Team squad of the Austrian State League A in chess 1997/98

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The Austrian State Chess League A 1997/98 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 1997); 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 1997); 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 1997
• 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

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The individual results of SC Margareten Wien, who withdrew his team after five rounds, are taken into account.

SK Merkur Graz

No.	title	Surname	Elo	nation	G	R.	V	Pt.	Lots	Elo- Perf.	Norms
01	GM	Alexander Beliavsky	2710	Slovenia	0	0	0	0	00
02	GM	Alexander Csernyin	2640	Hungary	2	8th	0	6th	10	2587
03	GM	Stefan Kindermann	2570	Germany	4th	3	0	5.5	07th	2686
04th	IN THE	Evgeny Agrest	2505	Sweden	0	0	0	0	00
05	IN THE	Nikolaus Stanec	2465	Austria	5	3	2	6.5	10	2452
06th	FM	Alfred Felsberger	2375	Austria	5	4th	1	7th	10	2492
07th	FM	Horst Watzka	2370	Austria	1	9	0	5.5	10	2343
08th	IN THE	Walter Pils	2340	Austria	0	2	0	1	02
09	IN THE	Walter Wittmann	2405	Austria	4th	4th	0	6th	08th	2449
10		Peter Detter	2190	Austria	0	2	1	1	03
11		Martin Riedner	2200	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
12		Heinz Zimmermann	2250	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	2695	Belarus	0	0	0	0	00
02	GM	Kiril Georgiev	2670	Bulgaria	0	0	0	0	00
03	GM	Jörg Hickl	2565	Germany	0	8th	0	4th	08th	2535
04th	IN THE	Valery Atlas	2455	Liechtenstein	6th	3	2	7.5	11	2593
05	GM	Stefan Mohr	2400	Germany	1	4th	1	3	06th	2389
06th	FM	Robert Thoma	2300	Austria	1	5	3	3.5	09	2261
07th	FM	Raffi Topakian	2340	Austria	3	1	3	3.5	07th	2318
08th	FM	Fred Feistenauer	2315	Austria	0	5	3	2.5	08th	2178
09	FM	Guntram gardener	2340	Austria	2	8th	0	6th	10	2342
10		Heinz Grabher	2260	Austria	3	3	1	4.5	07th	2469
11		Günter Amann	2280	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
12		Reinhard Kuntner	(1936)	Austria	0	0	0	0	00

SK Fürstenfeld

No.	title	Surname	Elo	nation	G	R.	V	Pt.	Lots	Elo- Perf.	Norms
01	GM	Zoltán Almási	2615	Hungary	1	2	0	2	03
02	GM	József Pintér	2590	Hungary	1	3	1	2.5	05	2487
03	GM	Peter Heine Nielsen	2515	Denmark	3	5	1	5.5	09	2520
04th	IN THE	Mladen Muše	2460	Germany	1	1	0	1.5	02
05	IN THE	Dirk Poldauf	2455	Germany	1	2	0	2	03
06th	FM	Siegfried Baumegger	2485	Austria	1	6th	3	4th	10	2258
07th	FM	Manfred Friday	2390	Austria	4th	4th	2	6th	10	2375
08th		Erich Wohlmann	2235	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
09	FM	Anton Postl	2275	Austria	4th	3	2	5.5	09	2371
10		Michael Ivancsics	2235	Austria	1	2	0	2	03
11		Günther Thallinger	2205	Austria	0	1	2	0.5	03
12		Markus Demuth	2230	Austria	1	0	2	1	03

1. Wiener Neustädter SV

No.	title	Surname	Elo	nation	G	R.	V	Pt.	Lots	Elo- Perf.	Norms
01	GM	Péter Lukács	2520	Hungary	2	7th	1	5.5	10	2553
02	IN THE	David Marciano	2470	France	0	1	1	0.5	02
03	FM	Friedrich Volkmann	2395	Austria	4th	3	2	5.5	09	2466	IN THE
04th	IN THE	Gerhard Schroll	2405	Austria	6th	3	1	7.5	10	2549
05	FM	Manfred Neulinger	2310	Austria	2	5	3	4.5	10	2270
06th		Werner Posch	2275	Austria	2	3	3	3.5	08th	2241
07th		Robert Wiedner	2230	Austria	1	2	4th	2	07th	2080
08th	FM	Franz Stoppel	2185	Austria	0	0	1	0	01
09		Gerald Hechl	2185	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
10		Karl White	2190	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
11		Johann Kobermeyer	(2140)	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
12		Mario Milanollo	(1969)	Austria	2	0	1	2	03

ESV Austria Graz

No.	title	Surname	Elo	nation	G	R.	V	Pt.	Lots	Elo- Perf.	Norms
01	GM	Peter Wells	2530	England	1	1	1	1.5	03
02	IN THE	Aljoša Grosar	2455	Slovenia	0	4th	1	2	05	2471
03	IN THE	Robert Rabiega	2490	Germany	0	5	1	2.5	06th	2370
04th	FM	Harald Herndl	2365	Austria	3	3	3	4.5	09	2396
05	IN THE	Nikola Stajcic	2315	Austria	2	1	3	2.5	06th	2316
06th	FM	Dirk Paulsen	2355	Germany	0	0	0	0	00
07th	FM	Kurt Fahrner	2325	Austria	3	3	4th	4.5	10	2331
08th		Hubert Ebner	2295	Austria	0	6th	2	3	08th	2244
09		Heimo Löbler	2255	Austria	3	4th	1	5	08th	2391
10	FM	Walter Kastner	2265	Austria	1	1	1	1.5	03
11		Gernot Spindelböck	2200	Austria	5	2	1	6th	08th	2421
12		Thomas Pfaffel	2015	Austria	0	0	0	0	00

SC The people of Klagenfurt

No.	title	Surname	Elo	nation	G	R.	V	Pt.	Lots	Elo- Perf.	Norms
01	IN THE	Franz Hölzl	2440	Austria	2	3	6th	3.5	11	2378
02	GM	Csaba Horváth	2530	Hungary	2	3	0	3.5	05	2595
03	GM	József Horváth	2525	Hungary	4th	2	0	5	06th	2673
04th	FM	Heimo Titz	2285	Austria	3	2	6th	4th	11	2251
05		Erich Steflitsch	2305	Austria	5	2	4th	6th	11	2358
06th	FM	Hans Singer	2275	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
07th		Manfred Schumi	2245	Austria	3	2	4th	4th	09	2260
08th	FM	Kurt Petschar	2270	Austria	3	1	4th	3.5	08th	2228
09		Herwig Pilaj	2210	Austria	1	2	0	2	03
10		Harald Genser	2145	Austria	0	2	0	1	02
11		Erich Senoner	2070	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
12		Erwin Hoffmann	(2098)	Austria	0	0	0	0	00

RbEJ Gleisdorf

No.	title	Surname	Elo	nation	G	R.	V	Pt.	Lots	Elo- Perf.	Norms
01	GM	Attila Grószpéter	2530	Hungary	1	3	1	2.5	05	2504
02	IN THE	Karsten Volke	2455	Germany	0	5	2	2.5	07th	2380
03	IN THE	Tamás Horváth	2390	Hungary	1	1	0	1.5	02
04th	IN THE	Michael Schlosser	2350	Austria	1	4th	3	3	08th	2314
05	IN THE	Georg Danner	2415	Austria	2	5	3	4.5	10	2312
06th	IN THE	Rainer Polzin	2445	Germany	0	0	0	0	00
07th	IN THE	Michael Schwarz	2400	Germany	3	4th	1	5	08th	2404
08th	FM	Erich frog	2310	Austria	2	8th	0	6th	10	2357
09		Heinz Peter Kotz	2275	Austria	2	5	3	4.5	10	2184
10		Walter Ebner	2230	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
11		Thomas Pöltl	2210	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
12		Martin Walzl	(2082)	Austria	0	0	0	0	00

SK Absam

No.	title	Surname	Elo	nation	G	R.	V	Pt.	Lots	Elo- Perf.	Norms
01	GM	Goran Dizdar	2545	Croatia	3	6th	1	6th	10	2573
02	GM	Igor Khenkin	2550	Israel	0	0	0	0	00
03	IN THE	Arne Dür	2405	Austria	1	4th	2	3	07th	2372
04th	FM	Werner Dür	2330	Austria	2	5	3	4.5	10	2362
05		Bernhard Laube	2280	Austria	2	4th	2	4th	08th	2318
06th		Michael Gerhold	2270	Austria	1	6th	2	4th	09	2244
07th		Wolfgang Fischler	2355	Austria	0	4th	3	2	07th	2117
08th		Dieter Pilz	2250	Austria	3	3	3	4.5	09	2263
09		Gregor Netolitzky	2225	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
10		Helmut Bärner	2125	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
11		Mario Bernardi	(2023)	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
12		Bernhard Mayr	(2073)	Austria	0	0	0	0	00

SK Hietzing Vienna

No.	title	Surname	Elo	nation	G	R.	V	Pt.	Lots	Elo- Perf.	Norms
01	GM	Pavel Blatný	2555	Czech Republic	4th	4th	1	6th	09	2657
02	IN THE	Alexander Fauland	2440	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
03	FM	František Blatný	2305	Czech Republic	0	2	0	1	02
04th		Harald Penz	2390	Austria	2	8th	1	6th	11	2482	IN THE
05	IN THE	Andreas Dückstein	2330	Austria	1	6th	4th	4th	11	2258
06th	FM	Markus Bawart	2325	Austria	1	5	3	3.5	09	2261
07th	FM	Karl Janetschek	2305	Austria	0	8th	1	4th	09	2264
08th		Herbert Zöbisch	2255	Austria	0	9	2	4.5	11	2214
09		Ferdinand Ploner	2275	Austria	0	0	2	0	02
10		Manfred Prager	2150	Austria	0	1	0	0.5	01
11		Adalbert Pösinger	2110	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
12		Roman Hangweyrer	2125	Austria	0	0	0	0	00

SK Ottakring

No.	title	Surname	Elo	nation	G	R.	V	Pt.	Lots	Elo- Perf.	Norms
01	GM	Zoltan Ribli	2570	Hungary	2	8th	0	6th	10	2602
02	FM	Ernst Weinzettl	2410	Austria	2	5	3	4.5	10	2408
03		Franz Plank	2260	Austria	0	6th	2	3	08th	2294
04th		Michael Sader	2280	Austria	0	1	3	0.5	04th
05		Harald Schneider-Zinner	2265	Austria	3	4th	3	5	10	2326
06th		Marko Stuhlik	2225	Austria	0	6th	2	3	08th	2222
07th		Dieter Hadjieff	2215	Austria	3	3	4th	4.5	10	2247
08th		Wolfgang Krpelan	2190	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
09		Thomas Kamaryt	2145	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
10		Georg Weißel	2085	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
11		Fritz Weis	(2020)	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
12		Erich Laznicka	(1622)	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	2525	Netherlands	0	0	0	0	00
02	FM	Günter Moser	2355	Austria	1	5	5	3.5	11	2379
03	GM	Josef Klinger	2425	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
04th	IN THE	Harald Casagrande	2345	Austria	1	4th	6th	3	11	2255
05	FM	Peter Roth	2285	Austria	3	5	3	5.5	11	2365
06th		Günther Steiner	2205	Austria	3	6th	2	6th	11	2366
07th		Christian Tscholowitsch	2215	Austria	1	5	5	3.5	11	2181
08th		Robert Klug	2165	Austria	0	4th	1	2	05	2168
09		Georg Kreischer	2195	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
10		Herbert Doppelhammer	(2001)	Austria	1	3	2	2.5	06th	2119
11		Klaus Jürgen Fassmann	(1994)	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
12		Wilhelm Kirchmayr	(1949)	Austria	0	0	0	0	00

SC Margareten Vienna

No.	title	Surname	Elo	nation	G	R.	V	Pt.	Lots	Elo- Perf.	Norms
01	GM	Anatoly Karpov	2745	Russia	0	0	0	0	00
02	GM	Ivan Sokolov	2635	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	0	0	0	00
03	GM	Viktor Korchnoi	2610	Switzerland	0	0	0	0	00
04th	GM	Matthias Wahls	2595	Germany	0	0	0	0	00
05	GM	Petar Popović	2545	Yugoslavia	2	2	1	3	05	2524
06th	GM	Karel Mokry	2500	Czech Republic	0	0	0	0	00
07th	FM	Adolf Herzog	2420	Austria	1	2	2	2	05	2333
08th	IN THE	Khaled Mahdy	2400	Austria	0	4th	1	2	05	2233
09	IN THE	Reinhard Lendwai	2375	Austria	1	0	2	1	03
10	FM	Norbert Sommerbauer	2395	Austria	5	0	0	5	05	2942
11	FM	Roland Schweda	2370	Austria	4th	1	0	4.5	05
12		Michael Higatsberger	2190	Austria	0	0	1	0	01

Web links

• Team line-ups of the State League A on chess-results.com
• Games in the State League A 1997/98 at 365chess.com