SBL in December
At 11th and 12th of December the 5th and 6th round of the Schachbundesliga will take place. Take a look at the pairings at the venues Hamburg, Emsdetten, Trier and Munich.
By Georgios Souleidis
OSG Baden-Baden will play at Hamburg against the host and the team of Berlin. The German Champion and current league leader is odds-on-favourite in both matches. Here are the lineups of all teams in Hamburg.
5th round: Saturday, 11th of December 2010, 2pm
| Hamburger SK | OSG Baden-Baden | |||
| 1 | David Baramidze | 2542 | Alexei Shirov | 2749 |
| 2 | Lubomir Ftacnik | 2568 | Etienne Bacrot | 2716 |
| 3 | Niclas Huschenbeth | 2461 | Francisco Vallejo Pons | 2697 |
| 4 | Dorian Rogozenco | 2522 | Arkadij Naiditsch | 2674 |
| 5 | Karsten Müller | 2525 | Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu | 2683 |
| 6 | Thies Heinemann | 2488 | Georg Meier | 2659 |
| 7 | Oliver Reeh | 2454 | Rustem Dautov | 2602 |
| 8 | Dirk Sebastian | 2439 | Philipp Schlosser | 2574 |
| SF Berlin | SC Eppingen | |||
| 1 | Martin Krämer | 2516 | Csaba Balogh | 2608 |
| 2 | Arnd Lauber | 2497 | Evgeny Postny | 2595 |
| 3 | Rainer Polzin | 2494 | Zoltan Gyimesi | 2595 |
| 4 | Stephan Berndt | 2442 | Peter Acs | 2601 |
| 5 | Ilja Schneider | 2529 | Falko Bindrich | 2507 |
| 6 | Mikail Agopov | 2419 | Arik Braun | 2538 |
| 7 | Lars Thiede | 2445 | Namig Guliyev | 2510 |
| 8 | Marco Thinius | 2367 | Christian Mann | 2444 |
6th round: Sunday, 12th of December 2010, 2pm
| OSG Baden-Baden | SF Berlin | |||
| 1 | Alexei Shirov | 2749 | Martin Krämer | 2516 |
| 2 | Etienne Bacrot | 2716 | Arnd Lauber | 2497 |
| 3 | Francisco Vallejo Pons | 2697 | Rainer Polzin | 2494 |
| 4 | Arkadij Naiditsch | 2674 | Stephan Berndt | 2442 |
| 5 | Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu | 2683 | Ilja Schneider | 2519 |
| 6 | Georg Meier | 2659 | Mikail Agopov | 2419 |
| 7 | Rustem Dautov | 2602 | Lars Thiede | 2445 |
| 8 | Philipp Schlosser | 2574 | Marco Thinius | 2367 |
| SC Eppingen | Hamburger SK | |||
| 1 | Csaba Balogh | 2608 | David Baramdidze | 2542 |
| 2 | Evgeny Postny | 2595 | Lubomir Ftacnik | 2568 |
| 3 | Zoltan Gyimesi | 2595 | Niclas Huschenbeth | 2461 |
| 4 | Peter Acs | 2601 | Dorian Rogozenco | 2522 |
| 5 | Falko Bindrich | 2507 | Karsten Müller | 2525 |
| 6 | Arik Braun | 2538 | Thies Heinemann | 2488 |
| 7 | Namig Guliyev | 2510 | Oliver Reeh | 2454 |
| 8 | Christian Mann | 2444 | Dirk Sebastian | 2439 |
At the playing venue Emsdetten some close matches can be awaited. The teams of Emsdetten and Wattenscheid will face the teams of Solingen and Remagen.
5th round: Saturday, 11th of December 2010, 2pm
SK Turm Emsdetten – SG Solingen
SV Wattenscheid – SC Remagen
6th round: Sunday, 12th of December 2010, 2pm
SG Solingen – SV Wattenscheid
SC Remagen – SK Turm Emsdetten
In Trier the teams of Trier and Griesheim will face the teams of Mülheim and Katernberg. Trier and Griesheim are fighting against relegation whereas Mülheim and Katernberg belong to the more established teams of the league.
5th round: Saturday, 11th of December 2010, 2pm
SG Trier – SV Mülheim Nord
SV Griesheim – SF Katernberg
6th round: Sunday, 12th of December 2010, 2pm
SV Mülheim Nord – SV Griesheim
SF Katernberg – SG Trier
In Munich the biggest contender of Baden-Baden, Werder Bremen, will face the teams of Munich and Aue and is odds-on-favourite. The rest of the teams at this playing venue is fighting against relegation.
5th round: Saturday, 11th of December 2010, 2pm
Bayern München – Werder Bremen
ESV Nickelhütte Aue – Delmenhorster SK
6th round: Sunday, 12th of December 2010, 2pm
Werder Bremen – ESV Nickelhütte Aue
Delmenhorster SK – Bayern München
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Hello Susan.
Have you visided Neuswanstein?
When i was there my friends wanted us to wait for the english tour. Bu i soon began to think in German and realized that Ludwig the Crazy was just as crazy as me. So I hid myself in his bedroom. Not in his bed but on the balcony. Hid mysef for the French tour and joined the German in his upper meetingroom where heaven and hell is painted in stone in cieling and floor where i invented a german word to describe it.
After the tour i asked the german guide in the courtyard if the word existed.
– I have never heard it, but i will use it on my next tour. I was unable to take one more tour because we had a car going to Munic before everyting closed. So i did buy the biggest book i could afford about Ludvig.
Excuse me for all the errors in my first posting. It was so early and foggy and i had not quite opend my both eyes.
About Chess:
I remember when they started up the German Liga. Harry Schüssler who lives here in Uppsala played for Hamburger Sportverein together with 7 russian GM’s
he told us when we wanted help from him in the Academical Chess Club.
Baden-Baden-Baden-baden hatt ein Gutes mannschaft! Ich glaube nicht das sie haben platz für einer Dumme Schwede.