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Chess Bundesliga starts: Blübaum fights for the title in Deizisau!
The chess Bundesliga season begins on September 25th, 2025 in Deizisau. Blübaum is playing to qualify for the Candidates Tournament.
Chess Bundesliga starts: Blübaum fights for the title in Deizisau!
The chess Bundesliga season begins this weekend with exciting matches in the Deizisau community hall. The Schachfreunde Deizisau are the hosts and are looking forward to meeting the best teams in the league again. The games take place on Saturday at 2 p.m. and on Sunday at 10 a.m. Deizisau secured fourth place in the Bundesliga last season and also achieved third place in the German team cup. This is an impressive result and increases the anticipation for the coming season.
A central focus is on Matthias Blübaum, the new player in the Schachfreunde Deizisau team. At the age of 28, he qualified for the 2026 Candidates Tournament with his second place at the FIDE Grand Swiss in Samarkand. This makes him one of the eight best players in the world who will determine the next challenger to world champion Dommaraju Gukesh. This qualification makes him the first German since Robert Hübner to qualify for a Candidates Tournament in 1991.
Blübaum's rise in chess
Blübaum, who has been playing for the Bundesliga team Schachfreunde Deizisau for years, can look back on a successful career. At the age of 18, he received the title of Grandmaster and became European Champion in both 2022 and 2025. He fought an important duel against Vincent Keymer, also a candidate for qualification, which ended at the decisive moment with the move 54. …Nxg3! ended. This move secured Blübaum a draw, which was crucial for his qualification. Vincent Keymer, who once played for Deizisau, turned out to be a tough opponent.
Blübaum's performances show a constant improvement, especially in encounters with top players. He has established himself as a serious player who will fight for the right to challenge Gukesh next year. However, the location and exact date for the Candidates Tournament have not yet been determined by FIDE.
Matthias Blübaum's return to the Bundesliga and his qualification for the Candidates Tournament are just some of the exciting aspects that make the 2025/2026 Chess Bundesliga season so interesting. The first games of the weekend already promise exciting competitive situations and exciting chess games.
For more information about the Bundesliga go to the official website Chess Bundesliga referred. The offers detailed insights into the season and the performances of Blübaum and his teammates Esslinger newspaper.