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🏆 Bundesliga 2011/12

  PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games)
Levon Aronian, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Viswanathan Anand, Anish Giri, Anatoly Karpov, Peter Svidler, Pentala Harikrishna, Pavel Eljanov, Michael Adams, Vugar Gashimov, Richard Rapport, Alexey Shirov, Nikita Vitiugov, Sergei Movsesian, Radoslaw Wojtaszek, Etienne Bacrot, Arkadij Naiditsch, Victor Bologan, Zoltan Almasi, Francisco Vallejo Pons, Andrei Volokitin, Laurent Fressinet, Alexander Areshchenko, Rustam Kasimdzhanov, Yuriy Kryvoruchko, Luke McShane, David Howell, Alexander Motylev, Zahar Efimenko, Evgeny Najer, Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu, Ferenc Berkes, Boris Grachev, Markus Ragger, Romain Edouard, Jon Ludvig Hammer, Peter Heine Nielsen, Sergei Tiviakov, Evgenij Miroshnichenko, Ivan Saric, Vladimir Potkin, Nils Grandelius, Michael Roiz, Artur Yusupov, Konstantin Landa, Hrant Melkumyan, Mateusz Bartel, Tigran Gharamian, Gawain Jones, Predrag Nikolic, Sergey A Fedorchuk, Zoltan Gyimesi, Evgeny Postny, Matthias Bluebaum, Csaba Balogh, Parimarjan Negi, Daniel Fridman, Igor Glek, Jan Smeets, Alexander Ipatov, Dariusz Swiercz, Bartosz Socko, Luka Lenic, Mikheil Mchedlishvili, Grzegorz Gajewski, Viktor Erdos, Pavel Tregubov, Constantin Lupulescu, Tomi Nyback, Sandipan Chanda, Kamil Miton, Bartlomiej Macieja, Jan Gustafsson, Erwin L'Ami, Zbynek Hracek, Mircea-Emilian Parligras, Robert Kempinski, Rainer Buhmann, Yaroslav Zherebukh, Benjamin Bok, Daniel Stellwagen, Ehsan Ghaem Maghami, Vadim Malakhatko, Andreas Heimann, Rustem Dautov, Zoltan Ribli, Niclas Huschenbeth, Emanuel Berg, Alexander Rustemov, David Baramidze, Sebastian Bogner, Lubomir Ftacnik, Tornike Sanikidze, Rafal Antoniewski, Philipp Schlosser, Arik Braun, Falko Bindrich, Vlastimil Babula Sr, Vladimir Chuchelov, Peter Acs plus 137 more players.

 page 1 of 12; games 1-25 of 289  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Kryvoruchko vs Motylev  1-0452011Bundesliga 2011/12E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System
2. Potkin vs K Bischoff 1-0382011Bundesliga 2011/12D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted
3. V Golod vs I Zaragatski  1-0422011Bundesliga 2011/12A46 Queen's Pawn Game
4. P Schlosser vs A Dany  1-0382011Bundesliga 2011/12E08 Catalan, Closed
5. M Mchedlishvili vs V Gashimov  1-0852011Bundesliga 2011/12A35 English, Symmetrical
6. Fressinet vs W Spoelman  1-0522011Bundesliga 2011/12D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
7. J L Hammer vs Swiercz  1-0392011Bundesliga 2011/12D93 Grunfeld, with Bf4 & e3
8. R Edouard vs J Hector  1-0652011Bundesliga 2011/12D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
9. P Nikolic vs R Swinkels  1-0512011Bundesliga 2011/12D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
10. B Bok vs A Naumann  1-0412011Bundesliga 2011/12C67 Ruy Lopez
11. M Hoffmann vs P Popovic  1-0642011Bundesliga 2011/12D99 Grunfeld Defense, Smyslov
12. S Fruebing vs G Gauglitz  1-0372011Bundesliga 2011/12B45 Sicilian, Taimanov
13. D Hausrath vs J Gustafsson  1-0532011Bundesliga 2011/12A00 Uncommon Opening
14. N Firman vs L Cyborowski  1-0392011Bundesliga 2011/12C42 Petrov Defense
15. P Jaracz vs J Kotainy  1-0592011Bundesliga 2011/12E11 Bogo-Indian Defense
16. V Gashimov vs R Kempinski 1-0242011Bundesliga 2011/12B54 Sicilian
17. Hracek vs T Heinemann  1-0482011Bundesliga 2011/12E33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
18. V Babula Sr vs D Sebastian  1-0352011Bundesliga 2011/12A40 Queen's Pawn Game
19. N Grandelius vs A Lauber  1-0332011Bundesliga 2011/12B10 Caro-Kann
20. R Janssen vs R Polzin 1-0732011Bundesliga 2011/12E71 King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3)
21. S Chanda vs F Berkes  1-0642011Bundesliga 2011/12A14 English
22. P Nikolic vs F Bindrich  1-0572011Bundesliga 2011/12A14 English
23. Buhmann vs T Gharamian  1-0292011Bundesliga 2011/12E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3
24. A Goloshchapov vs Saric  1-0532011Bundesliga 2011/12E61 King's Indian
25. Miroshnichenko vs A Dgebuadze  1-0672011Bundesliga 2011/12E11 Bogo-Indian Defense
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  chessgames.com: Official site:

http://www.schachbundesliga.de/inde... (English)

http://www.schachbundesliga.de/ (Deutsch)

Live games = http://bundesliga.liveschach.net/?l...

Oct-15-11  whiteshark: <Start of the season 2011/12 <>>

The season 2011/12 starts with a special event. From 14th to 16th of October all 16 teams will play the first three rounds at one venue. This is the first time in the history of the Schachbundesliga.

<16 Teams, <128 players, <192 games>>>

The host of the event is the club of SV Mülheim Nord. The team of North Rhine-Westphalia is known for excellent playing conditions. The venue of the event will be the RWE sports hall.

The highest German chess league celebrates at this venue the start of the season 2011/12. The first round starts at 14th of October at 4pm. The second round will take place at 15th of October at 2pm and the third round at 16th of October at 10am.

ibid.

Oct-16-11  whiteshark: Yesterdays biggest surprise was the 4.5 : 3.5 defeat of the defending champion and Elo favourite <Team Baden-Oos> against the host <Team Mühlheim>.

Decisive game: D Hausrath vs J Gustafsson, 2011

Oct-16-11  whiteshark: The third round has just begun: http://bundesliga.liveschach.net/
Dec-14-11  whiteshark: The 4th and 5th round of the Schachbundesliga take place 19th-20th November 2011. There are matches at the venues Hockenheim, Dortmund, Solingen and Berlin-Tegel. The top match of the weekend will take place in Solingen where the hosts will meet the German champion of the last six years, OSG Baden-Baden. Baden-Baden lost one match at the beginning of the season against Muelheim and is surely not looking for any further surprises.

http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessne...

Feb-05-12  whiteshark: Round 9 is underway. You can follow 64 live games here: http://bundesliga.liveschach.net/
Feb-11-12  whiteshark: There are 380 new games (rounds 4-9) on this page!
Feb-24-12  waustad: Round 10 is tomorrow morning. One place to watch seems to be: http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessne...
Feb-25-12  whiteshark: At 25th and 26th of February 2012 the 10th and 11th round of the Schachbundesliga will take place. Take a look at the pairings at the venues Wattenscheid, Hockenheim, Trier and Remagen.

http://schachbundesliga.de/magazin/...

Feb-25-12  cro777: The Chess Bundesliga (Schach-Bundesliga) is the premier league of team chess in Germany. It is arguably the strongest and longest running league of its kind, attracting many top grandmasters from Europe and beyond.

After 9 rounds the leader is Baden-Baden with 16 match points (eight wins and one loss). On top boards for the leading team today are playing Vallejo Pons, Bacrot, Naiditsch, Nisipeanu and Gustafsson.

Round 10 starts today (25th February 2012) at 14:00 local time (UTC+2).

Live coverage is available here:

http://bundesliga.liveschach.net/?l...

Feb-25-12  waustad: Giri vs Ragger is an interesting game. It's very tactical.
Feb-25-12  cro777: The game Giri - Ragger is very sharp.
In the Semi Slav Meran Anish opted for a rare set-up (Morozevich's idea) and sacrificed a piece.

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. e4 c5 11. d5 Qc7 12. Bc2 O-O-O 13. Ng5 Nb6 14. a4 h6


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<15. Nxf7> Giri sacrificed a piece. In the game Kozul - Predojevic at the Croatian Team Championship White retreated the knight 15.Nf3 (Kozul lost the game).

Feb-25-12  cro777: The game Giri - Ragger continued by


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15... Qxf7 16. axb5 a5 17. Qf3 Bd6 18. Qh3 Qh5 19. Qxh5 Nxh5 20. dxe6 g5 21. Rxa5 Ng7 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. exd5 Bxd5 24. b4 Nxe6 25. b6 Nd4 26. bxc5 Bf4 27. Bd3 Nb3


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The critical position.

Here, Giri should have played 28.Bxf4 with the idea 28...Nxa5 29.Be5 Rhe8 30.Bf6. Instead, he faltered by playing <28.Ra7?> but Ragger missed the simple 28...Nxc1 with winning chances. After <28...Kb8?> he might have lost all the advantage, for instance

29.Bb2! Rhf8 (29...Rhg8 30.g3) 30.Be2 Nd2 31.Rfa1.

Giri chose <29.Ba3?!> and after near 100 moves the game ended in a draw.

28. Ra7 Kb8 29. Ba3 Bc6 30. Bc2 Nd4 31. Ba4 Bxa4 32. Rxa4 Nc6 33. Bc1 Rhf8 34. Re4 Rd5 35. h4 Kb7 36. g3 Bxc1 37. Rxc1 Rd2 38. Rf1 Rf7 39. Kg2 Rc2 40. hxg5 hxg5 41. Kh3 Rxc5 42. Kg4 Ne5+ 43. Kh3 Nf3 44. Ra1 Rf6 45. Ra7+ Kxb6 46. Rea4 Rh6+ 47. Kg2 Ne1+ 48. Kg1 Nf3+ 49. Kg2 Ne1+ 50. Kg1 Rh8 51. R4a6+ Kb5 52. Ra5+ Kc6 53. Rxc5+ Kxc5 54. Rg7 Kd4 55. Kf1 Nf3 56. Kg2 Rf8 57. Re7 g4 58. Rd7+ Ke4 59. Ra7 Rd8 60. Ra1 Rd2 61. Ra4+ Rd4 62. Ra1 Kd3 63. Ra3+ Kd2 64. Ra8 Re4 65. Ra2+ Ke1 66. Ra1+ Ke2 67. Ra2+ Nd2 68. Ra8 Nf3 69. Ra2+ Kd3 70. Ra3+ Kd4 71. Ra4+ Ke5 72. Ra5+ Kf6 73. Ra6+ Kf5 74. Ra5+ Re5 75. Ra4 Rb5 76. Ra1 Rb2 77. Ra5+ Ne5 78. Ra3 Rc2 79. Rb3 Ra2 80. Rb5 Ke4 81. Rb4+ Kd5 82. Rb5+ Kd4 83. Rb4+ Kc5 84. Rf4 Kd5 85. Kf1 Rc2 86. Kg2 Rc4 87. Rf8 Nd3 88. Rd8+ Ke4 89. Re8+ Kd4 90. Rg8 Kc3 91. f4 Kd4 92. Rxg4 Rc2+ 93. Kg1 Ke3 94. Rg8 Kf3 95. Ra8 Kxg3 96. Rg8+ Kf3 97. Ra8 Rc3 98. Kh2 Nf2 99. f5 Draw

Feb-26-12  whiteshark: Yesterday Giri-Ragger was the longest game. Today Ragger took a quick draw against Efimenko (Bremen team).

Solingen (4th) vs Bremen (2nd) is also todays top team pairing. I expect some exciting fights.

Another 'surprise' is Karpov playing on board 1 for Hockenhein (1st time in this season, me thinks)

Mar-02-12  whiteshark: 83rd German Chess Championship has begun.
Tournament page: http://www.dem-2012.de/
Live games: http://live.dem-2012.de/
Mar-16-12  whiteshark: <At 17th and 18th of March 2012 the 12th and 13th round of the Schachbundesliga will take place. <>>

The eyes of all chess fans of the Schachbundesliga will focus the next weekend on the match between Werder Bremen and OSG Baden-Baden. These two teams fight for the championship in the season 2011/12. Baden-Baden is at the top of the table with one point ahead of Bremen, so the team of Northern Germany needs to win in order to preserve chances to gain the second title after 2005. Like in the last years an exciting match can be expected with both teams having only high-class grandmasters in their line-ups.

http://www.schachbundesliga.de/maga...

Mar-16-12  cro777: 12th round: Saturday, 19th of March 2011, 2pm

SV Mülheim Nord - OSG Baden-Baden

Daniel Fridman 2645 - Alexei Shirov 2749

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

OSG Baden-Baden - SF Katernberg

Alexei Shirov 2749 - Vladimir Chuchelov 2565

Mar-17-12  whiteshark: WOW, most impressive

<Bremen> vs <Baden-Baden> line-up:

Eljanov : Anand !
Efimenko : Svidler
Fressinet : Adams
McShane : Shirov
Areshchenko : Bacrot
Roiz : Naiditsch
Nyback : Nielsen
Hammer : Kasimdzhanov

start in 15 minutes: http://bundesliga.liveschach.net/

Mar-17-12  whiteshark: My local team, Bremen, lost 3.5 : 4.5 today.
At one point Eljanov and Nyback had winning positions, but both missed their opportunity in huge time trouble. When I left the venue only Adams:Fressinet were playing, Mickey was pressing on the queenside, but the game looked defendable. One hour later when I arrived at home Adams has a winning advantage. :(
Mar-18-12  whiteshark: Round 13 has begun.

Top pairing: Giri vs Anand

Mar-18-12  whiteshark: and above mentioned game made it as 1st draw of the Day.
Mar-18-12  shivasuri4: Svidler has drawn quickly too.It's upto the lower boards to deliver the win for Baden Baden now.
Apr-14-12  whiteshark: Final Bundesliga weekend starts in 3h20m.
http://bundesliga.liveschach.net/
Apr-14-12  whiteshark: Tiviakov is playing against Anand.
White is pressing on d6, I guess he'll advance his queenside majority in the near future
Apr-14-12  whiteshark: MVL lost against Ragger.
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