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OSG Baden-Baden, the perennial favourites, won the event after beating second-placed SC Viernheim by the smallest of margins in an exciting final-round match. The immensely strong Baden-Baden squad included Fabiano Caruana, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Levon Aronian and Richard Rapport in their lineup, just to name a few of their 2700+ players.
Express report.
| Rk | Team | Gms | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Mpts | Bpts | TB1 |
| 1 | OSG Baden-Baden | 7 | + | 4½ | 6½ | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 43 | 182½ |
| 2 | SC Viernheim | 7 | 3½ | + | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5½ | 6 | 7 | 12 | 38 | 167 |
| 3 | Schachfreunde Deizisau | 7 | 1½ | 3 | + | 5 | 6½ | 4½ | 5 | 7½ | 10 | 33 | 142½ |
| 4 | SV Werder Bremen | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | + | 4½ | 5 | 5½ | 6 | 8 | 29 | 132 |
| 5 | SG Solingen | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1½ | 3½ | + | 5 | 7 | 5½ | 6 | 27½ | 125 |
| 6 | FC Bayern Muenchen | 7 | 1 | 2½ | 3½ | 3 | 3 | + | 5 | 5½ | 4 | 23½ | 111 |
| 7 | SF Berlin | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2½ | 1 | 3 | + | 4 | 1 | 16½ | 79 |
Date: 16 - 20.09.2020
Venue: Garden Hall of the Karlsruhe Exhibition Centre, Festplatz 3, 76137 Karlsruhe
Organizer: Schachzentrum Baden-Baden e.V. in cooperation with OSG Baden-Baden 1922 e.V. and the GRENKE Group
Mode: Round robin with 8 teams
Time control: 90 min 40 moves, 30 min rest, 30 sec increment from the first move.
Live: The games are broadcast online and commented by renowned grandmasters. Spectators are not allowed in the games room!
Live coverage via the official website: https://www.schachbundesliga.de/
Videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/grenkechess
Miscellaneous: Compared to the 2019 ranking list, the ranking list may contain changes on 4 boards of a team, i.e. a player of the season may be deleted and a new player may be entered for this purpose (on up to 4 boards).
