German Chess League 2017/18

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Final round at the Maritim Hotel Berlin on April 30, 2018 - with the youth Bundesliga North East - after almost three hours of play

The 2017/18 season was the 38th season of the German Chess League . The defending champion was OSG Baden-Baden . Newcomers from the 2nd Bundesliga were SK Norderstedt (group north), SV 1920 Hofheim (group west) and SF Deizisau (group south). No club from the 2nd Bundesliga East exercised the right of promotion.

While Deizisau and Hofheim achieved relegation, Norderstedt, together with FC Bayern Munich and SG Speyer-Schwegenheim, had to relegate directly. In purely sporting terms, the team from MSA Zugzwang 82 would have been the fourth relegated team, but they stayed in the class as SK Schwäbisch Hall withdrew their team.

After the three-day final round in Berlin, the OSG Baden-Baden and the Schachgesellschaft Solingen were tied at the top, so that the decision on the German championship was postponed to a playoff with home rights for the OSG Baden-Baden, which led by board points. This got the upper hand on May 24, 2018 and was again German team champion . For the game of the season, the winning game of Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (OSG Baden-Baden) against David Navara (SV Mülheim-Nord) was chosen.

For the reported team squads of the participating clubs, see the team squad of the German Federal Chess League 2017/18 .

organization

Grandmaster meeting for the Bundesliga final round - from left: Ernesto Inarkiew , Viktor Láznička , Péter Lékó , Matthias Blübaum

Events

The rounds took place on 21./22. October 2017, 11./22. November 2017, 9./10. December 2017, 3rd / 4th February 2018, 24./25. February 2018, 10./11. March 2018 and from April 29 to May 1, 2018. The last three rounds were held centrally in Berlin , the others decentrally.

time to think

Since the 2013/14 season, every player has 100 minutes to think about the first 40 moves and 50 minutes until the end of the game. From the first move on, each player receives a time credit of 30 seconds per move until the end of the game. Draw offers before move 20 are prohibited. Exceptions are draws by repeating the position three times ( Sofia rule ).

Course aspects of the season

On the top boards for OSG Baden-Baden: Lewon Aronjan (left) and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave on April 30, 2018
Pioneers for Solingen in the Bundesliga finals: P. Harikrishna (left) and Richárd Rapport
In the Munich relegation battle: Klaus Bischoff (left) and Christian Gabriel
Without relegation worries in the final round for the organizers, the Schachfreunde Berlin 1903 , in action: Kacper Piorun (left) and Aleksander Miśta

In the 10th round the OSG Baden-Baden suffered the first and only loss of the season against SG Solingen, brought about by the success of Erwin l'Ami over Arkadij Naiditsch . Solingen had to give in to last year's runner-up SV 1930 Hockenheim in the 12th round when Dennis Wagner defeated Jan Smeets and Ivan Šarić Borki Predojević . This time with only two board points in front of SV Werder Bremen in third place, Hockenheimer lost just under on the fourth matchday against SF Deizisau , on the sixth against FC Bayern Munich and on the seventh against the USV TU Dresden , before they were in the final round against the OSG Baden-Baden won two games on matchday 13, but lost four games.

In the relegation battle, which was open into the final round, the MSA Zugzwang 82 prevailed over local rivals Bayern Munich.

table

society Sp G U V MP Board point
1. OSG Baden-Baden (M) 15th 13 1 1 27 86½
2. Chess Society Solingen 15th 13 1 1 27 84½
3. SV 1930 Hockenheim 15th 11 0 4th 22nd 76
4th SV Werder Bremen 15th 10 2 3 22nd 74½
5. SF Deizisau (N) 15th 9 0 3 18th 67½
6th UPS TU Dresden 15th 7th 4th 4th 18th 62
7th DJK Upward St. Josef Aachen 1920 15th 7th 2 6th 16 62½
8th. SK Schwäbisch Hall 15th 8th 0 7th 16 61½
9. Chess friends Berlin 15th 7th 1 7th 15th 57½
10. Hamburger SK 15th 5 2 8th 12 63
11. SV Mülheim-Nord 15th 5 1 9 11 52½
12. SV 1920 Hofheim (N) 15th 4th 3 8th 11 48
13. MSA Zugzwang 82 15th 3 2 10 8th 44
14th SG Speyer-Schwegenheim 15th 3 2 10 8th 42½
15th FC Bayern Munich 15th 2 2 11 6th 45½
16. SK Norderstedt (N) 15th 1 1 13 6th 32

decisions

German champion: OSG Baden-Baden
Relegation to the 2nd Bundesliga : SK Schwäbisch Hall (voluntary withdrawal), SG Speyer-Schwegenheim , FC Bayern Munich , SK Norderstedt
(M) reigning German champion
(N) Newcomers last season

Crosstab

Results 01. 02. 03. 04th 05. 06th 07th 08th. 09. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14th 15th 16.
1. OSG Baden-Baden 3½ 5 5½ 5½ 4½ 5½ 5 6½ 4th 7½ 6½ 6½ 7½ 6½ 7th
2. SG Solingen 4½ 3 4th 5½ 6½ 5½ 7½ 4½ 5½ 6½ 6th 6½ 7½ 4½ 7th
3. SV 1930 Hockenheim 3½ 5 4½ 3½ 3½ 5½ 5 6th 4½ 6½ 6th 6th 6th 3½ 7½
4th SV Werder Bremen 2½ 4th 3½ 4½ 3½ 6½ 5 5 6th 6th 6th 4th 6th 4½ 7th
5. SF Deizisau 2½ 2½ 4½ 3½ 5½ 3½ 4½ 3 4½ 5 7th 3½ 6½ 5 6½
6th UPS TU Dresden 3½ 1½ 4½ 4½ 2½ 4th 5½ 4th 4th 3½ 4th 6th 4½ 5 5½
7th DJK Up Aachen 3½ 2½ 2½ 1½ 4½ 4th 4½ 4½ 3½ 5 3½ 4th 5½ 6th 7½
8th. SK Schwäbisch Hall 2½ ½ 3 3 3½ 2½ 3½ 6th 4½ 5½ 4½ 5½ 6½ 6th 4½
9. Chess friends Berlin 1½ 3½ 2 3 5 4th 3½ 2 4½ 4½ 5½ 3 6th 4½ 5
10. Hamburger SK 4th 2½ 3½ 2 3½ 4th 4½ 3½ 3½ 3½ 6th 5½ 3½ 7th 6½
11. SV Mülheim-Nord ½ 1½ 1½ 2 3 4½ 3 2½ 3½ 4½ 3½ 6th 4th 7th 5½
12. SV 1920 Hofheim 1½ 2 2 2 1 4th 4½ 3½ 2½ 2 4½ 5½ 5 4th 4th
13. MSA Zugzwang 82 1½ 1½ 2 4th 4½ 2 4th 2½ 5 2½ 2 2½ 2 4½ 3½
14th SG Speyer-Schwegenheim ½ ½ 2 2 1½ 3½ 2½ 1½ 2 4½ 4th 3 6th 4th 5
15th FC Bayern Munich 1½ 3½ 4½ 3½ 3 3 2 2 3½ 1 1 4th 3½ 4th 5½
16. SK Norderstedt 1 1 ½ ½ 1½ 2½ ½ 3½ 3 1½ 2½ 4th 4½ 3 2½

The championship team

1. OSG Baden-Baden
Chess pieces

Fabiano Caruana , Levon Aronian , Maxime Vachier-Lagrave , Viswanathan Anand , Peter Svidler , Radosław Wojtaszek , Michael Adams , Francisco Vallejo Pons , Etienne Bacrot , Arkadij Naiditsch , Sergei Movsesian , Rustam Kasimdzhanov , Alexei Shirov , Jan Gustafsson , Peter Heine Nielsen , Julian Martin .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Georgios Souleidis : The teams of the 2017/18 season. In: Schachbundesliga eV May 16, 2017, accessed on January 8, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Georgios Souleidis : playoff for the German championship. In: Schachbundesliga eV May 1, 2018, accessed on May 19, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Decisive for the OSG Baden-Baden were the victories of Peter Swidler over Jan Smeets and of Rustam Kasimjanov over Predrag Nikolić . Fabiano Caruana suffered the only defeat on the top board with the black stones against Anish Giri .
  4. ↑ Game of the 2017/18 season. In: Schachbundesliga eV Georgios Souleidis , September 15, 2018, accessed on September 16, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Georgios Souleidis: 2017/18 schedule. In: Schachbundesliga eV August 11, 2017, accessed on January 8, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Format on schachbundesliga.de, accessed on January 8, 2017.

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