Baden-Baden League Victory Whitewash
The all-conquering Baden-Baden team had already secured victory in the German chess league, the Schachbundesliga, on Friday, but with two more match victories this weekend they scored a remarkable season whitewash - winning all fifteen of their matches!
Baden-Baden defeated Eppingen 6½-1½ and Hockenheim 5½-2½ to complete an eighth successive title in style.
Their nearest scrape was their 4½-3½ win against rivals Mülheim in the 5th round of the season.
Some of the victorious Baden-Baden team (photo by Georgios Souleidis)
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Schachbundesliga 2012/13 Final Standings
| # | Team | W | D | L | MP | BP |
| 1 | OSG Baden-Baden | 15 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 89.0 |
| 2 | SV Mülheim Nord | 12 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 75.0 |
| 3 | SG Solingen | 9 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 71.0 |
| 4 | SC Eppingen | 9 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 72.5 |
| 5 | Werder Bremen | 9 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 64.0 |
| 6 | SK Turm Emsdetten | 8 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 67.5 |
| 7 | SG Trier | 7 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 61.5 |
| 8 | Hamburger SK | 7 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 63.5 |
| 9 | SV 1930 Hockenheim | 7 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 61.5 |
| 10 | Wiesbadener SV | 7 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 58.5 |
| 11 | SF Katernberg | 6 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 62.0 |
| 12 | SV Wattenscheid 1930 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 58.0 |
| 13 | SF Berlin 1903 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 53.0 |
| 14 | SV Griesheim | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 41.5 |
| 15 | SC Forchheim | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 31.5 |
| 16 | SK Norderstedt | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 30.0 |
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The full Baden-Baden team and their individual results during the season can be found here. They didn't require the services of their two top listed players, Vishy Anand and Magnus Carlsen! The results cross-table for the entire season is here.
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Games via TWIC.
