10th and 11th round of the Schachbundesliga

10th and 11th round of the Schachbundesliga

World champion favours the 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 surprise.

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

*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

Standings Schachbundesliga after 9 rounds