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BundesligaOn March 19th and 20th the 12th and 13th round of the Schachbundesliga will take place. We present the pairings at the venues Muelheim, Delmenhorst, Munich and Emsdetten - it's already known that Baden-Baden will show up with Alexei Shirov and Peter Svidler at top boards.

The top match of the weekend will take place in Muelheim: The host awaits the star ensemble from Baden-Baden. The German champion will compete with eight top 100 players. Obviously Baden-Baden doesn't want to jeopardize their sixth straight championship.

The matches in Muelheim 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.

At Eppingen the host and the team of Baden-Baden meet the teams of Munich and Aue. Things seem to be clear at this venue as Munich and Aue are playing against relegation and will not compete with their best line-up.

Playing venue: Kunstmuseum Muelheim

12th round: Saturday, 19th of March 2011, 2pm
# SV Mülheim Nord OSG Baden-Baden
1 Daniel Fridman 2645 Alexei Shirov 2749
2 Vladimir Potkin 2630 Peter Svidler 2731
3 Pavel Tregubov 2598 Sergei Movsesian 2723
4 Konstantin Landa 2611 Etienne Bacrot 2716
5 Vitali Golod 2591 Michael Adams 2728
6 Alexander Berelowitsch 2574 Francisco Vallejo Pons 2697
7 Daniel Hausrath 2537 Arkadij Naiditsch 2674
8 Michael Feygin 2526 Jan Gustafsson 2646
# SF Katernberg SC Eppingen
1 Vladimir Chuchelov 2565 Ferenc Berkes 2678
2 Klaus Bischoff 2553 Sergei Tiviakov 2637
3 Igor Glek 2467 Evgeny Postny 2595
4 Ilja Zaragatski 2490 Zoltan Gyimesi 2595
5 Robert Ris 2416 Peter Acs 2601
6 Sebastian Siebrecht 2421 Arik Braun 2538
7 Christian Scholz 2387 Robert Ruck 2555
8 Bernd Rosen 2353 Zoltan Medvegy 2531



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

# OSG Baden-Baden SF Katernberg
1 Alexei Shirov 2749 Vladimir Chuchelov 2565
2 Peter Svidler 2731 Klaus Bischoff 2553
3 Sergei Movsesian 2723 Igor Glek 2467
4 Etienne Bacrot 2716 Ilja Zaragatski 2490
5 Michael Adams 2728 Robert Ris 2416
6 Francisco Vallejo Pons 2697 Sebastian Siebrecht 2421
7 Arkadij Naiditsch 2674 Christian Scholz 2387
8 Jan Gustafsson 2646 Bernd Rosen 2353
# SC Eppingen SV Muelheim Nord
1 Ferenc Berkes 2678 Daniel Fridman 2645
2 Sergei Tiviakov 2637 Vladimir Potkin 2630
3 Evgeny Postny 2595 Pavel Tregubov 2598
4 Zoltan Gyimesi 2595 Konstantin Landa 2611
5 Peter Acs 2601 Vitali Golod 2591
6 Arik Braun 2538 Alexander Berelowitsch 2574
7 Robert Ruck 2555 Daniel Hausrath 2537
8 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: 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

12th round: Saturday, 19th of March 2011, 2pm Bayern Munich - SG Trier Nickelhuette Aue - SV Griesheim

13th round: Sunday, 20th of March 2011, 10am SG Trier - Nickelhuette Aue SV Griesheim - Bayern Munich

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

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

Bundesliga | Current Standings

Rnr Verein R + = - MP BP
1 OSG Baden-Baden 11 10 1 0 21 66.5
2 Werder Bremen 11 9 1 1 19 59
3 SC Eppingen 11 9 1 1 19 55.5
4 SG Solingen 11 8 2 1 18 53
5 SV Muelheim Nord 11 7 2 2 16 51.5
6 SF Katernberg 11 5 2 4 12 43
7 Hamburger SK 11 5 1 5 11 47
8 SV Wattenscheid 1930 11 5 1 5 11 43
9 SK Turm Emsdetten 11 4 3 4 11 43
10 SG Trier 11 4 2 5 10 41
11 SC 1950 Remagen 11 2 2 7 6 41
12 SF Berlin 1903 11 2 2 7 6 37
13 SV Griesheim 11 1 4 6 6 36.5
14 ESV Nickelhuette Aue 11 3 0 8 6 35.5
15 FC Bayern Munich 11 2 0 9 4 30.5
16 Delmenhorster SK 11 0 0 11 0 21



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