BCA Augsburg

The BCA Augsburg (full Board Game Club Altstephaner Augsburg ) is a chess club , which since the season 2018/19 in the general game mode in the German Chess Bundesliga compete. The president of the association is Anton Lotter from old Stephan .

history

The club BCA Augsburg was founded in the summer of 2016 and on January 1, 2017 took over the playing rights of the Augsburg chess club SK 1908 Göggingen in the 2nd Bundesliga East. In the 2016/2017 season, they took first place in this, but waived the right of promotion for financial reasons. In the following season, the second place was achieved. With the master ESV Nickelhütte Aue's renouncement of the ascent, the BCA again opened up the possibility of ascent. In this case, the BCA Augsburg exercised the right of promotion and competed in the Bundesliga chess league in the 2018/2019 season .

Squad of the 2018/2019 season

Pal Benko, Hungarian - American grandmaster, has been active for the SK Göggingen since the 1990s and for the BCA Augsburg since the club was founded.

The squad of the first team of the BCA Augsburg in general game operations in the 2018/19 season:

• GM Pál Benkő ( Elo : 2408)
• GM Kaido Külaots (Elo: 2554)
• GM Viktor Láznička (Elo: 2662)
• GM Evgeny Postny (Elo: 2586)
• GM Michael Prusikin (Elo: 2510)
• GM Petar Arnaudow (Elo: 2451)
• GM Eduardas Rozentalis (Elo: 2503)
• GM Nikola Nestorović (Elo: 2453)
• IM Gregory Pitl (Elo: 2387)
• IM Miloš Stanković (Elo: 2438)
• GM Eckhard Schmittdiel (Elo: 2436)
• IM Welislaw Kukow (Elo: 2373)
• IM Jan Rooze (Elo: 2313)
• FM Carl Strugnell (Elo: 2327)
• FM Christoph Lipok (Elo: 2271)
• FM Werner Mueller (Elo: 2089)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} chess: Bundesliga in Augsburg . Retrieved June 27, 2019.
2. ^ SK 1908 Göggingen. Retrieved March 29, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Augsburger Allgemeine: BCA overtakes FC Bayern Munich. Retrieved March 29, 2019 . 
4. ^ BCA Augsburg | Chess League. Retrieved March 29, 2019 .