Premiere in the Schachbundesliga

Premiere in the Schachbundesliga

The 12th and 13th round of the Schachbundesliga take place on the 28th February and 1st March of 2009. The top teams of Baden-Baden, Eppingen and Bremen will meet in Eppingen with very strong line-ups for some top-class matches. For the first time in the history the Schachbundesliga will publish the line-ups of these teams two days in advance in order to offer all chess fans an overview of some upcoming matches.

The top match of the whole season will be Bremen against Baden-Baden on Sunday. Bremen will compete with the strongest line-up ever in his history. Four rounds before the season ends Baden-Baden is clearly leading the Schachbundesliga but Bremen has the opportunity to handle them their first loss. This and all other matches of the Schachbundesliga will be covered live in the internet.

Playing venue Tegernsee:
Saturday, 28th of February, 2 pm (12th round)
TV Tegernsee – SV Mülheim Nord
Bayern München – SF Katernberg
Sunday, 1st of March, 10 am (13th round)
SV Mülheim Nord – Bayern München
SF Katernberg – TV Tegernsee

Playing venue Solingen:
Saturday, 28th of February, 2 pm (12th round)
Aljechin Solingen – SC Kreuzberg
SV Wattenscheid – USV TU Dresden
Sunday, 1st of March, 10 am (13th round)
SC Kreuzberg – SV Wattenscheid
USV TU Dresden – Aljechin Solingen

Playing venue Hamburg:
Saturday, 28th of February, 2 pm (12th round)
Hamburger SK – SC Remagen
SF Berlin – SG Trier
Sunday, 1st of March, 10 am (13th round)
SC Remagen – SF Berlin
SG Trier – Hamburger SK

Playing venue Eppingen:
Saturday, 28th of February, 2 pm (12th round)
SC Eppingen – Werder Bremen
OSG Baden-Baden – Turm Emsdetten
Sunday, 1st of March, 10 am (13th round)
Werder Bremen – OSG Baden-Baden
Turm Emsdetten – SC Eppingen

Line-ups of the teams in Eppingen:

Baden-Baden
1 Alexei Shirov (2726)
2 Peter Svidler (2727)
3 Michael Adams (2734)
4 Sergei Movsesian (2732)
5 Etienne Bacrot (2705)
6 Pentala Harikrishna (2659)
7 Arkadij Naiditsch (2678)
8 Rustem Dautov (2601)

Werder Bremen
1 Shakhriyar Mamediyarov (2731)
2 Pavel Eljanov (2720)
3 Zahar Efimenko (2680)
4 Alexander Areshchenko (2664)
5 Laurent Fressinet (2676)
6 Georg Meier (2558)
7 Michael Roiz (2677)
8 Tomi Nybäck (2634)

SC Eppingen**
1. Sergei Tiviakov (2686)
2. Ferenc Berkes (2645)
3. Zoltan Gyimesi (2592)
4. Falko Bindrich (2517)
5. Robert Ruck (2574)
6. Peter Acs (2542)
7. Zoltan Medvegy (2556)
8. Namig Guliyev (2521)

Turm Emsdetten on Saturday
1 Michael Feygin (2569)
2 Ruud Janssen (2524)
3 Wouter Spoelman (2459)
4 Daan Brandenburg (2436)
5 Anish Giri (2466)
6 Alexandr Kabatianski (2436)
7 Martin Zumsande (2411)
8 Michiel Bosman (2346)

Turm Emsdetten on Sunday
1 Michael Feygin (2569)
2 Ruud Janssen (2524)
3 Wouter Spoelman (2459)
4 Anish Giri (2466)
5 Alexandr Kabatianski (2436)
6 Christian Richter (2403)
7 Martin Zumsande (2411)
8 Michiel Bosman (2346)

Official site an entrance site for the live coverage:
http://www.schachbundesliga.de
Teams of the Schachbundesliga and line-ups:
http://schachbundesliga.de/bundesliga_statistik/vereine.aspx