Primera División (chess) 1978

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The Primera División (chess) 1978 was the top division of the 22nd Spanish team championship in chess and was played with nine teams. The champions were the team from UD Las Palmas, which had taken over the starting right from CA Maspalomas, while the defending champion CA Caja Insular de Ahorros had to be content with fifth place. CE Vulcà Barcelona and GE Seat Barcelona had risen from the Segunda División. While Vulcá achieved relegation, Seat had to relegate immediately; The second relegated team was CA Schweppes Madrid, which did not take part in the tournament.

For information on the team cadres, see Primera División (Chess) 1978 team cadre .

mode

The nine participating teams played a simple round-robin tournament , the bottom of the table and the team from CA Schweppes Madrid who had not started were relegated and were replaced by the first two of the Segunda División. The game was played on four boards, the number of board points (one point for a win, half a point for a draw, no point for a defeat), then the number of team points (two points for a win, one point) decided the placement for a tie, no point for a loss).

Dates and venue

The tournament was held in Centelles .

Season course

In the first five rounds CE Olot pulled away from the field, but two defeats in the sixth and seventh round brought the top closer together, so that four teams had a chance for the title before the last round. UD Las Palmas, CE Vulcà Barcelona and CE Olot led with 16.5 points, CE Terrassa followed with half a point behind. Since in the last round both the direct comparison between Barcelona and Olot and the competitions between CA Peña Rey Ardid Bilbao and UD Las Palmas and between Asociación Barcinona and CE Terrassa each ended 2-2, the standings remained unchanged. Olot had to be content with third place because of the poorer team points, Las Palmas and Barcelona were also tied in terms of team points, so that the direct comparison tipped the balance in favor of Las Palmas. In the relegation battle, GE Seat Barcelona had little chance of staying up. In fact, a 4-0 win over CA Caja Insular de Ahorros would have been necessary, but Seat only won 2.5: 1.5.

Closing table

Pl. society Sp G U V Board P. Mannsch.-P.
01. UD Las Palmas 8th 5 1 2 18.5: 13.5 11: 5
02. CE Vulcà Barcelona (N) 8th 4th 3 1 18.5: 13.5 11: 5
03. CE Olot 8th 4th 1 3 18.5: 13.5 9: 7
04th CE Terrassa 8th 4th 3 1 18.0: 14.0 11: 5
05. Caja Insular de Ahorros (M) 8th 2 2 4th 15.5: 16.5 6:10
06th UGA Barcelona 8th 1 4th 3 14.5: 17.5 6:10
07th Asociación Barcinona 8th 1 4th 3 14.5: 17.5 6:10
08th. CA Peña Rey Ardid Bilbao 8th 2 3 3 13.5: 18.5 7: 9
09. GE Seat Barcelona (N) 8th 2 1 5 12.5: 19.5 5:11
10. CA Schweppes Madrid 0 0 0 0 0.0: 0.0 0-0

decisions

Spanish team champion: UD Las Palmas
Relegated to the Segunda División: GE Seat Barcelona, ​​CE Schweppes Madrid
(M) Defending champion
(N) Previous year climbers

Crosstab

Results 01. 02. 03. 04th 05. 06th 07th 08th. 09. 10.
01. UD Las Palmas 2½ 3 1½ 2½ 3 2½ 2 1½
02. CE Vulcà Barcelona 1½ 2 2 3 2½ 3 2 2½
03. CE Olot 1 2 3 1½ 1½ 3 3 3½
04th CE Terrassa 2½ 2 1 2½ 2 2 3 3
05. Caja Insular de Ahorros 1½ 1 2½ 1½ 2 2 3½ 1½
06th UGA Barcelona 1 1½ 2½ 2 2 2 1½ 2
07th Asociación Barcinona 1½ 1 1 2 2 2 2 3
08th. CA Peña Rey Ardid Bilbao 2 2 1 1 ½ 2½ 2 2½
09. GE Seat Barcelona 2½ 1½ ½ 1 2½ 2 1 1½
10. CA Schweppes Madrid

The championship team

1. UD Las Palmas
Chess pieces

Bent Larsen , José Miguel Fraguela Gil , Juan Pedro Domínguez Sanz, Octavio Pérez Montesdeoca.

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