TWIC is 30. First issue 17th September 1994.
Schachbundesliga 2010-11 (14-15)
Final Weekend of the Bundesliga 2010-11
Mark Crowther - Sunday 10th April 2011
Top scorer in the Bundesliga Arkadij Naiditsch. | http://www.schachbundesliga.de
The final rounds 14 and 15 of the Schachbundesliga took place 9th-10th April 2011. OSC Baden-Baden had a two point lead over Werder Bremen (who they met on Saturday and beat 5-3) and SC Eppingen. (Shirov-Eljanov and Svidler Gashimov were the top pairings, Baden Baden player is first named). There would have been a play-off if the teams finish level on match points. Arkadij Naiditsch (OSG Baden-Baden) made 13.5 out of 15 to be the top scorer winning both his final weekend games. Bremen beat Eppingen in Round 15 to take 2nd place on tie-break. OSG Baden-Baden routed Delmenhorster SK who were relegated with no points to win the title for a 6th time and were four points clear. The conceded just one match draw throughout the season. See the body of the article for Georgios Souleidis' preview of the round.
Showdown in Baden-Baden by Georgios Souleidis (Editor Website Schachbundesliga)
At 9th and 10th of April the 14th and 15th round of the Schachbundesliga will take place. The title bout will take place in Baden-Baden where the German champion faces his strongest contender Werder Bremen.
By Georgios Souleidis
The red carpet is rolled out in Baden-Baden. The German champion awaits his hardest rival to fight for the title in the Schachbundesliga. At the 14th round the best German teams meet each other for the top match of the season 2010/11. Both teams will compete with their nearly strongest lineup. All chess fans can await a hard fought battle between two teams which consists only of players in the top 100 of the world ranking. Theoretically speaking the team of SC Eppingen has also chances to win the title but will compete in Baden-Baden with a weakened formation. Take a look at the crucial pairings concerning the fight for the title in the highest German chess league.
14th round: Saturday, 9th of April 2011, 2pm
| OSG Baden-Baden | Werder Bremen | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexei Shirov | 2749* | Pavel Eljanov | 2761 |
| 2 | Peter Svidler | 2731 | Vugar Gashimov | 2719 |
| 3 | Sergei Movsesian | 2723 | Zahar Efimenko | 2683 |
| 4 | Etienne Bacrot | 2716 | Laurent Fressinet | 2718 |
| 5 | Michael Adams | 2728 | Luke McShane | 2657 |
| 6 | Peter-Heine Nielsen | 2670 | Alexander Areshchenko | 2664 |
| 7 | Francisco Vallejo Pons | 2697 | Michael Roiz | 2637 |
| 8 | Arkadij Naiditsch | 2674 | Tomi Nyback | 2635 |
| SC Eppingen | Delmenhorster SK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sergei Tiviakov | 2637 | Bartlomiej Heberla | 2534 |
| 2 | Evgeny Postny | 2595 | Tobias Jugelt | 2409 |
| 3 | Arik Braun | 2538 | Markus Lammers | 2395 |
| 4 | Robert Ruck | 2555 | Michal Luch | 2335 |
| 5 | Namig Guliyev | 2510 | Malte Meyer | 2348 |
| 6 | Zoltan Medvegy | 2531 | Florian Mossakowski | 2335 |
| 7 | Elisabeth Paehtz | 2467 | David Höffer | 2259 |
| 8 | Christian Mann | 2444 | Alex Isakson | 1958 |
15th round: Sunday, 10th of April 2011, 10am
| Werder Bremen | SC Eppingen | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pavel Eljanov | 2761 | Sergei Tiviakov | 2637 |
| 2 | Vugar Gashimov | 2719 | Evgeny Postny | 2595 |
| 3 | Zahar Efimenko | 2683 | Arik Braun | 2538 |
| 4 | Laurent Fressinet | 2718 | Robert Ruck | 2555 |
| 5 | Luke McShane | 2657 | Namig Guliyev | 2510 |
| 6 | Alexander Areshchenko | 2664 | Zoltan Medvegy | 2531 |
| 7 | Michael Roiz | 2637 | Elisabeth Paehtz | 2467 |
| 8 | Tomi Nyback | 2635 | Christian Mann | 2444 |
| Delmenhorster SK | OSG Baden-Baden | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bartlomiej Heberla | 2534 | Alexei Shirov | 2749 |
| 2 | Tobias Jugelt | 2409 | Peter Svidler | 2731 |
| 3 | Markus Lammers | 2395 | Sergei Movsesian | 2723 |
| 4 | Michal Luch | 2335 | Etienne Bacrot | 2716 |
| 5 | Malte Meyer | 2348 | Michael Adams | 2728 |
| 6 | Florian Mossakowski | 2335 | Peter-Heine Nielsen | 2670 |
| 7 | David Höffer | 2259 | Francisco Vallejo Pons | 2697 |
| 8 | Tobias Sturm | 2037 | Arkadij Naiditsch | 2674 |
The fight against relegation will take place in Hamburg and Aue. The teams of Griesheim, Remagen, Berlin and Aue fight for two remaining places in the Schachbundesliga. Here are the parings in Hamburg and Aue.
Playing venue: Kasino der Signal Iduna, Kapstadtring 8, 22297 Hamburg
Saturday, 9th of April, 2 pm, 14th Round
Hamburger SK - SG Trier
SF Berlin - SV Griesheim
Sunday, 10th of April, 10 am, 15th Round
SG Trier - SF Berlin
SV Griesheim - Hamburger SK
Playing venue: Aula der Mittelschule Aue-Zelle, Agrikolastraße 5, 08280 Aue
Saturday, 9th of April, 2 pm, 14th Round
Nickelhuette Aue - SG Solingen
Bayern Muenchen - SC Remagen
Sunday, 10th of April, 10 am, 15th Round
SG Solingen - Bayern Muenchen
SC Remagen - Nickelhuette Aue
In the fourth playing venue of the last weekend of the season all teams fight for the prestige achieving the best possible ranking in the table.
Playing venue: Haus der Evangelischen Kirche, III. Hagen 39, 45127 Essen
Saturday, 9th of April, 2 pm, 14th Round
SF Katernberg - SK Turm Emsdetten
SV Muelheim Nord - SV Wattenscheid
Sunday, 10th of April, 10 am, 15th Round
SK Turm Emsdetten - SV Muelheim Nord
SV Wattenscheid - SF Katernberg
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 after 13 rounds
| Rank | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | OSG Baden-Baden | 25 |
| 2. | Werder Bremen | 23 |
| 3. | SC Eppingen | 23 |
| 4. | SG Solingen | 20 |
| 5. | Muelheim Nord | 16 |
| 6. | Turm Emsdetten | 15 |
| 7. | SG Trier | 14 |
| 8. | SV Wattenscheid | 13 |
| 9. | Hamburger SK | 12 |
| 10. | SF Katernberg | 12 |
| 11. | SV Griesheim | 10 |
| 12. | SC Remagen | 8 |
| 13. | SF Berlin | 7 |
| 14. | Nickelhuette Aue | 6 |
| 15. | Bayern Muenchen | 4 |
| 16. | Delmenhorster SK | 0 |
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