 2549 |
| 3 | Peter-Heine Nielsen | 2670 | Pawel Czarnota | 2524 |
| 4 | Arkadij Naiditsch | 2674 | Alexander Rustemov | 2541 |
| 5 | Georg Meier | 2659 | Ralf Appel | 2547 |
| 6 | Jan Gustafsson | 2646 | Florian Handke | 2494 |
| 7 | Rustem Dautov | 2602 | Tobias Hirneise | 2436 |
| 8 | Fabian Döttling | 2579 | Volkmar Dinstuhl | 2424 |
4th round: Sunday, 14th of November 2010, 10am
| SK Turm Emsdetten | OSG Baden-Baden | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anish Giri | 2677 | Peter Svidler | 2731 |
| 2 | Wouter Spoelman | 2538 | Michael Adams | 2728 |
| 3 | Ruud Janssen | 2498 | Peter-Heine Nielsen | 2670 |
| 4 | Daan Brandenburg | 2519 | Arkadij Naiditsch | 2674 |
| 5 | Roeland Pruijssers | 2483 | Georg Meier | 2659 |
| 6 | Thomas Fiebig | 2453 | Jan Gustafsson | 2646 |
| 7 | Christov Kleijn | 2427 | Fabian Döttling | 2579 |
| 8 | Christian Richter | 2392 | Philipp Schlosser | 2574 |
| SV Wattenscheid | SC Eppingen | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mateusz Bartel | 2599 | Ferenc Berkes | 2678 |
| 2 | Sebastian Bogner | 2549 | Sergei Tiviakov | 2637 |
| 3 | Pawel Czarnota | 2524 | Csaba Balogh | 2608 |
| 4 | Alexander Rustemov | 2541 | Zoltan Gyimesi | 2595 |
| 5 | Ralf Appel | 2547 | Peter Acs | 2601 |
| 6 | Florian Handke | 2494 | Falko Bindrich | 2507 |
| 7 | Tobias Hirneise | 2436 | Arik Braun | 2538 |
| 8 | Volkmar Dinstuhl | 2424 | Zoltan Medvegy | 2531 |
At the playing venue Solingen some top matches will take place. The host is one of the teams expected to end at the top half of the table at the end of the season. With Mülheim and Katernberg two teams will be present, who started perfect in the season with two wins.
Playing venue Solingen:
3rd round: Saturday, 13th of November 2010, 2pm
SG Solingen - SV Mülheim Nord
SC Remagen - SF Katernberg
4th round: Sunday, 14th of November 2010, 10am
SV Mülheim Nord - SC Remagen
SF Katernberg - SG Solingen
At the playing venue Berlin three teams will face each other, who fight against relegation. Some nerve-wracking matches can be expected.
Playing venue Berlin:
7th round: Friday, 12th of November 2010, 4pm*
SF Berlin - Hamburger SK
3rd round: Saturday, 13th of November 2010, 2pm
SF Berlin - FC Bayern München
Hamburger SK - ESV Nickelhütte Aue
4th round: Sunday, 14th of November 2010, 10am
FC Bayern München - Hamburger SK
ESV Nickelhütte Aue - SF Berlin
At the playing venue Griesheim the league leader Werder Bremen will face the teams of Griesheim and Trier. Bremen is highly favoured in these matches. The rest of the teams will try to secure some points in their fight against relegation.
Playing venue Griesheim:
7th round: Friday, 12th of November 2010, 4pm*
SV Griesheim - SG Trier
3rd round: Saturday, 13th of November 2010, 2pm
SV Griesheim - Werder Bremen
SG Trier - Delmenhorster SK
4th round: Sunday, 14th of November 2010, 10am
Werder Bremen - SG Trier
Delmenhorster SK - SV Griesheim
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
it´s possible to register for a chat and to communicate with other
users. Also its possible to download all games by one click.
*In the 7th round the matches between the travel partners take place. This round is played throughout the first half of the season.
