Bundesliga: Karpov won

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Exworldchampion Anatoly Karpov made
his season debut in the Bundesliga on
Sunday. He beat the Georgian GM Mikheil
Mchedlishvili as white in a Grünfeld-game.
Karpov`s team Hockenheim played 4-4
against Emsdetten, but lies in 10th place.
OSG Baden-Baden leads the table with
a perfect score, 14 team points, Schwäbisch
Hall lost to Baden-Baden on Saturday and
is second with 11 points. Werder Bremen
lies in 3rd place with 10 points.Now it
is winter break. The next rounds will be
played in the end of January
Photo:Wikipedia

Aue: Loss against Erfurter SK

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Yesterday our team, SG Leipzig,
played Erfurter SK in the 6th
round of the 2,Bundesliga.
We needed points to get
away from the bottom of
the table.
Things began ok with a
draw for FM Matthias
Liedtke on Board 8 against
IM Christian Troyke. I did
not see much of the game
before they had agreed a draw.
Then I think FM Wilfrid Wernert
lost on Board 4. He played a
variation of the French defence
against the strong GM Peter Enders.
But white got in a f5-push and
the grandmaster won the game after
some more moves, Then  IM Heiko
Machelett played a draw on Board 2
against his old teammate GM Petr
Haba. Here I was told from Heiko
that he made a draw offer in a position
where Haba was better, but was a
bit pressed on time. The Czech
accepted the draw offer. The match
was stil alive as FM Stephan Rausch
on board 7 and IM Hannes Langrock on
board 3 had fine positions. It was a very
exciting game on board 5 where Leonard
Richter attacked IM Thomas Casper.
Both players spent much time. On board 6
IM Matthias Müller had an advantage on board
and clock against me. On board 1 FM Roland Voigt
offered a pawn against GM Jan Votava as white
in an Alapin sicilian (2.c3) and had to fight for a
draw. Then after some time Leonard lost
as his rook sacrifice gave no mating attack, and we
were down 2,5-0,5. Then I won my game after my
opponent made a mistake and gave me rook for bishop.
He then resigned. Then Stephan made a draw. The
analysis after the game showed that Stephan looked
to have a win with Kh6 in a bishop ending against IM
Olaf Heinzel. The next game to finish was IM Hannes
Langrock against Franz Bräuer. Hannes had a strong
attack which he concluded to a victory. Then the match
was standing 3,5-3,5. But Roland had a very difficult
task in a rook and bishop ending with one pawn down.
In the end grandmaster Jan Votava pushed home the
game and Erfurter SK won 4,5-3,5 and now lead the
table with 10 match points. We lie in the bottom with
2 points. The next three rounds will be played on home
soil in Leipzig in the end of January. We probably need 3-4
points against Nickelhütte Aue, Pang Rosenheim and
MSA Zugzwang to have a chance to survive. Three teams
will be relegated to the Oberliga in February.
Here are some pictures from Sunday:

1st Board:FM Roland Voigt-GM Jan Votava, 0-1.


Board 2:GM Petr Haba-IM Heiko Machelett, draw


Board 3:IM Hannes Langrock-Franz Bräuer, 1-0.


Board 4:GM Peter Enders-FM Wilfrid Wernert, 1-0.


Board 5:Leonard Richter-IM Thomas Casper, 0-1.


Board 6:IM Matthias Müller-CM Joachim Solberg, 0-1.


Board 7:FM Stephan Rausch-IM Olaf Heinzel, draw.


Board 8:IM Christian Troyke-FM Matthias Liedtke, draw.

Check out all the results here.

Aue: Loss against Bindlach Aktionär

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Today I am in Aue to play 2.Bundesliga with my German
team, SG Leipzig. The games started 2 p.m.
Our 1st board player FM Roland Voigt got problems
early in his game against GM Martin Petr from Bindlach
Aktionär.Roland was suddenly a piece down.
 After some hours play he had to resign.
On 2nd Board IM Heikko Machelett played
white against GM Petr Neuman. It was a duell
in the Slav. The game ended pretty soon in a draw.
On Board 3 IM Pavel Cech became an edge against
our IM Hannes Langrock. Hannes fought good and
should have drawn the rook ending with two pawns
down, but a big mistake cost him the game.
FM Wilfrid Wernert soon got in trouble against FM
Felix Stips, but after his opponent played unprecise,
Wifrid made a draw. Then Leonard Richter made a
solid draw with black against FM Jan Krensing.
On Board 6 I tried  1.d4, but  I got nothing
as white in a Grünfeld against Andreas Wetscherek (2356).
After 48 moves the game ended with a perpetual check
in a Queen ending. On Board 7 FM Stephan Rausch
got into serious problems in the middlegame and
lost after about 3 hours play. On the last Board we
got our only victory as FM Matthias Liedtke won
after a nice combination with white against Oliver Zier.
We lost 5-3 but it really fealt like we had few chances
today. Hopefully we can Bounce back against Erfurt
tomorrow. We lie in 9th place in the table, Erfurt
is in 2nd place after 4,5-3,5 victory today after IM
Troyke got the winning point for his team.
Here are some pictures.

The school we played in in Aue.FM Stephan Rausch is walking towards
the entrance door.


1st Board: GM Martin Petr-FM Roland Voigt, 1-0. Roland played his
Modern defence, but soon gave a piece. The compensation was not
good enough and Roland lost.


2nd Board: IM Heikko Machelett-GM Petr Neuman, draw. The game
ended in a pretty quick draw after the players played some theory moves
in the Slav defence.


3rd Board: IM Pavel Cech-IM Hannes Langrock, 1-0. Hannes fought very
good with two pawns down, but in a drawish position he made an error
which cost him the draw.


4th Board:FM Wilfrid Wernert-FM Felix Stips, draw. Stips pressed with
two passed pawns in the middle of the board, but after some errors
Wilfrid managed to save the draw in a endgame with bishop and two pawns
against rook and one pawn.


5th Board:FM Jan Krensing-Leonard Richter, draw.Leo defended with
the Kings Indian Defence. His opponent played the g3-variation. After
what I could see Leo played active and good. He is making a fine season
in the 2.Bundesliga.

Board 6:Solberg-Wetscherek, draw. We played 48 moves before I took
the Perpetual checks in a position I believed was better for my opponent.
But it seemed in balance according to Houdini.


7th Board: FM Gerald Loew-FM Stephan Rausch, 1-0. Loew got an
edge in a Tarrasch. In the middle game he found the Qd4-move which gave
him the initiative. He got a dangerous initiative with a passed pawn on the
Queen side which won him the game.


8th Board: FM Matthias Liedtke-Oliver Zier, 1-0. Zier defended with the
French defence. It was a complicated game. Matthias fought good and it
looked to me as he made a fine combination on c6 which won him the game.


IM Christian Troyke won as black against Christoph Peil. He was the
match winner for Erfurt who beat Aue 4,5-3,5.


Frank Jäger from Turm Leipzig is chess judge this weekend in Aue.
He is doing a fine job.

The 6th round starts tomorrow at 10.00. We will play against Erfurt. Check
the results here.