Team squad of the Austrian State League A in chess 2002/03

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The Austrian State Chess League A 2002/03 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 October 2002); 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 October 2002); 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 October 2002
• 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

ESV Austria Graz

No.	title	Surname	Elo	nation	G	R.	V	Pt.	Lots	Elo- Perf.	Norms
01	GM	Peter Wells	2489	England	1	6th	0	4th	07th	2580
02	GM	Robert Rabiega	2503	Germany	4th	3	2	5.5	09	2515
03	GM	Mladen Muše	2474	Germany	2	4th	1	4th	07th	2453
04th	GM	Thomas Pähtz	2459	Germany	1	3	0	2.5	04th
05	IN THE	Aljoša Grosar	2474	Slovenia	2	1	1	2.5	04th
06th	FM	Harald Herndl	2329	Austria	1	2	1	2	04th
07th	FM	Kurt Fahrner	2364	Austria	3	7th	1	6.5	11	2386
08th	FM	Erich frog	2343	Austria	6th	3	2	7.5	11	2402
09	FM	Walter Kastner	2262	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
10		Thomas Stoll	2251	Italy	0	0	0	0	00
11	FM	Hubert Ebner	2235	Austria	4th	4th	1	6th	09	2340
12		Thomas Pfaffel	2099	Austria	0	0	0	0	00

SV Tschaturanga

No.	title	Surname	Elo	nation	G	R.	V	Pt.	Lots	Elo- Perf.	Norms
01	GM	Christopher Lutz	2645	Germany	2	5	0	4.5	07th	2632
02	GM	Josif Dorfman	2617	France	0	4th	0	2	04th
03	GM	Alexander Baburin	2580	Ireland	1	3	0	2.5	04th
04th	GM	Arkadi Rotstein	2544	Germany	4th	0	0	4th	04th
05	GM	Valery At	2555	Austria	4th	6th	1	7th	11	2512
06th	GM	Ralf Lau	2491	Germany	2	5	0	4.5	07th	2444
07th	FM	Gerold Weber	2387	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
08th	IN THE	Khaled Mahdy	2374	Austria	4th	7th	0	7.5	11	2484
09		Felix Fröschl	2261	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
10		Gregor Kleiser	2201	Austria	3	4th	4th	5	11	2254
11		Wolfgang Schwaninger	2188	Austria	1	0	2	1	03
12		Alfred Wallner	2242	Austria	1	1	2	1.5	04th

SK Gleisdorf

No.	title	Surname	Elo	nation	G	R.	V	Pt.	Lots	Elo- Perf.	Norms
01	GM	Karsten Müller	2518	Germany	2	7th	2	5.5	11	2535
02	GM	Attila Grószpéter	2479	Hungary	0	0	0	0	00
03	IN THE	Stephan Berndt	2482	Germany	0	0	0	0	00
04th	IN THE	Rainer Polzin	2462	Germany	2	5	4th	4.5	11	2390
05	IN THE	Martin Borriss	2442	Germany	0	0	0	0	00
06th	IN THE	Michael Schwarz	2410	Germany	3	5	3	5.5	11	2405
07th	IN THE	Michael Schlosser	2344	Austria	6th	4th	1	8th	11	2510
08th	FM	Heinz Peter Kotz	2325	Austria	6th	4th	1	8th	11	2466
09		Robert Perhinig	2229	Austria	4th	3	2	5.5	09	2320
10		Thomas Pöltl	2182	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
11		Ronald frog	2180	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
12		Martin Walzl	2092	Austria	0	0	0	0	00

Note: Heinz Peter Kotz's Elo performance would have been enough to meet an IM standard, but there was only one IM among his opponents (at least four would have been required).

Jenbach chess club

No.	title	Surname	Elo	nation	G	R.	V	Pt.	Lots	Elo- Perf.	Norms
01	GM	Uwe Bönsch	2540	Germany	3	6th	2	6th	11	2566
02	GM	Philipp Schlosser	2534	Germany	2	6th	1	5	09	2533
03	GM	Markus Stangl	2494	Germany	4th	4th	2	6th	10	2488
04th	IN THE	Ernst Weinzettl	2354	Austria	5	5	1	7.5	11	2487
05	IN THE	Holger Ellers	2425	Germany	1	1	1	1.5	03
06th	IN THE	Thomas Reich	2388	Germany	0	0	0	0	00
07th	FM	Carlo Micheli	2350	Italy	0	0	0	0	00
08th		Ferdinand Unzicker	2283	Germany	0	0	0	0	00
09		Hansjörg Blaas	2266	Austria	1	5	2	3.5	08th	2259
10		Georg Fuchs	2244	Austria	4th	2	0	5	06th	2509
11		Wilfried Höllrigl	2198	Austria	1	1	5	1.5	07th	2032
12		Wendelin Sprenger	2174	Austria	0	0	1	0	01
13		Bernhard Lederwasch	(2056)	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	GM	Klaus Bischoff	2554	Germany	2	8th	1	6th	11	2553
02	GM	Csaba Horváth	2506	Hungary	3	8th	0	7th	11	2560
03	IN THE	Franz Hölzl	2372	Austria	1	7th	3	4.5	11	2338
04th	FM	Erich Steflitsch	2399	Austria	1	5	1	3.5	07th	2345
05	FM	Christophe Philippe	2313	France	0	0	0	0	00
06th	FM	Günter Moser	2357	Austria	1	7th	0	4.5	08th	2350
07th	FM	Herwig Pilaj	2360	Austria	1	1	2	1.5	04th
08th	FM	Heimo Titz	2325	Austria	1	5	1	3.5	07th	2258
09	FM	Kurt Petschar	2291	Austria	1	2	0	2	03
10		Harald Genser	2268	Austria	1	2	0	2	03
11		Klaus Nickl	2203	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
12		Gerald Waldmann	2160	Austria	0	1	0	0.5	01

SK Graz / Frohnleiten

No.	title	Surname	Elo	nation	G	R.	V	Pt.	Lots	Elo- Perf.	Norms
01	GM	Thomas Luther	2538	Germany	1	2	1	2	04th
02	GM	Stefan Kindermann	2519	Germany	4th	5	2	6.5	11	2555
03	GM	Anthony costs	2551	France	1	2	1	2	04th
04th	IN THE	Manfred Friday	2389	Austria	4th	4th	3	6th	11	2456
05	IN THE	Walter Pils	2329	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
06th	FM	Christoph Karner	2343	Austria	1	8th	1	5	10	2363
07th	IN THE	Walter Wittmann	2345	Austria	1	2	1	2	04th
08th	FM	Horst Watzka	2348	Austria	1	5	1	3.5	07th	2290
09	FM	Richard Singer	2281	Austria	3	5	2	5.5	10	2307
10	FM	Fred Wegerer	2240	Austria	1	1	1	1.5	03
11		Alexander Dohr	2161	Austria	0	0	1	0	01
12		Martin Riedner	2206	Austria	0	0	1	0	01

SV Lower Austria Melk-Wachau

No.	title	Surname	Elo	nation	G	R.	V	Pt.	Lots	Elo- Perf.	Norms
01	GM	Sergei Movsesjan	2651	Slovakia	0	0	0	0	00
02	IN THE	Peter Varga	2486	Hungary	0	9	1	4.5	10	2504
03	GM	Lothar Vogt	2484	Germany	2	5	4th	4.5	11	2421
04th	IN THE	Oliver Lehner	2413	Austria	2	7th	2	5.5	11	2402
05	IN THE	Martin Neubauer	2388	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
06th	IN THE	Hannes Ganaus	2357	Austria	2	4th	5	5	11	2264
07th	IN THE	Albert Bokros	2420	Hungary	6th	5	0	8th	10	2527
08th	FM	Klaus Neumeier	2282	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
09		Manuel Weissenbeck	2225	Austria	5	2	4th	6th	11	2287
10		Erik Kralovec	2252	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
11		Raimund Böhsmüller	2212	Austria	0	0	1	0	01
12		Werner Hinterberger	2103	Austria	0	1	0	0.5	01

Note: Klaus Neumeier was not allowed to play for SV Lower Austria Melk-Wachau, as he was also registered in the State League B East for the Eichgraben / Pressbaum syndicate.

SK Fürstenfeld

No.	title	Surname	Elo	nation	G	R.	V	Pt.	Lots	Elo- Perf.	Norms
01	GM	Zoltán Almási	2672	Hungary	0	6th	0	3	06th	2524
02	GM	Peter Heine Nielsen	2620	Denmark	0	0	0	0	00
03	GM	József Pintér	2543	Hungary	1	8th	0	5	09	2572
04th	GM	Igor-Alexandre Nataf	2553	France	0	0	0	0	00
05	IN THE	Siegfried Baumegger	2359	Austria	1	7th	3	4.5	11	2392
06th	IN THE	Markus Wach	2388	Austria	1	3	3	2.5	07th	2258
07th	FM	Günter Cuba	2307	Austria	3	6th	2	6th	11	2360
08th	FM	Georg Kilgus	2346	Austria	4th	3	3	5.5	10	2332
09	FM	Anton Postl	2322	Austria	3	3	3	4.5	09	2234
10	IN THE	János Rigó	2323	Hungary	1	1	1	1.5	03
11		Michael Ivancsics	2284	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
12		Siegfried Posch	2075	Austria	0	0	0	0	00

SK Hohenems

No.	title	Surname	Elo	nation	G	R.	V	Pt.	Lots	Elo- Perf.	Norms
01	GM	Jörg Hickl	2605	Germany	0	4th	0	2	04th
02	IN THE	Valery Atlas	2501	Liechtenstein	1	7th	3	4.5	11	2438
03	IN THE	Jan Gustafsson	2554	Germany	3	8th	0	7th	11	2566
04th	IN THE	Alexander Naumann	2513	Germany	2	5	0	4.5	07th	2503
05	GM	Michael Bezold	2468	Germany	0	0	0	0	00
06th	FM	Robert Thoma	2354	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
07th		Günter Amann	2296	Austria	1	1	0	1.5	02
08th	FM	Yuri Zinoviev	2310	Austria	0	3	1	1.5	04th
09	FM	Milan Novkovic	2375	Austria	1	5	5	3.5	11	2206
10	IN THE	Guntram gardener	2354	Austria	3	6th	2	6th	11	2299
11		Markus Pierecker	2276	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
12		Heinz Grabher	2227	Austria	1	1	2	1.5	04th
13		Matthias Burschowsky	2169	Austria	0	0	1	0	01

SK Absam

No.	title	Surname	Elo	nation	G	R.	V	Pt.	Lots	Elo- Perf.	Norms
01	GM	Goran Dizdar	2525	Croatia	1	4th	2	3	07th	2493
02	GM	Eckhard Schmittdiel	2491	Germany	4th	4th	3	6th	11	2506
03	IN THE	Stefan Bromberger	2414	Germany	3	4th	0	5	07th	2600
04th	IN THE	Arne Dür	2365	Austria	2	5	4th	4.5	11	2349
05	FM	Dieter Pilz	2294	Austria	2	3	2	3.5	07th	2372
06th		Bernhard Laube	2267	Austria	0	0	2	0	02
07th		Henning silver	2259	Germany	0	0	0	0	00
08th		Josef Ferrari	2217	Austria	1	7th	2	4.5	10	2296
09		Michael Gerhold	2205	Austria	2	6th	3	5	11	2204
10		Gregor Netolitzky	2228	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
11		Mario Bernardi	2077	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
12		Gregor Embacher	(2031)	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	2479	Czech Republic	2	3	2	3.5	07th	2557
02	IN THE	Stefan Löffler	2398	Germany	2	4th	5	4th	11	2400
03		Michal Kujovič	2384	Slovakia	0	2	2	1	04th
04th	FM	Harald Penz	2324	Austria	0	6th	5	3	11	2237
05	FM	Peter Roth	2323	Austria	2	6th	3	5	11	2313
06th	FM	Karl Janetschek	2268	Austria	1	1	1	1.5	03
07th		Ferdinand Ploner	2270	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
08th		Roland Mueller	2188	Austria	1	1	5	1.5	07th	2071
09		Roman Hangweyrer	2162	Austria	0	1	3	0.5	04th
10		Manfred Prager	2087	Austria	2	2	4th	3	08th	2140
11		Franz Ebner	(2028)	Austria	0	0	0	0	00

1. SSK Mozart

No.	title	Surname	Elo	nation	G	R.	V	Pt.	Lots	Elo- Perf.	Norms
01	GM	Raj Tischbierek	2523	Germany	2	7th	2	5.5	11	2543
02	FM	Christoph Eichler	2302	Germany	0	2	6th	1	08th	2149
03	FM	Andreas Druckenthaner	2318	Austria	1	2	4th	2	07th	2260
04th		Norbert Sprotte	2260	Germany	0	3	4th	1.5	07th	2135
05	IN THE	József Dobos	2283	Hungary	0	0	0	0	00
06th	FM	Hartmuth Beck	2257	Austria	2	5	4th	4.5	11	2304
07th		Heinz Peterwagner	2243	Austria	1	3	4th	2.5	08th	2078
08th	FM	Klaus Opl	2279	Austria	1	1	5	1.5	07th	2081
09		Georg Schmidt	2246	Germany	2	2	0	3	04th
10		Karl Enigl	2176	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
11		Hermann Hamberger	2135	Austria	0	0	0	0	00
12		Thomas Mroz	2089	Austria	0	1	0	0.5	01

Web links

• Team line-ups of the State League A on chess-results.com

swell

• Chess Calendar 2003 . Edition Marco, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-924833-45-1 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Listings of the Staatsliga B Ost on chess-results.com