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The first weekend of the German Team Championship – the "Bundesliga" – took place in four locations: Hamburg, Wattenscheid, Solingen and Eppingen.
The playing venue in Solingen, with Peter Svidler and Alexei Shirov in the
foreground
In Hamburg four teams clashed in cafeteria of a big insurance company, just
a hop, skip and jump away from the ChessBase office – which is why we
bring you impressions from this location
Bremen vs König Tegel, under an original Bodo
Korsig woodcut on paper
In spite of spending a long evening with us on Friday, enjoying a bucket of
Kentucky Fried and honing the article
on poker, IM Almira Skripchenko, rated 2441, took a full point for Werder
Bremen against FM Andreas Breier, 2431 (who seems to know what is coming).
Bremen vs König Tegel board five: Zbynek Hracek, 2598 vs Drazen Muse, 2358
(1-0)
GM Dr. Karsten Mueller, 2539, on board six for Hamburg
GM Ehsan Ghaem Maghami, 2575, board one for Hamburg
GM David Baramidze, 2532, board two for Hamburg
GM Luke James McShane, 2613, board one for Bremen
GM Zahar Efimenko, 2672, playing on board two for Bremen
GM Laurent Fressinet, 2656, board three for Bremen. Laurent
is, as you probably know, the husband of Almira Skripchenko
GM Tomi Nyback, 2607, playing on board four for Werder Bremen
GM Dr. Lubomir Ftacnik, 2541, board five for Hamburg
1 | Lupulescu, Constantin | 2599 | GM | 0:1 |
Volokitin, Andrei | 2681 | GM |
2 | Bobras, Piotr | 2533 | GM | = |
Seel, Christian | 2505 | IM |
3 | Cyborowski, Lukasz | 2504 | GM | = |
Bischoff, Klaus | 2544 | GM |
4 | Gordon, Stephen | 2535 | GM | = |
Zaragatski, Ilja | 2480 | IM |
5 | Jaracz, Pawel | 2547 | GM | = |
Thesing, Matthias | 2407 | IM |
6 | Erdos, Viktor | 2591 | GM | = |
Siebrecht, Sebastian | 2445 | GM |
7 | Galyas, Miklos | 2465 | IM | = |
Hoolt, Sarah | 2223 | WM |
8 | Seger, Ruediger | 2407 | IM | = |
Kotainy, Jens | 2239 | - |
1 | Smeets, Jan | 2633 | GM | = |
Svidler, Peter | 2732 | GM |
2 | Nikolic, Predrag | 2597 | GM | = |
Shirov, Alexei | 2736 | GM |
3 | Buhmann, Rainer | 2591 | GM | 0:1 |
Movsesian, Sergei | 2699 | GM |
4 | Werle, Jan | 2572 | GM | 1:0 |
Naiditsch, Arkadij | 2694 | GM |
5 | L'Ami, Erwin | 2610 | GM | = |
Nielsen, Peter-Heine | 2690 | GM |
6 | Ragger, Markus | 2558 | GM | 0:1 |
Gustafsson, Jan | 2613 | GM |
7 | Naumann, Alexander | 2532 | GM | = |
Dautov, Rustem | 2586 | GM |
8 | Hoffmann, Michael | 2525 | GM | = |
Schlosser, Philipp | 2527 | GM |
1 | Parligras, Mircea | 2560 | GM | = |
Ikonnikov, Viacheslav | 2567 | GM |
2 | Degraeve, Jean-Marc | 2567 | GM | = |
Ginsburg, Gennadi | 2542 | GM |
3 | Dgebuadze, Alexandre | 2534 | GM | = |
Gurevic, Vladimir | 2484 | GM |
4 | Mainka, Romuald | 2494 | GM | = |
Chernov, Vadim | 2424 | IM |
5 | Teske, Henrik | 2542 | GM | 1:0 |
Gerigk, Erasmus | 2331 | FM |
6 | Popovic, Petar | 2506 | GM | 1:0 |
Schwalfenberg, Joerg | 2320 | FM |
7 | Kipper, Jens | 2406 | - | = |
Vatter, Hans-Joachim | 2313 | FM |
8 | Schulz, Klaus-Juergen | 2413 | IM | 1:0 |
Syska, Albert | 2243 | FM |
1 | Najer, Evgeniy | 2677 | GM | 1:0 |
Bromberger, Stefan | 2523 | IM |
2 | Macieja, Bartlomiej | 2614 | GM | = |
Schenk, Andreas | 2513 | IM |
3 | Bartel, Mateusz | 2562 | GM | = |
Reiss, Tibor | 2420 | IM |
4 | Czarnota, Pawel | 2537 | GM | = |
Belezky, Alexander | 2455 | IM |
5 | Rustemov, Alexander | 2567 | GM | 1:0 |
Meissner, Bernd | 2406 | IM |
6 | Appel, Ralf | 2537 | GM | = |
Meister, Peter | 2427 | IM |
7 | Holzke, Frank Dr. | 2542 | GM | = |
Reich, Thomas | 2375 | IM |
8 | Handke, Florian | 2483 | GM | 0:1 |
Jorczik, Julian | 2374 | FM |
1 | Spoelman, Wouter | 2558 | GM | 1:0 |
Haba, Petr | 2535 | GM |
2 | Hector, Jonny | 2572 | GM | = |
Michiels, Bart | 2480 | IM |
3 | Feygin, Michael | 2594 | IM | 0:1 |
Casper, Thomas | 2383 | IM |
4 | Janssen, Ruud | 2520 | IM | 1:0 |
Enders, Peter | 2477 | GM |
5 | Brandenburg, Daan | 2446 | IM | 1:0 |
Mueller, Matthias | 2407 | IM |
6 | Fiebig, Thomas | 2432 | - | 1:0 |
Voekler, Bernd | 2399 | FM |
7 | Pruijssers, Roeland | 2445 | IM | 1:0 |
Schoene, Maria | 2258 | WM |
8 | Zumsande, Martin | 2413 | IM | 1:0 |
Schuetze, Norman | 2268 | - |
1 | Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan | 2575 | GM | 0:1 |
Lauber, Arnd | 2519 | IM |
2 | Baramidze, David | 2532 | GM | = |
Polzin, Rainer | 2474 | GM |
3 | Rogozenco, Dorian | 2540 | GM | = |
Kraemer, Martin | 2484 | IM |
4 | Hansen, Sune Berg | 2558 | GM | 1:0 |
Schneider, Ilja | 2510 | IM |
5 | Ftacnik, Lubomir Dr. | 2541 | GM | = |
Berndt, Stephan | 2450 | IM |
6 | Mueller, Karsten Dr. | 2539 | GM | 1:0 |
Agopov, Mikail | 2461 | IM |
7 | Heinemann, Thies | 2470 | IM | = |
Thiede, Lars | 2453 | IM |
8 | Sebastian, Dirk | 2418 | - | = |
Abel, Dennes | 2387 | - |
1 | McShane, Luke James | 2613 | GM | = |
Rabiega, Robert | 2531 | GM |
2 | Efimenko, Zahar | 2672 | GM | 1:0 |
Stern, Rene | 2501 | IM |
3 | Fressinet, Laurent | 2656 | GM | 1:0 |
Muse, Mladen | 2449 | GM |
4 | Nyback, Tomi | 2607 | GM | 1:0 |
Von Herman, Ulf | 2424 | IM |
5 | Hracek, Zbynek | 2598 | GM | 1:0 |
Muse, Drazen | 2358 | IM |
6 | Babula, Vlastimil | 2563 | GM | 0:1 |
Fruebing, Stefan | 2324 | FM |
7 | Llaneza Vega, Marcos | 2501 | IM | 0:1 |
Sarbok, Torsten | 2333 | FM |
8 | Skripchenko, Almira | 2441 | IM | 1:0 |
Breier, Andreas | 2431 | FM |
1 | Postny, Evgeny | 2650 | GM | = |
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 2709 | GM |
2 | Balogh, Csaba | 2624 | GM | 1:0 |
Tregubov, Pavel V. | 2644 | GM |
3 | Gyimesi, Zoltan | 2593 | GM | = |
Landa, Konstantin | 2650 | GM |
4 | Ruck, Robert | 2553 | GM | = |
Fridman, Daniel | 2675 | GM |
5 | Bindrich, Falko | 2516 | GM | 0:1 |
Potkin, Vladimir | 2600 | GM |
6 | Medvegy, Zoltan | 2557 | GM | = |
Berelowitsch, Alexander | 2554 | GM |
7 | Guliyev, Namig | 2524 | GM | = |
Hausrath, Daniel | 2516 | IM |
8 | Paehtz, Elisabeth | 2486 | IM | = |
Saltaev, Mihail | 2507 | GM |
1 | Bromberger, Stefan | 2524 | IM | = |
Spoelman, Wouter | 2558 | GM |
2 | Schenk, Andreas | 2514 | IM | = |
Hector, Jonny | 2572 | GM |
3 | Reiss, Tibor | 2422 | IM | = |
Feygin, Michael | 2594 | IM |
4 | Belezky, Alexander | 2451 | IM | 0:1 |
Janssen, Ruud | 2520 | IM |
5 | Meissner, Bernd | 2402 | IM | 0:1 |
Brandenburg, Daan | 2446 | IM |
6 | Meister, Peter | 2432 | IM | 1:0 |
Fiebig, Thomas | 2432 | - |
7 | Reich, Thomas | 2376 | IM | = |
Pruijssers, Roeland | 2445 | IM |
8 | Jorczik, Julian | 2370 | FM | 0:1 |
Zumsande, Martin | 2413 | IM |
1 | Haba, Petr | 2535 | GM | 0:1 |
Najer, Evgeniy | 2677 | GM |
2 | Michiels, Bart | 2480 | IM | = |
Macieja, Bartlomiej | 2614 | GM |
3 | Casper, Thomas | 2383 | IM | 0:1 |
Bartel, Mateusz | 2562 | GM |
4 | Enders, Peter | 2477 | GM | = |
Czarnota, Pawel | 2537 | GM |
5 | Mueller, Matthias | 2407 | IM | 0:1 |
Rustemov, Alexander | 2567 | GM |
6 | Voekler, Bernd | 2399 | FM | = |
Appel, Ralf | 2537 | GM |
7 | Schoene, Maria | 2258 | WM | 0:1 |
Holzke, Frank Dr. | 2542 | GM |
8 | Schuetze, Norman | 2268 | - | 0:1 |
Handke, Florian | 2483 | GM |
1 | Lauber, Arnd | 2519 | IM | = |
McShane, Luke James | 2613 | GM |
2 | Polzin, Rainer | 2474 | GM | 0:1 |
Efimenko, Zahar | 2672 | GM |
3 | Kraemer, Martin | 2484 | IM | = |
Fressinet, Laurent | 2656 | GM |
4 | Schneider, Ilja | 2510 | IM | = |
Nyback, Tomi | 2607 | GM |
5 | Berndt, Stephan | 2450 | IM | = |
Hracek, Zbynek | 2598 | GM |
6 | Agopov, Mikail | 2461 | IM | = |
Babula, Vlastimil | 2563 | GM |
7 | Thiede, Lars | 2453 | IM | = |
Llaneza Vega, Marcos | 2501 | IM |
8 | Abel, Dennes | 2387 | - | = |
Skripchenko, Almira | 2441 | IM |
1 | Rabiega, Robert | 2531 | GM | = |
Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan | 2575 | GM |
2 | Stern, Rene | 2501 | IM | = |
Baramidze, David | 2532 | GM |
3 | Muse, Mladen | 2449 | GM | = |
Rogozenco, Dorian | 2540 | GM |
4 | Von Herman, Ulf | 2424 | IM | 0:1 |
Hansen, Sune Berg | 2558 | GM |
5 | Muse, Drazen | 2358 | IM | 0:1 |
Ftacnik, Lubomir Dr. | 2541 | GM |
6 | Fruebing, Stefan | 2324 | FM | 0:1 |
Mueller, Karsten Dr. | 2539 | GM |
7 | Sarbok, Torsten | 2333 | FM | = |
Heinemann, Thies | 2470 | IM |
8 | Breier, Andreas | 2431 | FM | 1:0 |
Sebastian, Dirk | 2418 | - |
1 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 2709 | GM | = |
Lupulescu, Constantin | 2599 | GM |
2 | Tregubov, Pavel V. | 2644 | GM | = |
Gordon, Stephen | 2535 | GM |
3 | Landa, Konstantin | 2650 | GM | = |
Erdos, Viktor | 2591 | GM |
4 | Fridman, Daniel | 2675 | GM | 1:0 |
Galyas, Miklos | 2465 | IM |
5 | Potkin, Vladimir | 2600 | GM | = |
Seger, Ruediger | 2407 | IM |
6 | Berelowitsch, Alexander | 2554 | GM | 1:0 |
Kolbus, Dietmar | 2355 | IM |
7 | Hausrath, Daniel | 2516 | IM | 0:1 |
Cioara, Andrei Nestor | 2415 | IM |
8 | Saltaev, Mihail | 2507 | GM | 1:0 |
Goriachnik, Dmitry | 2310 | - |
1 | Volokitin, Andrei | 2681 | GM | = |
Postny, Evgeny | 2650 | GM |
2 | Seel, Christian | 2505 | IM | = |
Balogh, Csaba | 2624 | GM |
3 | Bischoff, Klaus | 2544 | GM | 0:1 |
Gyimesi, Zoltan | 2593 | GM |
4 | Zaragatski, Ilja | 2480 | IM | = |
Ruck, Robert | 2553 | GM |
5 | Thesing, Matthias | 2407 | IM | 0:1 |
Bindrich, Falko | 2516 | GM |
6 | Siebrecht, Sebastian | 2445 | GM | 0:1 |
Medvegy, Zoltan | 2557 | GM |
7 | Hoolt, Sarah | 2223 | WM | 0:1 |
Guliyev, Namig | 2524 | GM |
8 | Kotainy, Jens | 2239 | - | 0:1 |
Paehtz, Elisabeth | 2486 | IM |
1 | Svidler, Peter | 2732 | GM | = |
Parligras, Mircea | 2560 | GM |
2 | Shirov, Alexei | 2736 | GM | 1:0 |
Degraeve, Jean-Marc | 2567 | GM |
3 | Movsesian, Sergei | 2699 | GM | = |
Dgebuadze, Alexandre | 2534 | GM |
4 | Naiditsch, Arkadij | 2694 | GM | 1:0 |
Mainka, Romuald | 2494 | GM |
5 | Nielsen, Peter-Heine | 2690 | GM | 1:0 |
Teske, Henrik | 2542 | GM |
6 | Gustafsson, Jan | 2613 | GM | = |
Popovic, Petar | 2506 | GM |
7 | Dautov, Rustem | 2586 | GM | = |
Kipper, Jens | 2406 | - |
8 | Schlosser, Philipp | 2527 | GM | 0:1 |
Schulz, Klaus-Juergen | 2413 | IM |
1 | Ikonnikov, Viacheslav | 2567 | GM | = |
Smeets, Jan | 2633 | GM |
2 | Ginsburg, Gennadi | 2542 | GM | = |
Nikolic, Predrag | 2597 | GM |
3 | Gurevic, Vladimir | 2484 | GM | = |
Buhmann, Rainer | 2591 | GM |
4 | Chernov, Vadim | 2424 | IM | 0:1 |
Werle, Jan | 2572 | GM |
5 | Gerigk, Erasmus | 2331 | FM | 0:1 |
L'Ami, Erwin | 2610 | GM |
6 | Schwalfenberg, Joerg | 2320 | FM | = |
Ragger, Markus | 2558 | GM |
7 | Vatter, Hans-Joachim | 2313 | FM | 0:1 |
Naumann, Alexander | 2532 | GM |
8 | Syska, Albert | 2243 | FM | 0:1 |
Hoffmann, Michael | 2525 | GM |
1 | Postny, Evgeny | 2650 | GM | = |
Lupulescu, Constantin | 2599 | GM |
2 | Balogh, Csaba | 2624 | GM | 1:0 |
Bobras, Piotr | 2533 | GM |
3 | Gyimesi, Zoltan | 2593 | GM | = |
Cyborowski, Lukasz | 2504 | GM |
4 | Ruck, Robert | 2553 | GM | 1:0 |
Gordon, Stephen | 2535 | GM |
5 | Bindrich, Falko | 2516 | GM | = |
Jaracz, Pawel | 2547 | GM |
6 | Medvegy, Zoltan | 2557 | GM | = |
Erdos, Viktor | 2591 | GM |
7 | Guliyev, Namig | 2524 | GM | = |
Galyas, Miklos | 2465 | IM |
8 | Paehtz, Elisabeth | 2486 | IM | 1:0 |
Cioara, Andrei Nestor | 2415 | IM |
1 | Najer, Evgeniy | 2677 | GM | = |
Spoelman, Wouter | 2558 | GM |
2 | Macieja, Bartlomiej | 2614 | GM | = |
Hector, Jonny | 2572 | GM |
3 | Bartel, Mateusz | 2562 | GM | 0:1 |
Feygin, Michael | 2594 | IM |
4 | Czarnota, Pawel | 2537 | GM | = |
Janssen, Ruud | 2520 | IM |
5 | Rustemov, Alexander | 2567 | GM | 1:0 |
Brandenburg, Daan | 2446 | IM |
6 | Appel, Ralf | 2537 | GM | = |
Fiebig, Thomas | 2432 | - |
7 | Handke, Florian | 2483 | GM | 0:1 |
Pruijssers, Roeland | 2445 | IM |
8 | Souleidis, Georgios | 2429 | IM | = |
Zumsande, Martin | 2413 | IM |
Rnd | Team | rnds |
wins |
draw |
loss |
TP |
BP |
1 | Emsdetten | 3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
16 |
2 | SC Eppingen | 3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
16 |
3 | Wattenscheid | 3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
14.5 |
4 | Bremen | 2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
10 |
5 | Baden-Baden | 2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
9.5 |
6 | Hamburger SK | 2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
9.5 |
7 | Mülheim | 2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
9 |
8 | SG Solingen | 2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
9.5 |
9 | SC Remagen | 2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
8.5 |
10 | Katernberg | 2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
11 | SF Berlin | 2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
7 |
12 | Bay München | 2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
6.5 |
13 | König Tegel | 2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
5.5 |
14 | SG Trier | 3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
9 |
15 | Heidelberg-HSH | 2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
4.5 |
16 | Erfurter SK | 2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
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