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The Bundesliga 2011/12 is underway and is held from October 14th, 2011 to April 15th, 2012. It is a round-robin schveningen tournament in which 16 teams of eight players play each other at the rate of 40 moves in 100 minutes followed 20 moves in 50 minutes and finally 15 minutes for the rest of the game plus a 30-second increment as of move one.
The playing area for the final rounds
The round's poster
The final rounds of the Bundesliga were no less dramatic than the Russian Team Championship whose final rounds played the same weekend. For fans, it was a mouth-watering spectacle of great chess, and it was nothing strange for online spectators to have six or eight boards tiled on their screens. The leader was top-rated Baden Baden, but they suffered an unexpected setback when their top board, Viswanathan Anand, found himself in a nasty bind against Sergey Tiviakov, and went from bad to worse as he lost. To his credit, the Dutch GM also played the position with textbook technique, and his exploitation of his advantage would not be misplaced in future instruction manuals.
Sergey Tiviakov had his day of glory by inflicting Anand's first
ever defeat in league competition.
One suspects the bear is in hibernation, getting ready for the
match ahead.
It was strangely ironic that just a week earlier Tkachiev, in his interview with Kramnik, had expressed his belief that these were the types of postions that Anand mishandled. Still, this would be an oversimplification, as it is clear the Indian's energy and focus is on his title defense less than a month from now.
GM Philipp Schlosser
Alexander Berelowitsch facing Gawain Jones, the surprise of the European Championship
Fortunately for the leaders, it only led to a drawn match, and did not cost them their lead, but it did mean a loss was not a luxury they could afford in the last round with Bremen breathing down their necks. In the final round, Anand made no mistakes and rolled over his opponent, while the rest of his team also scored heavily, and they took the 2011/2012 title.
OSG Baden Baden, the winners of the 2011/12 season of the Bundesliga
Rk |
Team | Rds |
+ |
= |
- |
T Pts |
Bd Pts |
1 |
OSG Baden-Baden | 15 |
13 |
1 |
1 |
27 |
80.5 |
2 |
Werder Bremen | 15 |
12 |
1 |
2 |
25 |
77 |
3 |
SG Solingen | 15 |
11 |
1 |
3 |
23 |
71 |
4 |
SC Eppingen | 15 |
9 |
3 |
3 |
21 |
67.5 |
5 |
SV Wattenscheid 1930 | 15 |
8 |
2 |
5 |
18 |
64 |
6 |
SG Trier | 15 |
8 |
1 |
6 |
17 |
67 |
7 |
SF Katernberg | 15 |
7 |
1 |
7 |
15 |
56 |
8 |
SV 1930 Hockenheim | 15 |
5 |
4 |
6 |
14 |
56.5 |
9 |
SV Mülheim Nord | 15 |
5 |
3 |
7 |
13 |
60.5 |
10 |
SF Berlin 1903 | 15 |
5 |
3 |
7 |
13 |
56.5 |
11 |
SK Turm Emsdetten | 15 |
5 |
2 |
8 |
12 |
54.5 |
12 |
Hamburger SK | 15 |
4 |
2 |
9 |
10 |
52.5 |
13 |
SC Hansa Dortmund | 15 |
3 |
4 |
8 |
10 |
48 |
14 |
USV TU Dresden | 15 |
4 |
0 |
11 |
8 |
52 |
15 |
SC 1950 Remagen | 15 |
2 |
3 |
10 |
7 |
53 |
16 |
SK König Tegel | 15 |
3 |
1 |
11 |
7 |
43.5 |
Pictures by Georgios Souleidis and Kai Hombrecher
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