I league (chess) 1979
The I league (chess) 1979 was the tenth edition of the I league and the 35th Polish team championship in chess . Polish team champion was the team of KS Maraton Warszawa, while the defending champion KS Łączność Bydgoszcz had to be content with seventh place. KKS Karpaty Krosno and MZKS Pocztowiec Poznań were promoted from the II division. While Krosno reached relegation, Poznań rose together with KS Kolejarz Katowice directly from again.
For information on the team squad, see the I league (chess) 1979 team squad .
mode
The twelve teams played a simple round-robin tournament on six boards, with a woman standing on the sixth board. The last two were relegated to the II league and were replaced by the winners of the two seasons of the II league. The total of the additional points from the Polish youth team championship (25% of the points achieved there, rounded to half points; in case of doubt rounded to whole numbers) and the number of board points (one point for a win, half a point for a draw, no point for a loss), then the number of board points and then the number of team points (two points for a win, one point for a draw, no point for a defeat).
Date and venue
The tournament was played in Lublin from November 10th to 20th .
Closing table
| Pl. | society | Sp | G | U | V | Youth P. | Board P. | Pt. | MP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | KS Maraton Warszawa | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 47.5 | 56.5 | 21: 1 |
| 2. | VCS Avia Świdnik | 11 | 8th | 2 | 1 | 11 | 42.5 | 53.5 | 18: 4 |
| 3. | HKS Hutnik Warszawa | 11 | 6th | 3 | 2 | 7.5 | 38.5 | 46 | 15: 7 |
| 4th | 1893 KKSz-Hutnik Kraków | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 7th | 35 | 42 | 13: 9 |
| 5. | WKSz Legion Warszawa | 11 | 4th | 3 | 4th | 11 | 30.5 | 41.5 | 11:11 |
| 6th | KKS Polonia Warszawa | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 30.5 | 39.5 | 9:13 |
| 7th | KS Łączność Bydgoszcz (M) | 11 | 1 | 4th | 6th | 11 | 28.5 | 39.5 | 6:16 |
| 8th. | KS Anilana Łódź | 11 | 4th | 1 | 6th | 7th | 31.5 | 38.5 | 9:13 |
| 9. | KKS Hetman Wrocław | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4th | 6.5 | 31.5 | 38 | 12:10 |
| 10. | KKS Karpaty Krosno (N) | 11 | 3 | 4th | 4th | 6.5 | 30th | 36.5 | 10:12 |
| 11. | MZKS Pocztowiec Poznań (N) | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8th | 7.5 | 27 | 34.5 | 6:16 |
| 12. | KS Kolejarz Katowice | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 23 | 28 | 2:20 |
decisions
| Polish team champion: KS Maraton Warszawa | |
| Relegated to the II division: MZKS Pocztowiec Poznań, KS Kolejarz Katowice | |
| (M) | Last season champions |
|---|---|
| (N) | Promoted last season |
Crosstab
| Results | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4th | 5. | 6th | 7th | 8th. | 9. | 10. | 11. | 12. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | KS Maraton Warszawa | 3½ | 3½ | 4th | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4th | 5½ | 5 | 5 | 4th | |
| 2. | VCS Avia Świdnik | 2½ | 4th | 4th | 3½ | 3 | 4th | 3 | 5½ | 4th | 4½ | 4½ | |
| 3. | HKS Hutnik Warszawa | 2½ | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4½ | 3½ | 4th | 3½ | 3 | 4½ | 5 | |
| 4th | 1893 KKSz-Hutnik Kraków | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 4th | 3 | 3½ | 2 | 3 | 3½ | 5 | |
| 5. | WKSz Legion Warszawa | 1 | 2½ | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3½ | 1½ | 3½ | 4th | 3½ | |
| 6th | KKS Polonia Warszawa | 3 | 3 | 1½ | 2 | 3 | 3½ | 2½ | 2½ | 2 | 3½ | 4th | |
| 7th | KS Łączność Bydgoszcz | 1 | 2 | 2½ | 3 | 3 | 2½ | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2½ | 4th | |
| 8th. | KS Anilana Łódź | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2½ | 2½ | 3½ | 4th | 3½ | 2½ | 2 | 4th | |
| 9. | KKS Hetman Wrocław | ½ | ½ | 2½ | 4th | 4½ | 3½ | 3 | 2½ | 3 | 4th | 3½ | |
| 10. | KKS Karpaty Krosno | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2½ | 4th | 3 | 3½ | 3 | 1½ | 3½ | |
| 11. | MZKS Pocztowiec Poznań | 1 | 1½ | 1½ | 2½ | 2 | 2½ | 3½ | 4th | 2 | 4½ | 2 | |
| 12. | KS Kolejarz Katowice | 2 | 1½ | 1 | 1 | 2½ | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2½ | 2½ | 4th | |
The championship team
| 1. | KS Maraton Warszawa |
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Włodzimierz Schmidt , Aleksander Sznapik , Stefan Witkowski , Andrzej Adamski , Wojciech Ehrenfeucht, Elżbieta Kowalska , Marian Ziembiński, Romuald Grąbczewski . |