División de Honor (chess) 2005

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The División de Honor (chess) 2005 was the eleventh season of the División de Honor and at the same time the 49th Spanish team championship in chess , it was played with ten teams. The champions were the team of CA Reverté Albox-Costa de Almería, while the defending champion CA Intel-Tiendas UPI Mancha Real had to be content with fourth place. CA Eborajedrez Talavera, Gros XT and CA Alzira-Hilaturas Presencia were promoted from the Primera División. While Talavera and Gros XT achieved relegation, Alzira had to relegate together with CA La Caja Las Palmas.

This year there were some organizational changes, so the competition was no longer held as a round-robin tournament, but in a preliminary and final round, and the team strength was increased from four to six boards.

For the team squads of the participating clubs, see Team Squad of the División de Honor (Chess) 2005 .

mode

The ten participating teams played a simple round-robin tournament in two preliminary groups with five teams each . In both groups, the first two qualified for the finals, while the bottom of the table was relegated to the Primera División. The game was played on six boards, the placement was first determined by the number of team points (two points for a win, one point for a draw, no point for a defeat) and then the number of board points (one point for a win, half a point) for a draw, no point for a loss). The final round was played in the knockout system , with third place also being played out. If a competition ended 3: 3 in the final round, the winner was the team that achieved a victory on the highest board; if all games ended in a draw, the team that had the black pieces on the top board was considered the winner.

Dates and venue

The first preliminary round was played from August 24th to 28th in Mérida , the second from August 31st to September 4th in San Lluís . The final round was held in Mérida on September 10th and 11th.

Preliminary round

Grouping

The ten teams were divided into the two preliminary rounds as follows:

Group 1 Group 2
CA Intel-Tiendas UPI Mancha Real (1) CA Valencia-Cuna del Ajedrez Moderno (2)
UGA Barcelona (4) CA Reverté Albox-Costa de Almeria (3)
CA Magic Merida (5) CA La Caja Las Palmas (6)
Gros XT (A) CA Marcote Mondariz (7)
CA Alzira-Hilaturas Presencia (A) CA Eborajedrez Talavera (A)

Note : The previous year's position is given in brackets, climbers are marked with an "A" instead.

Group 1

Gros XT and CA Intel-Tiendas UPI Mancha Real dominated the field and clearly qualified for the finals. CA Alzira-Hilaturas Presencia would have needed a big win against CA Magic Mérida in the last round to stay in the league, but did not get more than 3: 3 and was relegated.

Closing table

Pl. society Sp G U V Mannsch.-P. Board P.
01. Gros XT (N) 4th 4th 0 0 8-0 15.5: 8.5
02. CA Intel-Tiendas UPI Mancha Real (M) 4th 3 0 1 6: 2 14.5: 9.5
03. CA Magic Merida 4th 1 1 2 3: 5 12.0: 12.0
04th UGA Barcelona 4th 1 0 3 2: 6 10.0: 14.0
05. CA Alzira-Hilaturas Presencia (N) 4th 0 1 3 1: 7 8.0: 16.0

decisions

qualified for the final round: Gros XT, CA Intel-Tiendas UPI Mancha Real
Relegated to the Primera División: CA Alzira-Hilaturas Presencia
(M) Defending champion
(N) Previous year climbers

Crosstab

Results 01. 02. 03. 04th 05.
01. Gros XT 3½ 3½ 4th 4½
02. CA Intel-Tiendas UPI Mancha Real 2½ 3½ 4th 4½
03. CA Magic Merida 2½ 2½ 4th 3
04th UGA Barcelona 2 2 2 4th
05. CA Alzira-Hilaturas Presencia 1½ 1½ 3 2

Group 2

While CA La Caja Las Palmas ended up behind at the bottom of the table and CA Reverté Albox-Costa de Almería secured the group victory early, the decision on second place in the final round was only made in the last round, when CA Eborajedrez Talavera took on the two rivals CA Marcote Mondariz and CA Valencia -Cuna del Ajedrez Moderno overtook.

Closing table

Pl. society Sp G U V Mannsch.-P. Board P.
01. CA Reverté Albox-Costa de Almería 4th 3 0 1 6: 2 13.5: 10.5
02. CA Eborajedrez Talavera (N) 4th 2 1 1 5: 3 13.5: 10.5
03. CA Marcote Mondariz 4th 2 1 1 5: 3 13.0: 11.0
04th CA Valencia-Cuna del Ajedrez Moderno 4th 2 0 2 4: 4 13.0: 11.0
05. CA La Caja Las Palmas 4th 0 0 4th 0: 8 7.0: 17.0

decisions

qualified for the final round: CA Reverté Albox-Costa de Almería, CA Eborajedrez Talavera
Relegated to the Primera División: CA La Caja Las Palmas
(N) Previous year climbers

Crosstab

Results 01. 02. 03. 04th 05.
01. CA Reverté Albox-Costa de Almería 1½ 3½ 3½ 5
02. CA Eborajedrez Talavera 4½ 3 2½ 3½
03. CA Marcote Mondariz 2½ 3 3½ 4th
04th CA Valencia-Cuna del Ajedrez Moderno 2½ 3½ 2½ 4½
05. CA La Caja Las Palmas 1 2½ 2 1½

Finals

Overview

  Semifinals final
     
 CA Eborajedrez Talavera  3½
 Gros XT  2½  
 
 CA Eborajedrez Talavera  3
   CA Reverté Albox-Costa de Almería  3
3rd place
 CA Reverté Albox-Costa de Almería  3  Gros XT  3
 CA Intel-Tiendas UPI Mancha Real  3    CA Intel-Tiendas UPI Mancha Real  3

decisions

Spanish team champion: CA Reverté Albox-Costa de Almería

Semifinals

Close decisions were made in both competitions in the semifinals. In the competition between CA Reverté Albox-Costa de Almería and CA Intel-Tiendas UPI Mancha Real, the board ranking decided for CA Reverté Albox-Costa de Almería.

Final and 3rd place match

Both competitions ended 3: 3. Gros XT reached third place because they won two draws on the top boards on the third board, in the final all games ended in a draw. This made the team of CA Reverté Albox-Costa de Almería champions, as they played on the first board with the black pieces.

The championship team

1. CA Reverté Albox-Costa de Almería
Chess pieces

Alexei Drejew , Wladimir Malachow , Sergej Movsesjan , Lluís Comas Fabregó , Salvador Gabriel Del Río Angelis , Mauricio Vassallo Barroche .

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