Division I (chess) 1969/70

The 1969/70 season was in Sweden, the first season of the two-pronged Allsvenskan in chess .

Events

Basically, the competitions were played decentrally at the participating clubs, game dates were October 26th, November 16th, December 7th 1969, January 25th, February 15th, March 15th and April 5th 1970. To be in the north relay To minimize travel costs, SK Rockaden Umeå and Fagersvik SK competed two times per weekend, apart from in a direct comparison. On 25 and 26 October 1969, she played in Örebro against the hosts and Eskilstuna SK , on 6 and 7 December in Fagervik against the Wasa SK and the SS Allians Skänninge and on 14 and 15 February 1970 in Stockholm against the local clubsSchack-27 Kamraterna and Södra SS .

Division I Norra

Wasa SK , SK Rockaden Umeå , Schack-27 Kamraterna Stockholm , Fagersvik SK and Örebro Schacksällskap, the first two of the Allsvenska groups in the 1968/69 season, qualified for the North Relay (Örebro earned the right to start in a southern group), Södra SS , SS Allians Skänninge and Eskilstuna SK also took part. Schack-27 won all competitions and qualified for the final, Fagersvik and Eskilstuna had to relegate.

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp	G	U	V	MP	Board P.
01.	Schack-27 Kamraterna Stockholm	7th	7th	0	0	14: 0	36.5: 19.5
02.	Södra SS	7th	5	0	2	10: 4	35.5: 20.5
03.	Örebro Schacksällskap	7th	5	0	2	10: 4	30.5: 25.5
04th	Wasa SK (M)	7th	4th	0	3	8: 6	30.0: 26.0
05.	SS Allians Skänninge	7th	4th	0	3	8: 6	28.0: 28.0
06th	SK Rockaden Umeå	7th	2	0	5	4:10	25.5: 30.5
07th	Fagersvik SK	7th	1	0	6th	2:12	18.0: 38.0
08th.	Eskilstuna SK	7th	0	0	7th	0:14	20.0: 36.0

decisions

	qualified for the final: Schack-27 Kamraterna Stockholm
	Relegated to Division II : Fagersvik SK , Eskilstuna SK
(M)	Last season champions

Crosstab

Results		01.	02.	03.	04th	05.	06th	07th	08th.
01.	Schack-27 Kamraterna Stockholm		4½	5	5	4½	4½	6th	7th
02.	Södra SS	3½		6½	5	3½	5	7th	5
03.	Örebro Schacksällskap	3	1½		5½	5	5	5	5½
04th	Wasa SK	3	3	2½		4½	5½	7th	4½
05.	SS Allians Skänninge	3½	4½	3	3½		4½	4½	4½
06th	SK Rockaden Umeå	3½	3	3	2½	3½		5½	4½
07th	Fagersvik SK	2	1	3	1	3½	2½		5
08th.	Eskilstuna SK	1	3	2½	3½	3½	3½	3

Division I Södra

In the southern season, the three teams that played in Allsvenskan last year, last year's finalist Lunds ASK , Schacksällskapet Manhem and Helsingborgs Schacksällskap , fought head-to-head for the final, which Lund ended up with half a board point ahead of Manhem. The Limhamns SK landed a considerable distance to top and bottom of the table in fourth place, while the remaining qualifiers battled against relegation. Växjö SK and Landskrona SK achieved relegation, while Eksjö SK and Lundby Schacksällskap were relegated.

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp	G	U	V	MP	Board P.
01.	Lunds ASK (V)	7th	5	2	0	12: 2	36.5: 19.5
02.	Schacksällskapet Manhem	7th	5	2	0	12: 2	36.0: 20.0
03.	Helsingborgs Schacksällskap	7th	5	1	1	11: 3	35.5: 20.5
04th	Limhamns SK	7th	3	1	3	7: 7	29.5: 26.5
05.	Växjö SK	7th	1	2	4th	4:10	22.5: 33.5
06th	Landskrona SK	7th	1	2	4th	4:10	19.0: 37.0
07th	Eksjö SK	7th	1	1	5	3:11	23.0: 33.0
08th.	Lundby Schacksällskap	7th	1	1	5	3:11	22.0: 34.0

decisions

	qualified for the final: Lunds ASK
	Relegated to Division II : Eksjö SK , Lundby Schacksällskap
(V)	Last season finalist

Crosstab

Results		01.	02.	03.	04th	05.	06th	07th	08th.
01.	Lunds ASK		4th	4th	5	6th	6½	4½	6½
02.	Schacksällskapet Manhem	4th		5	5	7th	4th	6th	5
03.	Helsingborgs Schacksällskap	4th	3		5½	5½	6th	6th	5½
04th	Limhamns SK	3	3	2½		4½	6½	4th	6th
05.	Växjö SK	2	1	2½	3½		4th	5½	4th
06th	Landskrona SK	1½	4th	2	1½	4th		1½	4½
07th	Eksjö SK	3½	2	2	4th	2½	6½		2½
08th.	Lundby Schacksällskap	1½	3	2½	2	4th	3½	5½

final

In the finals, the winners of both seasons met in Stockholm with Schack-27 Kamraterna Stockholm and Lunds ASK. After Lund won the first leg 4½: 3½, the hosts remained victorious in the second leg with the same result. As a result, a decisive battle was set. This took place in Lund and was won by the hosts 6-2.

Playoff

Lunds ASK	Schack-27 Kamraterna Stockholm	Result
Magnus Wahlbom	Zandor Nilsson	½: ½
Kjell Krantz	Sven-Gunnar Samuelsson	1-0
Rolf Martens	Ralph Halleröd	0: 1
Håkan Wennerström	Berndt Söderberg	1-0
Stig Olausson	Stellan Samuelsson	1-0
Per-Inge Helmertz	Bo Kyhle	½: ½
Ulf Korman	Gunnar Pihlgren	1-0
Peter Ostberg	Sven-Olof Johansson	1-0

The championship team

1.	Lunds ASK
	Magnus Wahlbom , Kjell Krantz, Rolf Martens , Håkan Wennerström, Stig Olausson, Per-Inge Helmertz, Ulf Korman, Peter Östberg.

Web links

• Dates and draw (PDF file; 6.36 MB) in Tidskrift för Schack 8/1969, p. 234 (Swedish)
• Results of the 1st round (PDF file; 5.82 MB) in Tidskrift för Schack 9/1969, p. 277 (Swedish)
• Results of the 2nd round (PDF file; 8.62 MB) in Tidskrift för Schack 10/1969, p. 318 (Swedish)
• Results of the 3rd round (PDF file; 6.22 MB) in Tidskrift för Schack 1/1970, p. 28 (Swedish)
• Results of the 4th round (PDF file; 5.82 MB) in Tidskrift för Schack 2/1970, p. 46 (Swedish)
• Results of the 5th round (PDF file; 5.8 MB) in Tidskrift för Schack 3/1970, p. 74 (Swedish)
• Results of the 6th and 7th round, final result of Division I and result of the final (PDF file; 6.6 MB) in Tidskrift för Schack 4/1970, p. 98f. (Swedish)
• Individual results of the playoff for the final (PDF file; 6.4 MB) in Tidskrift för Schack 3/1987, p. 88 (Swedish)