Bundesliga - Live!

by ChessBase
9/28/2025 – The Chess Bundesliga kicks off this weekend with the new season. The venues are Deggendorf, Deizisau, Wolfhagen and Heimbach-Weis-Neuwied. Reigning champions, Düsseldorfer SK - without their top players following the withdrawal of their sponsor - together with their travel partner Solingen, face an initial test against Deggendorf and Bayern Munich. | Follow the action live starting at 14.00 CEST (8.00 ET, 17.30 IST)
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There is also curiosity about when "he" will start the season. This refers to Magnus Carlsen of St. Pauli, who could meet Baden-Baden and the hosts in Heimbach-Weis-Neuwied. Absent will be Aronian, Vachier-Lagrave, Firouzja and Caruana, who will be playing in São Paulo, Brazil, at the Grand Chess Tour Finals (from Sunday).

Games start on Saturday at 14:00 and on Sunday at 10:00.
The games will be broadcast with a 15-minute delay.

Live games

Individual matches
Düsseldorfer SK - FC Bayern München
SG Solingen - SV Deggendorf
SV Werder Bremen - MSA Zugzwang
SK Kirchweyhe - Schachfreunde Deizisau
USV TU Dresden - SC Viernheim
SF Berlin - Sfr. Wolfhagen
Hamburger SK - OSG Baden-Baden
FC St. Pauli - SC Heimbach-Weis-Neuwied

Live Streams

FC St. Pauli has or had also planned a live stream, but it is not yet online. The stream will be linked here when available.

Live commentary with GM Ilja Zaragatski, Angelika "Chessborn" Valkova and guests (including the players themselves).

Fixtures for the weekend

Host: SV Deggendorf
Sat   27.09.25   14:00   SV Deggendorf - Düsseldorfer SK
Sat   27.09.25   14:00   FC Bayern Munich - SG Solingen
Sun   28.09.25   10:00   Düsseldorfer SK - FC Bayern Munich
Sun   28.09.25   10:00   SG Solingen - SV Deggendorf

Host: Schachfreunde Deizisau
Sat   27.09.25   14:00   Schachfreunde Deizisau - SV Werder Bremen
Sat   27.09.25   14:00   MSA Zugzwang - SK Kirchweyhe
Sun   28.09.25   10:00   SV Werder Bremen - MSA Zugzwang
Sun   28.09.25   10:00   SK Kirchweyhe - Schachfreunde Deizisau

Host: Sfr. Wolfhagen
Sat   27.09.25   14:00   Sfr. Wolfhagen - USV TU Dresden
Sat   27.09.25   14:00   SC Viernheim - SF Berlin
Sun   28.09.25   10:00   USV TU Dresden - SC Viernheim
Sun   28.09.25   10:00   SF Berlin - Sfr. Wolfhagen

Host: SC Heimbach-Weis-Neuwied
Sat   27.09.25   14:00   SC Heimbach-Weis-Neuwied - Hamburger SK
Sat   27.09.25   14:00   OSG Baden-Baden - FC St. Pauli
Sun   28.09.25   10:00   Hamburger SK - OSG Baden-Baden
Sun   28.09.25   10:00   FC St. Pauli - SC Heimbach-Weis-Neuwied

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