Team squad of the Austrian State League A in chess 1996/97

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The Austrian State Chess League A 1996/97 had the following player reports and individual results:

Legend

The tables below contain the following information:

• No .: Ranking list number
• Title: FIDE title at the beginning of the season (rating list from July 1996); GM = Grand Master , IM = International Master , FM = FIDE Master , WGM = Women's Grand Master, WIM = International Women's Master, WFM = Women's FIDE Master, CM = Candidate Master, WCM = Women's Candidate Master
• Elo: (FIDE) Elo number at the beginning of the season (rating list from July 1996); if this number is in brackets, it is not a FIDE Elo, but an Austrian Elo number.
• Nation: Nationality according to the rating list from July 1996
• G: Number of winning games (victories without a fight are taken into account in the individual balances)
• R: Number of draw games
• V: Number of losing games (defeats without a fight are not taken into account in the individual balance sheets)
• Pkt .: Number of points achieved
• Games: Number of games played
• Elo-Perf .: Tournament performance of the players with at least five games
• Norms: Earned norms for FIDE titles
• Players with a gray background were not used

SK Merkur Graz

No.	title	Surname	Elo	nation	G	R.	V	Pt.	Lots	Elo- Perf.	Norms
01	GM	Alexander Beliavsky	2620	Slovenia	1	1	0	1.5	02
02	GM	Alexander Csernyin	2620	Hungary	6th	2	0	7th	08th	2815
03	GM	Igor Novikov	2585	Ukraine	0	0	0	0	00
04th	GM	Yuri Razuvayev	2560	Russia	0	0	0	0	00
05	GM	Stefan Kindermann	2530	Germany	2	1	0	2.5	03
06th	IN THE	Nikolaus Stanec	2505	Austria	6th	5	0	8.5	11	2542
07th	FM	Alfred Felsberger	2400	Austria	5	4th	2	7th	11	2427
08th	IN THE	László Hazai	2455	Hungary	0	0	0	0	00
09	FM	Horst Watzka	2345	Austria	5	4th	1	7th	10	2435
10	IN THE	Walter Pils	2345	Austria	1	2	0	2	03
11	IN THE	Walter Wittmann	2370	Austria	4th	6th	1	7th	11	2344
12	FM	Stefan Cigan	2370	Slovenia	0	0	0	0	00
13		Peter Detter	2260	Austria	0	5	1	2.5	06th	2156
14th		Heinz Zimmermann	2245	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
15th		Martin Riedner	2180	Austria	0	0	1	0	01
16		Heinz Kratschmer	2105	Austria	0	0	0	0	00

SC Margareten

No.	title	Surname	Elo	nation	G	R.	V	Pt.	Lots	Elo- Perf.	Norms
01	GM	Anatoly Karpov	2775	Russia	0	0	0	0	00
02	GM	Ivan Sokolov	2670	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	0	0	0	00
03	GM	Viktor Korchnoi	2635	Switzerland	0	0	0	0	00
04th	GM	Petar Popović	2575	Yugoslavia	1	3	1	2.5	05	2522
05	IN THE	Egon Brestian	2455	Austria	1	7th	3	4.5	11	2344
06th	GM	Karel Mokry	2505	Czech Republic	0	0	0	0	00
07th	GM	Matthias Wahls	2540	Germany	0	0	0	0	00
08th	IN THE	Khaled Mahdy	2390	Austria	2	8th	1	6th	11	2388
09	FM	Adolf Herzog	2385	Austria	7th	2	2	8th	11	2472
10	IN THE	Reinhard Lendwai	2370	Austria	3	4th	2	5	09	2293
11	FM	Roland Schweda	2365	Austria	5	4th	2	7th	11	2396
12	FM	Norbert Sommerbauer	2350	Austria	4th	4th	0	6th	08th	2434
13		Michael Higatsberger	2165	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
14th		Hans-Joachim Schubert	2115	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
15th		Renata Kosc	2060	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
16		Helmut Payrits	(1780)	Austria	0	0	0	0	00

Note: Adolf Herzog's performance would have been enough to meet an IM standard, but there were not enough international champions or grandmasters among the opponents.

SG ASK / KSV Klagenfurt

No.	title	Surname	Elo	nation	G	R.	V	Pt.	Lots	Elo- Perf.	Norms
01	IN THE	Franz Hölzl	2435	Austria	2	7th	2	5.5	11	2495
02	GM	Csaba Horváth	2530	Hungary	4th	1	0	4.5	05	2658
03	GM	József Horváth	2515	Hungary	3	2	1	4th	06th	2518
04th	FM	Kurt Petschar	2270	Austria	2	5	4th	4.5	11	2283
05	FM	Hans Singer	2275	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
06th		Manfred Schumi	2245	Austria	1	9	1	5.5	11	2311
07th		Erich Steflitsch	(2268)	Austria	6th	4th	1	8th	11	2330
08th	FM	Heimo Titz	2325	Austria	3	5	3	5.5	11	2243
09		Herwig Pilaj	2170	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
10		Harald Genser	2175	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
11		Gerald Waldmann	2175	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
12		Michael Hanser	2160	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
13		Hans Turian	2160	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
14th		Wolfgang Zebedin	2115	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
15th		Erich Senoner	2035	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
16		Erwin Hoffmann	(2094)	Austria	0	0	0	0	00

1. Wiener Neustädter SV

No.	title	Surname	Elo	nation	G	R.	V	Pt.	Lots	Elo- Perf.	Norms
01	GM	Péter Lukács	2475	Hungary	2	8th	1	6th	11	2530
02	IN THE	Gerhard Schroll	2380	Austria	5	6th	0	8th	11	2519
03	IN THE	Henryk Dobosz	2375	Poland	0	0	0	0	00
04th	FM	Manfred Neulinger	2365	Austria	3	2	3	4th	09	2270
05	FM	Friedrich Volkmann	2380	Austria	6th	4th	1	8th	11	2485
06th		Robert Wiedner	2220	Austria	2	4th	3	4th	09	2269
07th	FM	Franz Stoppel	2200	Austria	0	3	3	1.5	06th	2090
08th		Werner Posch	2185	Austria	3	5	1	5.5	09	2305
09		Johann Kobermeyer	(2147)	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
10		Karl White	(2057)	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
11		Christoph Schmidl	(2098)	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
12		Thomas Zielbauer	(1980)	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
13		Reinhold Nitzlader	(1966)	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
14th		Willi Senft	(1992)	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
15th		Siegfried Schober	(1928)	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
16		Helmut Duske	(1852)	Austria	0	0	0	0	00

SG Hietzing / Fischer Vienna

No.	title	Surname	Elo	nation	G	R.	V	Pt.	Lots	Elo- Perf.	Norms
01	IN THE	Alexander Fauland	2435	Austria	2	0	1	2	03
02	GM	Pavel Blatný	2490	Czech Republic	3	1	1	3.5	05	2710
03	FM	Günter Miniböck	2355	Austria	2	6th	3	5	11	2341
04th		Markus Bawart	2255	Austria	2	3	6th	3.5	11	2231
05		Harald Penz	2340	Austria	4th	2	5	5	11	2279
06th	IN THE	Andreas Dückstein	2305	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
07th	FM	František Blatný	2325	Czech Republic	2	3	1	3.5	06th	2275
08th	FM	Karl Janetschek	2275	Austria	3	6th	0	6th	09	2399
09		Herbert Zöbisch	2245	Austria	1	4th	0	3	05	2332
10		Ferdinand Ploner	2255	Austria	3	1	1	3.5	05
11		Andrei Komora	2205	Slovakia	0	0	0	0	00
12		Roman Hangweyrer	2205	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
13		Manfred Prager	2165	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
14th	FM	Ulrich Steiner (†)	2160	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
15th		Reinhard Walder	(1422)	Austria	0	0	0	0	00

Note: Ulrich Steiner died in 1996.

SK Fürstenfeld

No.	title	Surname	Elo	nation	G	R.	V	Pt.	Lots	Elo- Perf.	Norms
01	GM	Zoltán Almási	2655	Hungary	0	1	1	0.5	02
02	GM	József Pintér	2560	Hungary	3	4th	0	5	07th	2667
03	GM	Tibor Tolnai	2530	Hungary	0	0	0	0	00
04th	IN THE	Markus Wach	2390	Austria	3	5	2	5.5	10	2404
05	FM	Manfred Friday	2285	Austria	6th	3	2	7.5	11	2478
06th	FM	Siegfried Baumegger	2310	Austria	4th	6th	1	7th	11	2402
07th	FM	Anton Postl	2300	Austria	2	7th	2	5.5	11	2255
08th	FM	Johann Pöcksteiner	2215	Austria	0	0	1	0	01
09	IN THE	János Rigó	2315	Hungary	0	0	0	0	00
10		Michael Ivancsics	2240	Austria	0	1	2	0.5	03
11		Günther Thallinger	2200	Austria	1	0	2	1	03
12		Markus Demuth	2240	Austria	1	1	1	1.5	03
13		Norbert Gelbmann	2300	Austria	0	0	2	0	02
14th		Rupert Friday	(2107)	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
15th		Günther Krachler	2165	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
16		Siegfried Posch	2130	Austria	0	0	0	0	00

Note: Manfred Freitag's performance would have been enough to meet IM standards, but there weren't enough international champions or grandmasters among the opponents.

SK Ottakring

No.	title	Surname	Elo	nation	G	R.	V	Pt.	Lots	Elo- Perf.	Norms
01	GM	Zoltan Ribli	2585	Hungary	4th	7th	0	7.5	11	2607
02		Franz Plank	2265	Austria	2	5	4th	4.5	11	2324
03	FM	Oliver Staudner	2325	Austria	1	8th	2	5	11	2282
04th		Dieter Hadjieff	2235	Austria	4th	1	6th	4.5	11	2240
05		Wolfgang Krpelan	2190	Austria	1	7th	3	4.5	11	2231
06th		Michael Sader	2285	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
07th		Franz Juraczka	2265	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
08th		Harald Schneider-Zinner	2155	Austria	6th	3	2	7.5	11	2371
09		Georg Weißel	(2097)	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
10		Werner Schneider-Zinner	(2089)	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
11		Fritz Weis	(2019)	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
12		Joachim Salamon	(2008)	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
13		Herbert Nehonsky	(2005)	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
14th		Siegfried Schwarz	(1973)	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
15th		Walter Bauer	(1912)	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
16		Erich Laznicka	(1628)	Austria	0	0	0	0	00

SC Traun 67

No.	title	Surname	Elo	nation	G	R.	V	Pt.	Lots	Elo- Perf.	Norms
01	GM	John van der Wiel	2535	Netherlands	1	2	0	2	03
02	IN THE	Attila Schneider	2400	Hungary	0	0	0	0	00
03	IN THE	Harald Casagrande	2385	Austria	1	1	8th	1.5	10	2213
04th	GM	Josef Klinger	2420	Austria	1	0	0	1	01
05	FM	Günter Moser	2340	Austria	2	9	0	6.5	11	2405
06th	FM	Peter Roth	2295	Austria	2	8th	1	6th	11	2346
07th		Ulrich Fößmeier	2310	Germany	0	0	0	0	00
08th	FM	Christian White	2335	Austria	4th	5	2	6.5	11	2422
09		Christoph Singer	2230	Germany	0	0	0	0	00
10	FM	Peter Kranzl	2215	Austria	2	6th	1	5	09	2312
11		Christian Tscholowitsch	(2164)	Austria	3	3	2	4.5	08th	2268
12		Manfred Rockenschaub	2205	Austria	0	1	1	0.5	02
13		Georg Kreischer	2215	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
14th		Klaus Jürgen Fassmann	(2023)	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
15th		Thomas Oberngruber	(1984)	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
16		Wilhelm Kirchmayr	(1952)	Austria	0	0	0	0	00

SK Hohenems

No.	title	Surname	Elo	nation	G	R.	V	Pt.	Lots	Elo- Perf.	Norms
01	GM	Boris Gelfand	2665	Belarus	0	0	0	0	00
02	GM	Kiril Georgiev	2620	Bulgaria	0	0	0	0	00
03	IN THE	Valery Atlas	2470	Liechtenstein	0	8th	3	4th	11	2413
04th	FM	Guntram gardener	2380	Austria	1	6th	4th	4th	11	2268
05	FM	Raffi Topakian	2340	Austria	2	4th	2	4th	08th	2324
06th	FM	Fred Feistenauer	2330	Austria	2	6th	2	5	10	2324
07th		Rüdiger Nickel	2270	Germany	0	0	0	0	00
08th		Hubert Wohlfart	2195	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
09	FM	Robert Thoma	2280	Austria	0	8th	0	4th	08th	2270
10	FM	Dmitry Atlas	2295	Liechtenstein	0	0	0	0	00
11		Martin Preiss	2270	Germany	0	0	0	0	00
12		Heinz Grabher	2275	Austria	2	2	5	3	09	2046
13		Markus Pierecker	2265	Austria	3	4th	2	5	09	2251
14th		Wilfried Spiegel	2190	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
15th		Thomas Zumtobel	2125	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
16		Reinhard Kuntner	(1990)	Austria	0	0	0	0	00

ESV Austria Graz

No.	title	Surname	Elo	nation	G	R.	V	Pt.	Lots	Elo- Perf.	Norms
01	IN THE	Aljoša Grosar	2485	Slovenia	3	2	1	4th	06th	2486
02	IN THE	Robert Rabiega	2475	Germany	0	4th	1	2	05	2457
03	GM	Peter Wells	2475	England	0	0	0	0	00
04th	IN THE	Leon Gostiša	2405	Slovenia	0	0	0	0	00
05		Heimo Löbler	2275	Austria	0	3	8th	1.5	11	2073
06th	IN THE	Nikola Stajcic	2315	Austria	2	4th	2	4th	08th	2324
07th	FM	Dani Vombek	2300	Slovenia	0	0	0	0	00
08th		Gernot Spindelböck	2260	Austria	0	6th	5	3	11	2134
09		Hubert Ebner	2265	Austria	3	6th	2	6th	11	2321
10	FM	Kurt Fahrner	2285	Austria	5	3	3	6.5	11	2313
11		Siegfried Rohler	2205	Germany	0	0	0	0	00
12		Thomas Pfaffel	2070	Austria	0	2	1	1	03
13		Christian Streinu	(2120)	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
14th		Günther Flitsch	(1988)	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
15th		Andreas Wieser	(1958)	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
16		Rainer Fahrner	(1645)	Austria	0	0	0	0	00

SC Inter Salzburg

No.	title	Surname	Elo	nation	G	R.	V	Pt.	Lots	Elo- Perf.	Norms
01	GM	Vladimir Kramnik	2765	Russia	0	0	0	0	00
02	GM	Alexei Shirov	2685	Spain	0	0	0	0	00
03	GM	Klaus Bischoff	2530	Germany	2	2	1	3	05	2549
04th	IN THE	Ivo Donev	2400	Austria	0	3	0	1.5	03
05	FM	Harald Herndl	2365	Austria	4th	3	4th	5.5	11	2381
06th	FM	Reinhard Hanel	2350	Austria	0	6th	2	3	08th	2255
07th	FM	Jörg Kraschl	2335	Austria	3	3	5	4.5	11	2258
08th		Franz Waggerl	2250	Austria	0	2	3	1	05	2017
09		Dietrich König	2300	Germany	0	0	0	0	00
10	FM	Johann Fischer	2295	Austria	2	3	4th	3.5	09	2201
11	FM	Franz Hager	2240	Austria	3	3	1	4.5	07th	2341
12		Wolfgang Huber	2220	Austria	0	0	4th	0	04th
13		Hans-Peter Donegani	2120	Germany	0	0	0	0	00
14th		Clemens Plöchl	(2018)	Austria	0	0	0	0	00

SK Pinggau-Friedberg

No.	title	Surname	Elo	nation	G	R.	V	Pt.	Lots	Elo- Perf.	Norms
01	GM	Ľubomír Ftáčnik	2610	Slovakia	0	3	1	1.5	04th
02	GM	Igor Štohl	2560	Slovakia	0	2	1	1	03
03	IN THE	László Zsinka	2325	Hungary	0	1	2	0.5	03
04th	FM	Hartmuth Beck	2305	Austria	1	3	7th	2.5	11	2191
05		Heinz Insam	2265	Austria	1	2	2	2	05	2236
06th		Manfred Brod	2245	Austria	1	7th	3	4.5	11	2253
07th		Peter Steiner	2170	Austria	0	3	8th	1.5	11	1998
08th		Peter Holler	(2028)	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
09		Andreas Schieder	2125	Austria	2	3	6th	3.5	11	2138
10		Karl Buchegger	(2037)	Austria	0	1	2	0.5	03
11		Herbert Buchner	(1939)	Austria	0	1	1	0.5	02
12		Hermann Steinacher	(1914)	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
13		Andreas Korn	(1990)	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
14th		Paul Scheichenberger	(1812)	Austria	0	0	0	0	00

Web links

• Team line-ups of the State League A on chess-results.com
• Games of the State League A 1996/97 at 365chess.com (English)
• Results of the 1st to 3rd round in Schachsport 4/15, page 4ff. (PDF file; 1.3 MB)
• Results of the 4th to 6th round in Schachsport 8/15, page 4ff. (PDF file; 1.4 MB)
• Results of the 7th and 8th round in Schachsport 16/15, page 3f. (PDF file; 1.4 MB)
• Results of the 9th to 11th round in Schachsport 21/15, page 3ff. (PDF file; 1.4 MB)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Obituary by SK Hietzing