Naiditsch-Adams

Arkadij Naiditsch

     Yet another interesting tournament is taking place in Baden-Baden these days, the "Grenke Chess Classic", with Anand Viswanathan, Caruana Fabiano, Michael Adams, Daniel Fridman, Arkadij Naiditsch and Georg Meier. It is a double round-robin, with 2 rounds played so far.
     The most interesting game of the yesterday's round was the one between Arkadij Naiditsch and Michael Adams. It had started as a classical strategic battle with the isolated "d" pawn for black and converted into a fine tactical game then. You can see it here:

     It was a very interesting 7 hours battle and I hope we'll see more games like this one!
     You can find more information on the official site of the tournament: http://www.grenkechessclassic.de/

300p make a difference

     What a day in Bundesliga! Baden-Baden is simply smashing everyone! Nisipeanu won in 16 moves with black against a 2330 player, while Aronian finished his game against Prusikin (2546) with 1h 26m left on the clock and a full point in the cross-table. Enjoy the feist!

Men's Bundesliga

     I am very fond of "Bundesliga". As you probably already know, I play in the German Women's Club Chess Championship and I enjoy the atmosphere and the process itself. This event has a counterpart in the men's section. I think that the German Men's "Bundesliga" is one of the strongest National Club Chess Championships in the World. This implies many interesting matches and games to follow.
     The Baden-Baden club is leading so far. They won all the matches, as you can see below:

	Mannschaft	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16		Sp	MP	BP
1.	OSG Baden Baden	+				4½			6	6½	5½		5½	0	0		7½		8	12	35½
2.	SG Solingen		+	5½	4½							4	0	5½	6	4½	0		8	11	30
3.	SV Wiesbaden		2½	+		0	4½		5	5	0			6½	6½				8	10	30
4.	SC Eppingen		3½		+	4½	5½		0	0	3½			5	7½				8	8	29½
5.	SV Mülheim Nord	3½		0	3½	+		6				5½	5			0	5½		8	8	29
6.	SV Wattenscheid			3½	2½		+					6	0	5	6	4½	0		8	8	27½
7.	SG Trier					2		+	4½	3	4½		4	0	0		4½		8	7	22½
8.	SK Turm Emsdetten	2		3	0			3½	+			0	5			6½	7½		8	6	27½
9.	Werder Bremen	1½		3	0			5		+		0	2½			5½	7		8	6	24½
10.	SF Katernberg	2½		0	4½			3½			+	4	4			0	5½		8	6	24
11.	SV Hockenheim		4			2½	2		0	0	4	+		4½	7				8	6	24
12.	Hamburger SK	2½	0			3	0	4	3	5½	4		+						8	4	22
13.	Schachfreunde Berlin	0	2½	1½	3		3	0				3½		+		6½			8	2	20
14.	SC Forchheim	0	2	1½	½		2	0				1			+	5½			8	2	12½
15.	SV Griesheim		3½			0	3½		1½	2½	0			1½	2½	+			8	0	15
16.	SK Norderstedt	½	0			2½	0	3½	½	1	2½						+		8	0	10½

     It's no wonder, as they have such outstanding players in the team like:

     This weekend's matches aren't any less interesting, as we can see such encounters as:

There are many other interesting games that you can follow on:  http://bundesliga.liveschach.net/