SC Viernheim won the Chess Bundesliga 2025-26 on April 26. Viernheim won 15/15 rounds and scored a maximum 30 points.

The winning team included 🇺🇿 Nodirbek Abdusattorov, 🇵🇱 Jan-Krzysztof Duda, 🇦🇿 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, 🇮🇳 Aravindh Chithambaram, 🇮🇷 Parham Maghsoodloo, 🇹🇷 Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus, 🇳🇱 Jorden van Foreest, and 🇷🇸 Alexey Sarana.

The final standings (Top 5) are:

Place Team First board Score
1. SC Viernheim 🇺🇿 Nodirbek Abdusattorov 30
2. OSG Baden-Baden 🇺🇸 Fabiano Caruana 23
3. Schachfreunde Wolfhagen 🇺🇦 Andrei Volokitin 23
4. FC Bayern München 🇷🇺 Vladimir Fedoseev 18
5. Schachfreunde Deizisau 🇩🇪 Matthias Bluebaum 16

Runner-up team OSG Baden-Baden won 9 rounds, drew 5, and lost 1. Their roster included 🇺🇸 Fabiano Caruana, 🇫🇷 Alireza Firouzja, 🇳🇱 Anish Giri, 🇮🇳 Viswanathan Anand, 🇺🇸 States Levon Aronian, 🇫🇷 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, 🇩🇪 Vincent Keymer, and 🇺🇿 Javokhir Sindarov. 🇳🇴 Magnus Carlsen’s team, FC St. Pauli, finished 12th out of 16.

The Chess Bundesliga is an annual 8-players team chess league held in Germany since 1973. The 2025-26 edition took place from September 27, 2025 to April 26, 2026, with the final part held in Berlin. The event features a 100+30 time control for the first 40 moves and 50+30 for the rest of the game over single Round-Robin between 16 teams.

Credit: Anna Giede