Bundesliga Finale This Weekend
This weekend sees the final two rounds of the 2011/12 season of the strongest chess league in the world, the German Bundesliga.
Leaders Baden-Baden look set to claim a remarkable seventh league title in a row after narrowly defeating nearest rivals Werder Bremen 4½-3½ in the last weekend of games. They now need only one match win from their final two matches against Eppingen and Hockenheim.
Depending on their availability Baden-Baden can pick from Vishy Anand, Magnus Carlsen, Peter Svidler, Paco Vallejo Pons, Mickey Adams, Alexei Shirov, Etienne Bacrot and many more.
[UPDATE- Vishy Anand is on board 1 for Baden-Baden today, with black against Sergey Tiviakov]
The 14th round is on Saturday at 14:00 local time (12:00 UTC), followed by the 15th (and final) round on Sunday at 10:00 (08:00 UTC). All games can be followed at the official website's excellent live interface.
The current standings (MP=Match points, BP=Board points):
| Team | W | D | L | MP | BP | |
| 1 | OSG Baden-Baden | 12 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 69.5 |
| 2 | Werder Bremen | 10 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 66.0 |
| 3 | SC Eppingen | 9 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 60.5 |
| 4 | SG Solingen | 9 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 61.5 |
| 5 | SF Katernberg | 7 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 50.5 |
| 6 | SV Wattenscheid 1930 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 54.5 |
| 7 | SV 1930 Hockenheim | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 54.0 |
| 8 | SG Trier | 6 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 55.5 |
| 9 | SF Berlin 1903 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 50.0 |
| 10 | SV Mülheim Nord | 5 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 53.0 |
| 11 | SK Turm Emsdetten | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 47.0 |
| 12 | Hamburger SK | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 46.5 |
| 13 | SK König Tegel | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 39.5 |
| 14 | USV TU Dresden | 3 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 42.5 |
| 15 | SC Hansa Dortmund | 1 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 38.0 |
| 16 | SC 1950 Remagen | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 43.5 |
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Mickey Adams' crucial win for Baden-Baden gave them a 4½-3½ victory over Werder Bremen in round 12:
