9/21/2020 – In the last 15 years the OSG Baden-Baden has won the title of German Team Champion no less than 14 times, and in 2020 they won it again. Though it was close. In the dramatic seventh and decisive round of the Bundesliga Championship Baden-Baden only narrowly won the top match against the SC Viernheim 4½-3½. | Photo: Christian Bossert
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A dramatic finish
The OSG Baden-Baden was clear favourite to win the Bundesliga Championship Tournament but the SC Viernheim was also seen as a contender. Both teams confirmed their roles as favourites and won the first six of their seven matches without too many problems but in the seventh, final and decisive round they had to play against each other. As Baden-Baden had more board points, Viernheim had to win the match to win the event.
Both teams brought a line-up of international top players to the boards – not even one single German took part in this crucial match for the title of German Team Champion.
After a dramatic match Baden-Baden narrowly won 4½-3½. The Ukrainian Grandmaster Sergey Fedorchuk who played against French Grandmaster Etienne Bacrot was the only player from Viernheim who could win.
Francisco Vallejo Pons who won against Dr. Bassem Amin and Arkadij Naiditsch who defeated Igor Kovalenko scored the decisive points for Baden-Baden. Naiditsch quickly achieved a better position against Kovalenko but it took some time before he converted.
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But it was Michael Adams who saved the 4½-3½ win for Baden-Baden. The English Grandmaster was more than once lost against David Anton Guijarro from Spain but in the end managed to escape into a draw.
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