Baden-Baden prolongs title - again

Last weekend, for the third time in a row the Ooser Schachclub Baden-Baden has won the German team championships. We have videos again.

Without star players Vishy Anand, Peter Svidler, Alexei Shirov and Magnus Carlsen, Baden-Baden collected another three points (beating SF Katernberg 6-2 and drawing SV Mülheim-Nord 4-4), after which they became unreachable for rivals Mülheim and Bremen.

Current standings, with two more rounds to go:

Bundesliga Round 13 Standings

Pl	Club	R	MP	BP
1.	OSC Baden-Baden	13	25	71,5
2.	SV Mülheim-Nord	13	20	63,0
3.	Werder Bremen	13	20	61,5
4.	TSV Bindlach-Aktionär	13	17	55,5
5.	TV Tegernsee	13	15	52,5
6.	SG Aljechin Solingen	13	14	57,0
7.	SC Eppingen	13	14	53,0
8.	SF Katernberg	13	14	52,0
9.	Hamburger SK	13	13	54,5
10.	SV Wattenscheid	13	13	49,5
11.	SG Turm Trier	13	10	46,5
12.	Erfurter SK	13	8	44,0
13.	SC Remagen	13	7	44,5
14.	SK Zehlendorf	13	7	43,5
15.	Godesberger SK	13	6	39,5
16.	SC Kreuzberg	13	5	44,0

All of a sudden, last Sunday there were some tense moments for the team from Baden-Baden, for the first time this year. They were down 4-3 against SV Mülheim-Nord, after Nisipeanu had lost to Vachier-Lagrave, and all the other games had ended in a draw. But it was Francisco Vallejo Pons, who had lost his Saturday game against Chuchelov, who cashed the decisive game point, equalizing the match, by mating Berelovich with bishop and knight. He wasn’t exactly doing it according to the endgame textbooks, but it was mate in the end, and that’s what counts.

Here are two videos, again thanks to IM Georgios Souleidis: Chuchelov’s comment on the crazy timetrouble phase in his game against Vallejo, and then Vallejo himself, Sunday’s match winner:

Links:

• Website Bundesliga
• Website OSC Baden-Baden
• Games round 12 in PGN
• Games round 13 in PGN