2nd German Chess League (Germany)
The 2nd Bundesliga Chess League is the second highest division in German team chess . It was introduced together with the single-track Bundesliga for the 1980/81 season. When it was founded, the 2nd Bundesliga consisted of eight teams in the North, West, Southwest and South squadrons, with teams from the regional associations of Berlin , Bremen , Hamburg and Lower Saxony belonging to the North squad, teams from North Rhine-Westphalia to the West squad, teams from Baden , Hesse , Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland the Southwest relay and teams from Bavaria and Württemberg the South relay.
Since the 1984/85 season, ten teams have played in each season. For the 1991/92 season, the fixed squadrons according to association membership were lifted, and since then the squadrons have been divided according to geographical aspects in order to minimize travel costs. At the same time, the squadrons have been named North, East, South and West since this season.
mode
A simple round-robin tournament is held within each season ; the number of team points (2 points for every team fight won, 1 point for every team fight that is undecided, 0 points for every team fight lost), then the number of board points (1 point for every winning game, 0.5 points for every draw game, 0 points for every losing game). In principle, the four season winners are promoted; if a relay winner is not eligible for promotion (because the club in question is already represented by a team in the 1st Bundesliga) or foregoes promotion, the promotion right goes to the second (and possibly to the third, if the same applies to the second ) this season over. If none of the top three players wants to move up from a season, the number of those who are relegated from the 1st Bundesliga is reduced. The last three of each season are relegated to the top division.
Season winner
1980/81 to 1990/91 season
| season | North | west | southwest | south |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980/81 | SK Johanneum Eppendorf | Düsseldorf SG castling | SC Kettig 1924 | VfL Sindelfingen |
| 1981/82 | SVg Lasker-Steglitz | SG Enger / Spenge | SV 03/25 Koblenz | Munich SC 1836 |
| 1982/83 | SC Braunschweig | SK Munster 32 | SK Heidelberg | VfL Sindelfingen |
| 1983/84 | SC Kreuzberg | King Naughty | SK Zähringen 1921 | TB Erlangen |
| 1984/85 | SK Zehlendorf | PSV / BSV Wuppertal | SK Heidelberg | VfL Sindelfingen |
| 1985/86 | Hamburg SG BUE | SG Enger / Spenge | Karlsruhe SF 1853 | SV Fortuna Regensburg |
| 1986/87 | SK Zehlendorf | SV Wattenscheid | SK Zähringen 1921 | TB Erlangen |
| 1987/88 | Delmenhorster SK | SV Rochade Bielefeld | SG Heidelberg-Kirchheim | Grundig Nuremberg |
| 1988/89 | SK Zehlendorf | SG Porz II. Team | SV 1920 Hofheim | SV Fortuna Regensburg |
| 1989/90 | SK King Tegel | Bielefelder SK | FTG Frankfurt | Grundig Nuremberg |
| 1990/91 | Hannoverscher SK | SG Bochum 31 | SV 1920 Hofheim | SV Fortuna Regensburg |
Since the 1991/92 season
Promoted to the 1st Bundesliga
Except in the following cases, the 4 season winners have been promoted to the 1st Bundesliga:
- 1988/89: The second team of SG Porz was not eligible for promotion, so the promotion right was transferred to the second-placed SF Dortmund-Brackel .
- 1990/91: Due to the merging of the game operations of the German Chess Federation and the German Chess Federation , only two promotion places were available. The season winners played a tournament in which SG Bochum 31 and Hannoversche SK qualified for the 1st Bundesliga.
- 1999/2000: Zeppelin Neu Herne renounced promotion to the 1st Bundesliga, in their place the second-placed SC Gelsenkirchen rose.
- 2001/02: The second team of SG Porz was not eligible for promotion, so the promotion right was transferred to the second-placed SK Turm Emsdetten .
- 2003/04: Neither the second team of SC Kreuzberg nor the second team of SG Porz were eligible for promotion, instead the second-placed Preetzer TSV rose in the north season and SV Mülheim-Nord in the west season.
- 2004/05: The second team from Werder Bremen was not eligible for promotion, the promotion place took the second placed SK Zehlendorf .
- 2008/09: SG Porz decided against promotion. Since the runner-up SG Bochum 31 did not want to move up and the second team of SG 1868-Alekhine Solingen , who were not eligible for promotion, ended up in third place , the West Season did not make any promoters to the 1st Bundesliga; instead, FC Bayern Munich remained the top-ranked relegated team in the 1st Bundesliga.
- 2009/10: SG Porz decided against promotion. Since the second-placed SC Hansa Dortmund and the third-placed SG Bochum 31 were not interested in promotion, the West season did not provide promoted to the 1st Bundesliga; instead, FC Bayern Munich remained the top-ranked relegated team in the 1st Bundesliga.
- 2010/11: SG Porz waived promotion, instead the second-placed SC Hansa Dortmund rose.
- 2011/12: With the Erfurter SK and the SG Porz, two season winners waived the promotion. The right of promotion took instead the respective second-placed chess club Forchheim in the east season and the Wiesbaden chess club in the west season.
- 2012/13: SG Porz decided against promotion. Since the second-placed DJK Aufwärts St. Josef Aachen 1920 and the third-placed SG Bochum 31 were not interested in promotion either, the West season did not provide any promoted to the 1st Bundesliga; instead, the Schachfreunde Berlin remained as the best-placed relegated in the 1st Bundesliga.
- 2013/14: With SG Porz and ESV Nickelhütte Aue, two season winners waived the promotion. Instead, the respective second-placed SC Hansa Dortmund (West relay) and USV TU Dresden (East relay) exercised the right of promotion .
- 2014/15: SG Porz renounced promotion. Since the second-placed DJK Aufwärts St. Josef Aachen and the third-placed Bochumer SV were not interested in promotion either, the West season did not provide any promoted to the 1st Bundesliga; instead, FC Bayern Munich stayed in the 1st Bundesliga.
- 2015/16: SG Porz waived promotion, instead the runner-up DJK Aufwärts St. Josef Aachen rose.
- 2016/17: With SG Porz and BCA Augsburg, two season winners did without promotion. In the west season (since the second placed SV Würselen did not want to rise) instead the third placed SV 1920 Hofheim exercised the right of promotion. The Ost-Staffel was not promoted to the 1st Bundesliga this season, after the second-placed ESV Nickelhütte Aue and the third-placed Erfurter SK also waived promotion; instead, SG Speyer-Schwegenheim remained as the best relegated in the 1st Bundesliga.
- 2017/18: With TSV Schott Mainz and ESV Nickelhütte Aue, two season winners waived the promotion. Instead, the respective second-placed Düsseldorf SK 1914/25 (Staffel West) and BCA Augsburg (Staffel East) exercised the right of promotion .
- 2018/19: The second team of the DJK Aufwärts St. Josef Aachen was not eligible for promotion, in their place the second-placed Aachener Chessverein 1856 rose.
Curiosities
- Until the 1989/90 season, it was planned that in the event of a tie based on team points, not the board points decided on promotion or relegation, but in this case play-off matches were played. This led, among other things, to the fact that in the season 1980/81 in the season south six of the eight teams were involved in stitch fights (two for promotion, four against relegation) and in the season 1988/89 in the season south west six teams against had to stab the descent.
- In two seasons, six of the ten teams in the North Season came from the same city; namely six teams came from Hamburg in the 1984/85 season and six teams from Berlin in the 1991/92 season.
- Due to the flexible graduation, teams of an association can be represented in different squadrons. Clubs from Hessen have already played in all seasons, and clubs from Bavaria, Berlin, Bremen, Lower Saxony, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt were also represented in different seasons.
2nd Women's Chess League
In German women's team chess, the second highest division is also known as the 2nd Bundesliga. This has existed since the 1991/92 season and consists of three seasons with eight clubs each. The three season winners are entitled to move up to the women's first division, the last two in each season are relegated to the women's regional league.
literature
- Eising , CD Meyer, Treppner: Chess Bundesliga 1980-83 . Bamberger Schachverlag, Bamberg 1984, ISBN 3-923113-04-8 .
- Johannes Eising, Gerd Treppner: Chess Bundesliga 1984-88, ISBN 3-88805-081-2 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Deutsche Schachzeitung 1984, No. 6, p. 194 (tables of the 4 groups).