Svane und Kollars Helden der zweiten Runde

Svane and Kollar's heroes of the second round

The German chess scene watched two games during the second round of the German Chess League. The score between Baden Baden and Hamburger SK was 3.5:3.5 after Gabor Papp and Luis Engel had equalized for the team from the Elbe. Vincent Keymer had a clearly better position against his future national team colleague Frederik Svane. But the younger Svane brother defended heroically and secured the 4-4 for the Hanseatics, putting serial champions Baden-Baden under pressure early in the season.
Dmitrij Kollars was in an even worse position when his Deizisau team was down 4-3 against SG Solingen. He had lost a smooth pawn against Norwegian GM Tari. But Kollars fought and managed to get the half point that led to the team victory.
After the start of the Chess Bundesliga season, there are still 6 teams that can boast full points. In addition to the Schachfreunde Deizisau and the championship contender from Viernheim, these are the promoted team from Öltigheim, the Legionärs-Trupp from Kirchweyhe, SV Werder Bremen and perhaps a little surprising FC Bayern Munich!