After the winter break the 10th and 11th round of the German Schachbundesliga takes place this weekend. The highest chess division in Germany offers all in all 128 games which will be covered live on the internet.

Most of these games will be played in Berlin, where the host-teams SC Kreuzberg and SF Berlin carry out their games at the same place. So eight teams with eight players respectively will meet to play 64 games. Could there be a better omen for a successful weekend? The top-match of the weekend however will take place in M?ºlheim. The league-leader Baden-Baden will face runner-up M?ºlhein-Nord. Many strong grandmasters on both sides will care for some high-class games. In the struggle against relegation the most interesting encounter will take place in Emsdetten where Trier has to win against the home team in order to reduce the distance to his competitors.

Playing venue Berlin:

Home team: SC Kreuzberg
Saturday, 31st of January, 2 pm (10th round)
SC Kreuzberg - TV Tegernsee
USV TU Dresden - Bayern M?ºnchen Sunday, 1st of February, 10 am (11th round)
TV Tegernsee - USV TU Dresden
Bayern M?ºnchen - SC Kreuzberg

Home team: SF Berlin
Saturday, 31st of January, 2 pm (10th round)
SF Berlin - Aljechin Solingen
Hamburger SK - SV Wattenscheid
Sunday, 1st of February, 10 am (11th round)
Aljechin Solingen - Hamburger SK
SV Wattenscheid - SF Berlin

Playing venue Emsdetten:
Saturday, 31st of January, 2 pm (10th round)
SK Turm Emsdetten - SC Remagen
Werder Bremen - SG Trier
Sunday, 1st of February, 10 am (11th round)
SC Remagen - Werder Bremen
SG Trier - SK Turm Emsdetten

Playing venue M?ºlheim:
Saturday, 31st of January, 2 pm (10th round)
SV M?ºlheim-Nord - OSG Baden-Baden
SF Katernberg - SC Eppingen
Sunday, 1st of February, 10 am (11th round)
OSG Baden-Baden - SF Katernberg
SC Eppingen - SV M?ºlheim-Nord

Official site an entrance site for the live coverage: http://www.schachbundesliga.de
Teams of the Schachbundesliga and line-ups: http://schachbundesliga.de/bundesliga_statistik/vereine.aspx

Let's remind ourselves of the team line-up this season:

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Links:

• "New video interviews from the Bundesliga" (October 8, 2008)
• Bundesliga website