German League playoff match: LIVE

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5/24/2018 – Today in Baden-Baden the match is held for the German League Championship 2018. The team of OSG Baden-Baden meets SG Solingen in a tiebreak match after both teams were tied through fifteen regulation rounds. Baden-Baden is very strong, as usual, led by Fabiano Caruana, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, and Viswanathan Anand, but Solingen has brought in world number nine Anish Giri to play top board.

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Playoff

The Bundesliga season 2017/18 ended in a tie. After fifteen matches, defending champion OSG Baden-Baden and SG Solingen were at the top, each with 27 match points. Both teams lost once, Baden-Baden against Solingen and Solingen against the third-placed Hockenheim, and both also gave away a single draw.

Final standings after 15 rounds

1.	OSG Baden Baden	15	27	86½
2.	SG Solingen	15	27	84½
3.	SV Hockenheim	15	22	76
4.	SV Werder Bremen	15	22	74½
5.	SF Deizisau	15	18	67½
6.	USV Dresden	15	18	62
7.	DJK Aachen	15	16	62½
8.	SK Schwäbisch Hall	15	16	61½
9.	Schachfreunde Berlin	15	15	57½
10.	Hamburger SK	15	12	63
11.	SV Mülheim Nord	15	11	52½
12.	SV Hofheim	15	11	48
13.	MSA Zugzwang	15	8	44
14.	Speyer-Schwegenheim	15	8	42½
15.	FC Bayern München	15	6	45½
16.	SK Norderstedt	15	3	32

Now, according to the regulations, a tie-break has to be decided. Baden-Baden earned the right to host due to their higher number of board points. Consequently, the match takes place in the Kulturhaus L8 in Baden-Baden.

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