OSG Baden-Baden takes German League 2018 title

After the teams of OSG Baden-Baden and SG Solingen had ended the season tied, a playoff fight for the title of German team champion was necessary, and was held yesterday in Baden-Baden. The defending champions narrowly won, with a final match score of 4½ : 3½ thanks to wins by Rustam Kasimdzhanov and Peter Svidler, and in spite of a board one loss by Fabiano Caruana to Anish Giri. | Photo: Guido Giotta, <a href="https://www.schachbundesliga.de/spielberichte/osg-baden-baden-ist-deutscher-meister-2018">schachbundesliga.de</a>