The list of the team cadres of the Extraliga (Slovakia, chess) 1997/98 contains all players who were used at least once in the Slovakian Extraliga in chess 1997/98 with their individual results.
General
In total, the twelve teams used 160 players, 32 of whom did not miss a match. The juniors of ŠK Slovan Bratislava managed with nine players, while ŠK Medea Martin and ŠO TJ Slávia UPJŠ Košice each played at least one game with 16 players.
The most successful players of the season were Mikuláš Maník (ŠK Tatran Prešov) and Radomír Háčik (ŠK Slovan Bratislava Juniors) with 8.5 points each from 11 games, Ľubomír Beťko (ŠK Medea Martin) achieved 8 points from 11 games. With Pavol Pčola (ŠK Bestex Nové Zámky), Ján Heinrich (ŠK Radegast Dunaj Bratislava), Anton Záhradník (ŠK Trenčín) and Ladislav Milder (SO TJ Slávia UPJŠ Košice) four players achieved 100%. Of these, Pčola and Heinrich were used twice each, Záhradník and Milder once each.
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: Elo number at the beginning of the season (rating list from July 1997), if available
Nation: Nationality according to the rating list from July 1997; CZE = Czech Republic, DEN = Denmark, HUN = Hungary, SVK = Slovakia, UKR = Ukraine
G: number of winning games
R: Number of draw games
V: number of losing games
Pkt .: Number of points achieved
Games: Number of games played
ŠK Bestex Nové Zámky
No.
title
Surname
Elo
nation
G
R.
V
Pt.
Lots
1
GM
Gennadij Timoščenko
2540
SVK
2
5
2
5.5
11
2
IN THE
Volodymyr Serhejew
2455
UKR
3
6th
2
6th
11
3
IN THE
Pavol Pčola
2445
SVK
2
0
0
2
2
4th
IN THE
Yuri Dowzik
2405
UKR
6th
3
0
7.5
9
5
Tomáš Balogh
2400
SVK
4th
2
0
5
6th
6th
Peter Balogh
2285
SVK
3
6th
1
6th
10
7th
Mário Horváth
2265
SVK
3
6th
2
6th
11
8th
Ladislav Janko
2230
SVK
0
0
3
0
3
9
FM
Milan Kolesár
2220
SVK
1
3
3
2.5
7th
10
FM
Ján Bresťák
2180
SVK
3
2
2
4th
7th
11
Štefan Blaho
2185
SVK
3
3
2
4.5
8th
12
Jan Strachan
2220
SVK
1
1
1
1.5
3
ŠK Slovan Bratislava 1st team
No.
title
Surname
Elo
nation
G
R.
V
Pt.
Lots
1
GM
Ľubomír Ftáčnik
2595
SVK
3
2
0
4th
5
2
IN THE
Ladislav Salai
2435
SVK
1
6th
4th
4th
11
3
IN THE
Róbert Tibenský
2420
SVK
5
1
1
5.5
7th
4th
IN THE
Alois Lanč
2390
SVK
4th
3
1
5.5
8th
5
IN THE
Ján Báňas
2385
SVK
3
4th
1
5
8th
6th
IN THE
Peter Petrán
2320
SVK
7th
1
1
7.5
9
7th
IN THE
Josef Franzen
2310
SVK
5
2
0
6th
7th
8th
FM
Karol return lock
2215
SVK
4th
4th
3
6th
11
9
IN THE
Mark Safjanowski
2390
UKR
3
3
0
4.5
6th
10
Michal Ač
2310
SVK
2
3
1
3.5
6th
11
Gustav Šturc
2205
SVK
1
2
1
2
4th
12
Miroslav Maláč
SVK
1
2
2
2
5
13
Marek Kolčák
2220
SVK
0
0
1
0
1
ŠK Slovan Bratislava Juniors
No.
title
Surname
Elo
nation
G
R.
V
Pt.
Lots
1
Peter Vavrák
2245
SVK
2
3
6th
3.5
11
2
Andrei Komora
2230
SVK
3
4th
3
5.5
11
3
Mario Castiglione
2225
SVK
5
0
6th
5
11
4th
Michal Kujovič
2250
SVK
6th
3
2
7.5
11
5
Štefan Turňa
2290
SVK
4th
4th
3
6th
11
6th
FM
Ivan Novák
2345
SVK
3
8th
0
7th
11
7th
Radomír Háčik
2210
SVK
6th
5
0
8.5
11
8th
Boris Djubek
2205
SVK
2
5
0
4.5
7th
9
Igor Travěnec
2220
SVK
1
2
1
2
4th
ŠK Tatran Prešov
No.
title
Surname
Elo
nation
G
R.
V
Pt.
Lots
1
IN THE
Martin Mrva
2395
SVK
4th
4th
1
6th
9
2
IN THE
Mikuláš Maník
2465
SVK
7th
3
1
8.5
11
3
WGM
Zuzana Hagarová
2255
SVK
5
3
3
6.5
11
4th
FM
Vladimír Mrva
2275
SVK
1
3
5
2.5
9
5
Oliver Kríž
2245
SVK
0
1
1
0.5
2
6th
Mario Kríž
2235
SVK
2
2
5
3
9
7th
Eduard Hagara
2165
SVK
5
1
2
5.5
8th
8th
Stanislav Marek
2130
SVK
5
4th
2
7th
11
9
Peter Demeter
2225
SVK
3
4th
2
5
9
10
Vojtech Rahl
2120
SVK
3
2
0
4th
5
11
Svatopluk Svoboda
2125
SVK
0
3
1
1.5
4th
ŠK Trenčín
No.
title
Surname
Elo
nation
G
R.
V
Pt.
Lots
1
IN THE
Tomáš Oral
2435
CZE
5
4th
0
7th
9
2
GM
Ján Plachetka
2445
SVK
1
3
2
2.5
6th
3
Vladimír Vojtek
2315
SVK
2
1
3
2.5
6th
4th
Tomáš Petrík
2235
SVK
5
4th
1
7th
10
5
Miroslav Maslík
2170
SVK
4th
3
3
5.5
10
6th
Lukáš Chmelík
2255
SVK
2
2
3
3
7th
7th
Peter Závadský
2240
SVK
2
2
1
3
5
8th
Anton Záhradník
SVK
1
0
0
1
1
9
Miroslav Kijac
2145
SVK
2
2
4th
3
8th
10
Peter Jurica
2200
SVK
4th
4th
1
6th
9
11
Miloš Blažek
2080
SVK
0
3
3
1.5
6th
12
Dušan Duša
2195
SVK
1
2
0
2
3
13
Drahoslav Masarik
SVK
0
1
2
0.5
3
14th
Miloš Sečkár
2130
SVK
0
2
0
1
2
15th
Miroslav Velčko
2110
SVK
2
0
1
2
3
ŠK Radegast Dunaj Bratislava
No.
title
Surname
Elo
nation
G
R.
V
Pt.
Lots
1
Juraj Lipka
2365
SVK
2
6th
2
5
10
2
FM
Karol Petrík
2225
SVK
0
3
8th
1.5
11
3
Tomáš Likavský
2240
SVK
4th
3
4th
5.5
11
4th
Ján Dudáš
2325
SVK
4th
2
2
5
8th
5
Pavel Čertek
2250
SVK
4th
3
3
5.5
10
6th
Štefan Ďuriga
2210
SVK
0
1
0
0.5
1
7th
Juraj Petreje
2130
SVK
1
0
2
1
3
8th
Ladislav Začka
SVK
0
0
1
0
1
9
WFM
Regina Pokorná
2210
SVK
3
4th
3
5
10
10
Karol Bíro
2240
SVK
7th
0
2
7th
9
11
Stanislav Petrík
2180
SVK
3
2
2
4th
7th
12
Zdeno Sukuba
SVK
1
2
2
2
5
13
Ján Heinrich
2075
SVK
2
0
0
2
2
ŠK Medea Martin
No.
title
Surname
Elo
nation
G
R.
V
Pt.
Lots
1
GM
Sergei Movsesjan
2555
CZE
5
1
0
5.5
6th
2
GM
Vlastimil Babula
2595
CZE
0
2
0
1
2
3
IN THE
Tomáš Polák
2470
CZE
2
2
0
3
4th
4th
IN THE
Vítězslav Priehoda
2390
SVK
1
2
1
2
4th
5
IN THE
Sergei Berezjuk
2390
CZE
4th
0
2
4th
6th
6th
Jaromír Bednář
2230
SVK
3
2
6th
4th
11
7th
Ľubomír Beťko
2255
SVK
5
6th
0
8th
11
8th
František Lisko
2315
SVK
2
1
1
2.5
4th
9
Vladimír Bochnička
2165
SVK
0
4th
5
2
9
10
Juraj Polko
2160
SVK
0
2
0
1
2
11
Jozef Dlábik
SVK
4th
3
1
5.5
8th
12
Ján Hyll
2065
SVK
0
5
5
2.5
10
13
Juraj Zavarský
SVK
2
3
2
3.5
7th
14th
Vilmos Bálint
2025
HUN
0
1
0
0.5
1
15th
Marian Baleja
SVK
0
2
0
1
2
16
Štefan Ďurník
SVK
0
1
0
0.5
1
ŠK Baník Prievidza
No.
title
Surname
Elo
nation
G
R.
V
Pt.
Lots
1
IN THE
Sergei Koutsin
2440
UKR
4th
3
1
5.5
8th
2
IN THE
Serhiy Kryvosheja
2450
UKR
4th
1
1
4.5
6th
3
IN THE
Ladislav Dobrovolský
2400
CZE
1
1
2
1.5
4th
4th
IN THE
Igor Gažík
2395
SVK
4th
1
3
4.5
8th
5
Martin Dobrotka
2230
SVK
2
3
6th
3.5
11
6th
Ján Helbich (jr.)
2195
SVK
2
2
2
3
6th
7th
Pavol Hanko
2175
SVK
4th
5
2
6.5
11
8th
Martin Huba
2170
SVK
2
3
4th
3.5
9
9
Miroslav Kaniansky
2150
SVK
1
1
1
1.5
3
10
Andrea Cigániková
2140
SVK
5
3
3
6.5
11
11
Jan Detko
2130
SVK
0
2
3
1
5
12
Jaroslav Mikuláš
SVK
1
2
1
2
4th
13
Ján Helbich (sr.)
SVK
0
0
1
0
1
14th
Jozef Jančo
SVK
0
0
1
0
1
ŠK Slovan Levice
No.
title
Surname
Elo
nation
G
R.
V
Pt.
Lots
1
IN THE
Vítězslav Rašík
2455
CZE
2
1
1
2.5
4th
2
IN THE
Radek Kalod
2430
CZE
0
1
1
0.5
2
3
IN THE
Petr Velička
2410
CZE
1
3
0
2.5
4th
4th
Vladimír Talla
2315
CZE
2
4th
3
4th
9
5
Ľuboš Debnár
2280
SVK
3
1
4th
3.5
8th
6th
Milan Maroš
2225
SVK
2
4th
3
4th
9
7th
Vladimír Kaliský
2245
CZE
5
1
5
5.5
11
8th
Jaroslav Fabian
2250
SVK
2
6th
3
5
11
9
Ján Široký
2200
SVK
1
7th
3
4.5
11
10
Imrich Červenka
2225
SVK
0
1
0
0.5
1
11
Ondrej Hudoba
2245
SVK
3
3
4th
4.5
10
12
Marcel Mojžiš
2135
SVK
2
3
2
3.5
7th
13
Michal Novotný
SVK
0
0
1
0
1
1.ŠK Rimavská Sobota
No.
title
Surname
Elo
nation
G
R.
V
Pt.
Lots
1
IN THE
Gyula Mészáros
2370
HUN
2
2
5
3
9
2
IN THE
Miklós Káposztás
2290
HUN
2
1
6th
2.5
9
3
Jevgenij Iršai
2270
SVK
2
2
1
3
5
4th
Péter Kŕal
2245
HUN
1
1
3
1.5
5
5
Peter Pál
2190
SVK
2
1
3
2.5
6th
6th
Ivan Valent
2205
SVK
0
6th
5
3
11
7th
Alexander Okoš
2095
SVK
0
0
1
0
1
8th
FM
Peter Papanetz
2225
SVK
1
1
1
1.5
3
9
Alexander Szamos
2160
SVK
4th
2
5
5
11
10
Peter Klein
2115
SVK
1
3
5
2.5
9
11
Štefan Halász
2280
SVK
0
0
3
0
3
12
Róbert Princ
SVK
0
0
3
0
3
13
Kamil Baňas
2020
SVK
5
3
3
6.5
11
14th
János Keleti
SVK
0
0
2
0
2
ŠO TJ Slávia UPJŠ Košice
No.
title
Surname
Elo
nation
G
R.
V
Pt.
Lots
1
Emil Klemanič
2315
SVK
1
3
5
2.5
9
2
Jurij Lembak
2260
SVK
1
1
0
1.5
2
3
Norbert Zambor
2240
SVK
3
4th
4th
5
11
4th
Otomar Pejko
2255
SVK
1
4th
4th
3
9
5
Zdenek Hušek
2280
SVK
4th
2
4th
5
10
6th
Kornel Frindt
2175
SVK
2
1
3
2.5
6th
7th
Michal Hlinka
SVK
0
8th
3
4th
11
8th
Michal Lašanda
SVK
1
1
1
1.5
3
9
Jozef Hujo
2240
SVK
0
1
1
0.5
2
10
Alena Bekiarisová
2170
SVK
4th
1
5
4.5
10
11
Daniel Rajňák
2170
SVK
1
1
1
1.5
3
12
Szemjon Najgebauer
2155
UKR
1
2
0
2
3
13
Ladislav Milder
SVK
1
0
0
1
1
14th
Tomáš Krak
SVK
1
0
2
1
3
15th
Martin Hrivňák
2165
SVK
0
2
1
1
3
16
Blažej Pandula
SVK
0
0
2
0
2
ŠK Lokomotíva Trnava
No.
title
Surname
Elo
nation
G
R.
V
Pt.
Lots
1
GM
Igor Štohl
2580
SVK
2
2
1
3
5
2
FM
Vladimír Cibulka
2320
SVK
0
2
4th
1
6th
3
Peter Ábel
2285
SVK
2
4th
4th
4th
10
4th
Peter Kundrik
2115
SVK
1
2
4th
2
7th
5
Jaroslav Felčír
2175
SVK
2
6th
3
5
11
6th
Pavol Kovačócy
2195
SVK
2
1
3
2.5
6th
7th
Peter Minich
2250
SVK
2
3
5
3.5
10
8th
Alexander Nicolini
2160
SVK
0
9
2
4.5
11
9
FM
Milan Szitkey
2290
SVK
2
2
5
3
9
10
Roman Lukáč
SVK
0
1
1
0.5
2
11
Vladimír Purchart
SVK
0
0
2
0
2
12
Vladimír Hagara
SVK
0
1
0
0.5
1
13
Jaroslav Mosný
2170
SVK
0
4th
2
2
6th
14th
Ludvig Doucha
THE
1
1
0
1.5
2
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