The unexpected excursion to the Oberliga lasted four years. Now, after having been relegated, the first team had to face the daily grind of the Hessenliga again with an away match in the Bavarian town of Dettingen.
Against the strong Dettingen, Nied had to replace their two starters Oliver and Sven due to their being on vacation. Not just because of this but also because of the loss of players before the start of the season, Dettingen had to be regarded as the favourites.
Peter was able to quickly exchange almost all minor pieces against his much stronger rated opponent, who therefore agreed to an early draw. However, by that time several boards were already looking promising for Dettingen. On top of that, Hendrik lost after having missed a zwischenzug, which prompted his immediate resignation.
The games at the remaining six boards surprisingly ended all within a short period around the first time control.
Thomas had not been able to save his position after the loss of a pawn. Not so Christof, who managed to scrape through to draw despite having been two pawns down. Tomislav had a quite decent position when he agreed to his opponent's draw offer because of time trouble. Daniel's opponent stayed on top of a tactical scramble and with this secured the match victory for Dettingen.
Afterwards, Patrick won his game from being two pawns down, but having felt comfortable with his position throughout the game. Gerd also won by means of a nice positional pawn sacrifice on the queenside, contributing the best played game of the first team on that Sunday.
In retrospect, the final result of 3.5 to 4.5 was closer than the match actually was. The first team is facing a difficult season and will have to keep an eye on the relegation battle rather than compete for promotion. On October 27th the league will continue with an away match at Frankfurter TV - another strong team in a strong league.
| Hessenliga - Round 1 - 22.09.2019 | Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sfr. Dettingen | - | SC 1961 König Nied | 4.5 : 3.5 | |||||||
| Board | Name | No. | DWZ | ELO | Name | No. | DWZ | ELO | ||
| 1 | Werner Schönau | 1 | 2212 | 2216 | - | Hendrik Zimmermann | 1 | 2254 | 2221 | 1.0 : 0.0 |
| 2 | Philipp Bahlke | 3 | 2116 | 2039 | - | Daniel Prenzler | 2 | 2140 | 2160 | 1.0 : 0.0 |
| 3 | Berthold Rosenberger | 5 | 2148 | 2243 | - | Patrick Chandler | 4 | 2057 | 2095 | 0.0 : 1.0 |
| 4 | Roberto Stickler | 6 | 2112 | 2227 | - | Gerd Graf | 5 | 2225 | 2237 | 0.0 : 1.0 |
| 5 | Andreas Schramenko | 7 | 2140 | 2193 | - | Thomas Zöller | 6 | 1815 | 2002 | 1.0 : 0.0 |
| 6 | Najd Mbarek | 8 | 2041 | 2035 | - | Christof Goll | 8 | 1987 | 2076 | 0.5 : 0.5 |
| 7 | Wolfgang Kraft | E | 2007 | 2134 | - | Peter Bittner | E | 1818 | 1870 | 0.5 : 0.5 |
| 8 | Wolfgang Bahlke | E | 2092 | 2141 | - | Tomislav Vukelić | E | 2222 | 0.5 : 0.5 | |
| Rank | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | TP | BP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sfr. Neuberg 2 | XX | 5.5 | 2 | 5.5 | ||||||||
| 2 | Sfr. Dettingen | XX | 4.5 | 2 | 4.5 | ||||||||
| 3 | SK 1927 Bad Homburg | XX | 4.5 | 2 | 4.5 | ||||||||
| 4 | SV 1920 Hofheim 2 | XX | 4.0 | 1 | 4.0 | ||||||||
| 5 | SC Brett vorm Kopp | XX | 4.0 | 1 | 4.0 | ||||||||
| 6 | SV 1976 Griesheim 2 | 4.0 | XX | 1 | 4.0 | ||||||||
| 7 | Frankfurter TV 1860 | 4.0 | XX | 1 | 4.0 | ||||||||
| 8 | SC Fulda | 3.5 | XX | 0 | 3.5 | ||||||||
| 9 | SC 1961 König Nied | 3.5 | XX | 0 | 3.5 | ||||||||
| 10 | SK 1858 Gießen | 2.5 | XX | 0 | 2.5 |
