German Bundesliga 2024/25 • Round 8 • lichess.org

0USV TU Dresden Federation: Poland

Federation: Poland

GM Bartel, Mateusz2629

1:30:30

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1SV Mülheim Nord Federation: Czech Republic

Federation: Czech Republic

GM Navara, David2677

1:30:30

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1d4+0.2d5+0.22c4+0.3e6+0.33Nf3+0.2c6+0.34e3+0.3Nf6+0.35b3+0.3Bb4++0.36Nbd2+0.3c5+0.47dxc5+0.4e5?!+1.3Inaccuracy. Bxc5 was best.7...Bxc58.Bb2O-O9.Qc2Nbd710.cxd5Nxd511.Bc4b612.O-O8Bb2+1.2Bg4?!+2.1Inaccuracy. e4 was best.8...e49a3+2.2Bxc5+2.110b4?!+1.5...Inaccuracy. cxd5 was best.10.cxd5O-O11.h3Bxf312.Qxf3Qxd513.Qxd5Nxd514.Ke2Be715.g4Rd810...Be7+1.711Bxe5+1.5O-O+1.512Be2+1.2a5+1.213b5+1.2Nbd7+1.314Bd4+1.2a4+1.415O-O+1.6Nc5+1.616Ne5?!+0.7...Inaccuracy. Qc2 was best.16.Qc2dxc417.h3Bh518.Bxc4Bg619.Qb2Nd320.Qa2Nd721.Rad1Nb616...Bf5?!+1.3Inaccuracy. Bxe2 was best.16...Bxe217.Qxe217Bf3+1.1Ne6+1.218Bb2+1.2Ng5?!+1.9Inaccuracy. Be4 was best.18...Be419.Rc119Be2+1.4Re8+2.020Rc1+1.7Bd6+1.921Ndf3+1.5Nxf3+?!+2.1Inaccuracy. Qb8 was best.21...Qb822.Nxg5Bxe523.Bxe5Qxe524.Nf3Qb225.Nd4Bg626.Ra1Ne427.Qc122Nxf3+2.1Qe7?+3.6Mistake. Bc5 was best.22...Bc523.cxd523c5+3.5Bxc5+4.424Bxf6+4.4gxf6+4.225Qxd5+4.1Bxa3+4.426Qxf5+4.3Bxc1+4.427Rxc1?!+3.2...Inaccuracy. Bd3 was best.27.Bd3Kf828.Rxc1Qa329.Rf1Rac830.Nd4Rc331.Be2Rc132.Qxh7Rec827...Qe6+3.028Qh5+3.0a3?!+4.0Inaccuracy. f5 was best.28...f529.Nd4Qg630.Qh4a331.Bd3Re532.g3a233.Ra1h534.Bc229Bd3+3.7a2+4.130Nd4+3.9Qc831Qxh7+Kf832Rxc8Rexc833Bf1Ke734Qe4+Kf835Nf5a1=Q36Qb4+Kg837Qg4+Kf838Qg7+Ke839Qg8+Kd740Qxf7+Kd841Qe7#

1-0

White is victorious

1-8 / 8

Evaluation barsPlayingResults

GM Bartel, Mateusz26290

GM Navara, David26771

GM Fridman, Daniel25770

GM Pechac, Jergus26031

GM Vogel, Roven2550½

GM Tregubov, Pavel V.2554½

GM Beerdsen, Thomas25110

GM Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter25961

GM Michalik, Peter2567½

IM Buckels, Valentin2443½

IM Zelbel, Patrick2482½

GM Maiwald, Jens-Uwe2415½

IM Neef, Maximilian2469½

GM Hausrath, Daniel2450½

IM Gungl, Theo2332½

IM Loxine, Jakov2392½

GM Kazakouski, Valery½

GM Saric, Ivan½

GM Brkic, Ante0

GM Pultinevicius, Paulius1

GM Laurusas, Tomas½

GM Predojevic, Borki½

GM Markus, Robert1

IM Razafindratsima, Timothe0

GM Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav½

GM Stevic, Hrvoje½

GM Jovanovic, Zoran1

GM Neuman, Petr0

IM Vlasak, Lukas0

GM Kovacevic, Aleksandar1

IM Kuegel, Tobias0

FM Nemec, Jachym1

GM Bartel, Mateusz0

GM Navara, David1

GM Fridman, Daniel0

GM Pechac, Jergus1

GM Vogel, Roven½

GM Tregubov, Pavel V.½

GM Beerdsen, Thomas0

GM Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter1

GM Michalik, Peter½

IM Buckels, Valentin½

IM Zelbel, Patrick½

GM Maiwald, Jens-Uwe½

IM Neef, Maximilian½

GM Hausrath, Daniel½

IM Gungl, Theo½

IM Loxine, Jakov½

GM Indjic, Aleksandar0

GM Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar1

GM Aravindh, Chithambaram VR.½

GM Ghosh, Diptayan½

GM Sankalp Gupta½

GM Anton Guijarro, David½

GM Korobov, Anton1

GM Petrov, Martin0

GM Bogosavljevic, Boban1

GM Amin, Bassem0

GM Wagner, Dennis½

GM Delchev, Aleksander½

GM Popovic, Dusan0

GM Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan1

GM Meier, Georg½

GM Sedlak, Nikola½

GM Tabatabaei, M. Amin1

GM Livaic, Leon0

GM Kraemer, Martin½

GM Santos Latasa, Jaime½

GM Idani, Pouya1

GM Lodici, Lorenzo0

GM Nasuta, Grzegorz1

GM Dragnev, Valentin0

IM Lokander, Martin½

GM Zilka, Stepan½

GM Ferreira, Jorge Viterbo1

IM Kurmann, Oliver0

IM Fedorovsky, Michael0

IM Kosakowski, Jakub1

IM Winterberg, Lukas1

IM Lindgren, Philip0

GM Kollars, Dmitrij½

GM Nepomniachtchi, Ian½

GM So, Wesley½

GM Bluebaum, Matthias½

GM Dardha, Daniel½

GM Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi½

GM Sindarov, Javokhir1

GM Banusz, Tamas0

GM Moussard, Jules1

GM Esipenko, Andrey0

GM Sadhwani, Raunak½

GM Gupta, Abhijeet½

GM Dautov, Rustem0

GM Gustafsson, Jan1

GM Bologan, Victor½

GM Kozul, Zdenko½

GM Firouzja, Alireza½

GM Ragger, Markus½

GM Andersen, Mads½

GM Anand, Viswanathan½

GM Aronian, Levon1

GM Van Wely, Loek0

IM Krastev, Alexander0

GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime1

GM Rapport, Richard½

GM Nikolic, Predrag½

GM Naumann, Alexander0

GM Svidler, Peter1

GM Wojtaszek, Radoslaw½

GM Handke, Florian, Dr.½

IM Roseneck, Jonas0

GM Donchenko, Alexander1

GM Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian½

GM Svane, Rasmus½

GM Huschenbeth, Niclas0

GM Maurizzi, Marc`Andria1

GM Socko, Bartosz½

GM Kempinski, Robert½

GM Papp, Gabor½

GM Janik, Igor½

IM Krause, Benedict0

GM Lampert, Jonas1

IM Costa, Leonardo½

GM Socko, Monika½

FM Krause, Jonah½

GM Lubbe, Nikolas½

IM Sebastian, Dirk0

FM Voigt, Martin1

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Wandathegreat lol
Erdem0908 board 23
Multiuso66 24 oh my gosh..
Theodor_K @Multiuso66 you have not seen anything
thomasrich @Multiuso66: It's a known pawn sacrifice - two of my chess friends play it, GMs also played it, Sedlak had played it several times before
Multiuso66 Yes, your are righht.But board 24 ist very interessting french opening with gambit b4
thomasrich Georg Meier, French specialist, seemed to be surprised given time spent for his moves
thomasrich The weird thing now: 12.Ne1 and 13.Nb1 aren't really attacking moves!?
Erdem0908 who cares georg meier
Erdem0908 look board 23
Erdem0908 genius is there
Multiuso66 But this sacrifice b4 by player about 2400 I ́m suprised...
thomasrich BTW this gambit also exists against the Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.b4), Chessbase just mentioned it.
Pietro_Polerio The French Wing Gambit is actually discussed in ChessBase Magazin #223 (01/2025)
Erdem0908 Salute the world's 4th youngest grandmaster board 23
Multiuso66 Ohm thank you Pietro for this information!
PawnsHurricane20 ohh
Pietro_Polerio Georg Meier is a well known specialist in the french opening. If anyone can handle this, he should be.
MidnightFox Nissepiano saccing on Beerdsen
MidnightFox Sedlak doing Na3.Nb1 and Ne1,Nf3 . That is not how you play the wing gambit
gympanse97 boring as hell
Infinitpatzer Firo is a waste of board, now, drawing all his games, despite two losses of his team .. doesn't care
Evanoblitz of course he dosent care why should he
Infinitpatzer history of Baden badne was the best team? won this tilte many times ?
Infinitpatzer Evano, well when you play for a team, you should care, you should do better than your own interest, this what I believe
thomasrich @Infintpatzer: Yes, Baden-Baden dominated for many years before Viernheim and, this season, Duesseldorf also had strong teams
Infinitpatzer thank you @thomasrich
thomasrich All are missing some players who currently play Tata Steel
softblanket ding is still chilling
Ewyn chillding
fabelhaft Ding too strong to play
KennyMing vishy in trouble?
Resurr3ction Incredible that 5 players (!) from Düsseldorf are missing because they're playing the Tata Steel Masters.
thomasrich Vidit may have dropped out of Tata Steel at short notice to be available for the Bundesliga.
JohnMiller Yes, and on board 8 for Düsseldorf is Bologan :O
thomasrich Else Duesseldorf would need sponsor Wadim Rosenstein or a 2200ish youth player on board 8
DerDude420 why there are like 80% foreigners in the Deutsche Bundesliga?
JohnMiller That trend started in the 90s, after the fall of the iron curtain
thomasrich Bologan actually played all games this season, and had contributed to the team promoting from the second league
JohnMiller It become fashionable to "pimp" ones teams with eastern players, at that time
JohnMiller became
thomasrich Would people follow the German Bundesliga if it had only, or mostly German players?
DerDude420 so its the same with football ? you just buy players?
JohnMiller for sure not that much as they are doing with almost all top players competing for one team or the other
Resurr3ction That wouldn't work at all. Even 3rd and 4th leagues have a lot of "mercenaries".
JohnMiller yup
JohnMiller it's quite normal to have some foreign IM or so on the top board even in league 4 or below
thomasrich Playing in several European leagues is also a source of stable income for players who need it
thomasrich And else title norms wouldn't be possible
JohnMiller Yes, for example Nicola Sedlak is playing for a lot of teams, and the same is true for many professionals
thomasrich National leagues are exempt from foreigner requirements for norms, but there wouldn't be enough titled players
JohnMiller Only a few can make their living without having students or playing open tournaments / league games
thomasrich Duesseldorf may be in some trouble today: three draws already, Nepo soon to follow?
thomasrich And Sindarov (so far 6/6) worse, while the position is wild
thomasrich The match might be decided on the German board 39 or the veteran board 40
Erdem0908 board 23
La10Pulga How Anish is playing here ?
Neverness He is not. Today.
La10Pulga He played some rounds tho
Neverness Yeah.
La10Pulga He is in Tata steel to right ?
Neverness Yes.
La10Pulga Then how ?
Bunny_GM vishy winning yea
Tovarow Other rounds => other dates
Neverness The Teams here are crowded, with many reserves.
La10Pulga Ok
La10Pulga Makes sense
AmandeepGoral which board is magnus?
Neverness Magnus is not playing today either, sadly.
PrawnsOP16 guys can andersen make 10 moves in 7min
AmandeepGoral why not?
KronosDesT You can make 20 moves in 30 sec
AmandeepGoral i read magnus is playing for saint paul and i see his team but not his name
Nur_ausSpass he played last time they played
Nur_ausSpass not today i think
AmandeepGoral but why is he not playing?
AmandeepGoral christiansen is playing why not him?
Nur_ausSpass idk
Neverness Board 46: Naumann, not Niemann! xD
AmandeepGoral ok
Tovarow Magnus only played 2 rounds out of 6
JohnMiller Most likely the marketing effect generated is worth the investment only if they play at home
JohnMiller I'd think when he played it was in Hamburg, with the media effect etc.
AmandeepGoral can anyone confirm?
AmandeepGoral was there big media?
Neverness Magnus will probably play another 2 rounds here (eventually), I suppose. It is 15 rounds, after all...
thomasrich Yes, Carlsen appearing in Hamburg got mainstream media attention (even evening news on TV)
thomasrich BTW today's derby Hamburger SK - St. Pauli is also in Hamburg
Neverness Board 40: Bologan vs. Kožul... like in the "old" days!
Neverness LOL, the position on Board 6!
Neverness Boards 17 and 19 do seem interesting.
originalRasputin he found it
RTFM2300 w\
Atharvjoshi30 aleksandar has time issue but queen
Atharvjoshi30 board 17 everyone
Atharvjoshi30 aleksander lost
Atharvjoshi30 yep
Erdem0908 board 23 fired
JohnMiller Oh, Nikola Sedlak managed to get an equal game again :O
HartwigL Board 32 why ist it 1-0 ?
Neverness Board 32: Maybe White really lost on time. :O
zeitnotakrobat @HartwigL they probably put the kings on wrong squares after finnishing
Neverness If so, that's disheartening and annoying.
zeitnotakrobat On the official site Board 32 is also listed as 0-1
zeitnotakrobat Transmission from Viernheim seems crashed, Viernheim already won as expected
Neverness Oh, Mads has now an equal position vs. Vishy Anand! (Board 42)
EgonF kozul missed the win for deizisau bulls...
JFK97 jan gustafsson has said in the past that these are his favourite endgames, where he has a rook and his opponent does not
Platon_Stupin ваапаелгр
PokeRipp hi
PokeRipp im an Angriff Zwerg
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HacizadeCansu hello
Yurgen2015 а
vill7419 fuck en rov deg
FM Fleetwood_Mac IM Raza is really trying to survive
FM Fleetwood_Mac I think GM Jovanovic is cheating because he plays like a strong engine
Pranav_18_B same here
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