3rd and 4th round of the Schachbundesliga
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The 3rd and 4th round of the Schachbundesliga and one match from round 7 will take place from the 13th to the 15th of November, 2009. The following article provides you with the pairings of the following weekend.

The top matches of the following weekend will take place in Bremen and Mülheim. The host team Bremen will face on Saturday the team of Eppingen. Both teams are expected to fight for the first places in the Bundesliga. Bremen is one of the few teams who can challenge the German Champion OSG Baden-Baden. In Mülheim the host team will face the team of Solingen, two teams of the upper half of the chart. The German Champion OSG Baden-Baden is playing at home and is odds-on favourite in the matches against the teams of München and Erfurt.

All teams involved at the playing venue Bremen agreed to announce their lineups two days in advance. Bremen will play on the first board with Pavel Eljanov from Ukraine, who is ranked number 17 in the world after some outstanding performances in the last months. Her premiere in the Schachbundesliga will celebrate Anna Muzychuk from Slovenia. She is one of the few female players, and the strongest one, in the highest German chess league. She will play on board eight for SC Eppingen. You can check all lineups and parings of the matches in Bremen by following this link.

3rd round: Saturday, 14th of November 2009, 2 pm

Playing venue Baden-Baden (Routing)
OSG Baden-Baden – Bayern München
SK Heidelberg-Handschuhsheim – Erfurter SK

Playing venue Mülheim (Routing)
SV Mülheim Nord – SG Solingen
SF Katernberg – SC Remagen

Playing venue Bremen (Routing)
Werder Bremen – SC Eppingen
Hamburger SK – SG Trier

Playing venue Emsdetten (Routing)
SK Turm Emsdetten – SF Berlin
SV Wattenscheid – SK König Tegel

4th round: Sunday, 15th of November 2009, 10 am

Playing venue Baden-Baden
Bayern München – SK Heidelberg-Handschuhsheim
Erfurter SK – OSG Baden-Baden

Playing venue Mülheim
SG Solingen – SF Katernberg
SC Remagen – SV Mülheim Nord

Playing venue Bremen
SC Eppingen – Hamburger SK
SG Trier – Werder Bremen

Playing venue Emsdetten
SF Berlin – SV Wattenscheid
SK König Tegel – SK Turm Emsdetten

Match of the 7th round: Friday, 13th of November 2009, 4pm
Playing venue Bremen
Werder Bremen – Hamburger SK

Live coverage:
All games of the Schachbundesliga are covered live in the internet. At the particular date of the matches you can get access to the games via the website of the Schachbundesliga.

Standings Schachbundesliga

Rnr Verein R + = – MP BP
1 SK Turm Emsdetten 3 3 0 0 6 16
2 SC Eppingen 3 2 1 0 5 16
3 SV Wattenscheid 1930 3 2 0 1 4 14.5
4 Werder Bremen 2 2 0 0 4 10
5 OSG Baden-Baden 2 2 0 0 4 9.5
6 Hamburger SK 2 2 0 0 4 9.5
7 SV Mülheim Nord 2 1 1 0 3 9
8 SG Solingen 2 1 0 1 2 9.5
9 SC 1950 Remagen 2 1 0 1 2 8.5
10 SF Katernberg 2 1 0 1 2 6
11 SG Trier 3 0 0 3 0 9
12 SF Berlin 1903 2 0 0 2 0 7
13 FC Bayern München 2 0 0 2 0 6.5
14 SK König Tegel 2 0 0 2 0 5.5
15 Heidelberg-Handschuhsheim 2 0 0 2 0 4.5
16 Erfurter SK 2 0 0 2 0 3
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