Schachbundesliga 12th and 13th Round
19-20th March at the venues Mülheim, Delmenhorst, München and Emsdetten

At 19th and 20th of March the 12th and 13th round of the Schachbundesliga will take place. Take a look at the pairings at the venues Mülheim, Delmenhorst, München and Emsdetten.

The top match of the weekend will take place in Mülheim. The host awaits the star ensemble from Baden-Baden. The German champion will compete with eight Top100 players. Obviously Baden-Baden doesn’t want to jeopardize the sixth straight championship.

The matches in Mülheim will be held in a wonderful location. The Museum of Modern Art invites all chess fans to visit the matches and an exhibition devoted to our beloved game. Playing venue: Kunstmuseum Mülheim, Synagogenplatz 1, 45468 Mülheim an der Ruhr.

12th round: Saturday, 19th of March 2011, 2pm

SV Mülheim Nord – OSG Baden-Baden
Daniel Fridman 2645 – Alexei Shirov 2749
Vladimir Potkin 2630 – Peter Svidler 2731
Pavel Tregubov 2598 – Sergei Movsesian 2723
Konstantin Landa 2611 – Etienne Bacrot 2716
Vitali Golod 2591 – Michael Adams 2728
Alexander Berelowitsch 2574 – Francisco Vallejo Pons 2697
Daniel Hausrath 2537 – Arkadij Naiditsch 2674
Michael Feygin 2526 – Jan Gustafsson 2646

SF Katernberg – SC Eppingen
Vladimir Chuchelov 2565 – Ferenc Berkes 2678
Klaus Bischoff 2553 – Sergei Tiviakov 2637
Igor Glek 2467 – Evgeny Postny 2595
Ilja Zaragatski 2490 – Zoltan Gyimesi 2595
Robert Ris 2416 – Peter Acs 2601
Sebastian Siebrecht 2421 – Arik Braun 2538
Christian Scholz 2387 – Robert Ruck 2555
Bernd Rosen 2353 – Zoltan Medvegy 2531

13th round: Sunday, 20th of March 2011, 10am

OSG Baden-Baden – SF Katernberg
Alexei Shirov 2749 – Vladimir Chuchelov 2565
Peter Svidler 2731 – Klaus Bischoff 2553
Sergei Movsesian 2723 – Igor Glek 2467
Etienne Bacrot 2716 – Ilja Zaragatski 2490
Michael Adams 2728 – Robert Ris 2416
Francisco Vallejo Pons 2697 – Sebastian Siebrecht 2421
Arkadij Naiditsch 2674 – Christian Scholz 2387
Jan Gustafsson 2646 – Bernd Rosen 2353

SC Eppingen – SV Mülheim Nord
Ferenc Berkes 2678 – Daniel Fridman 2645
Sergei Tiviakov 2637 – Vladimir Potkin 2630
Evgeny Postny 2595 – Pavel Tregubov 2598
Zoltan Gyimesi 2595 – Konstantin Landa 2611
Peter Acs 2601 – Vitali Golod 2591
Arik Braun 2538 – Alexander Berelowitsch 2574
Robert Ruck 2555 – Daniel Hausrath 2537
Zoltan Medvegy 2531 – Mihail Saltaev 2483

The second top match of the weekend will take place in Delmenhorst. Bremen faces on Sunday the strong team of Solingen. The strongest contender of Baden-Baden has to win in order to keep the chances alive to win the German championship.

Playing venue: Berufsgenossenschaft für Gesundheit und Wohlfahrtspflege, Fischstr. 31, 27749 Delmenhorst

12th round: Saturday, 19th of March 2011, 2pm
Delmenhorster SK – SG Solingen
Werder Bremen – SC Remagen

13th round: Sunday, 20th of March 2011, 10am
SG Solingen – Werder Bremen
SC Remagen – Delmenhorster SK

In Munich there is a totally different situation. Three teams are playing against relegation so many nerve-wracking games can be awaited.

Playing venue: Wilhelm-Hauenstein-Gymnasium, Elektrastr. 61, 81925 München

12th round: Saturday, 19th of March 2011, 2pm
Bayern München – SG Trier
Nickelhütte Aue – SV Griesheim

13th round: Sunday, 20th of March 2011, 10am
SG Trier – Nickelhütte Aue
SV Griesheim – Bayern München

In Emsdetten most of the teams are in a safe position in the table. Only Berlin has to fight against relegation and under these circumstances it is the team to watch out this weekend.

Playing venue: Verbundsparkasse Emsdetten, Kirchstr. 30-34, 48282 Emsdetten

12th round: Saturday, 19th of March 2011, 2pm
SK Turm Emsdetten – Hamburger SK
SV Wattenscheid – SF Berlin

13th round: Sunday, 20th of March 2011, 10am
Hamburger SK – SV Wattenscheid
SF Berlin – SK Turm Emsdetten

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.

By Georgios Souleidis

Standings after 11 rounds: 1. OSG Baden-Baden – 21
2. Werder Bremen – 19
3. SC Eppingen – 19
4. SG Solingen – 18
5. Mülheim Nord – 16
6. SF Katernberg – 12
7. Hamburger SK – 11
8. SV Wattenscheid – 11
9. Turm Emsdetten – 11
10. SG Trier – 10
11. SC Remagen – 6
12. SF Berlin – 6
13. SV Griesheim – 6
14. Nickelhütte Aue – 6
15. Bayern München – 4
16. Delmenhorster SK 0

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