SK Zwettl

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SK Zwettl
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Founded: October 19, 1987
Number of teams: 3
Chairman: Peter Katzenschlager
Club premises: Hotel Schierhuber
Galgenbergstrasse 3
Homepage: schachklub-zwettl.at
As of May 20, 2016

The SK Zwettl , in the long form Schachklub Zwettl, is a chess club founded in 1987 in the municipality of Zwettl in Lower Austria . The club has been a member of the Austrian Chess League since the 2011/12 season .

history

SK Zwettl was founded on October 19, 1987. The first chairman was Gerhard Felbermayer. After initially playing in the lower classes, the club managed to move up to the Lower Austrian regional league in the summer of 1999, where third place was immediately achieved.

By winning the Lower Austrian state championship title in the 2004/05 season, the club was able to achieve its first major success, promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga East. SK Zwettl used the following players: FM David Holemar (Czech Republic; 1.5 points / 4 games), Neklan Vyskočil (Czech Republic; 6.5 / 8), IM Andreas Dückstein (Austria; 5.5 / 9), František Vykydal (Czech Republic; 9.0 / 11), Karl Janetschek (Austria; 7.0 / 10), Alfred Lipp (Austria, 6.5 / 9), František Blatný (Czech Republic; 7.5 / 11), Manfred Prager ( Austria; 2.5 / 5), Martin Zwettler (Austria; 6.0 / 10), GM Pavel Blatný (Czech Republic; 2.0 / 3), Petr Mlynek (Czech Republic; 2.0 / 3), Miroslav Pakosta (Czech Republic ; 2.5 / 3), Omer Pekmezovic (Bosnia; 0.0 / 1) and Peter Moscatelli (USA; 1.0 / 1).

The SK Zwettl was able to establish itself in the 2nd Bundesliga East in the following years. The club became an integral part of the second highest class.

Promotion to the Bundesliga

After the third place was reached in the 2009/10 season, the club had set their sights on the championship title in the 2010/11 season . Although the traditional SK Pamhagen , who even won the direct duel, and the SK Währing with the SK Zwettl an exciting three-way battle, but in the end the Waldviertel had outsell and got themselves two points clear at the league title. Thus, the SK Zwettl was qualified for the first time in the club's history. GM Tomáš Polák (Czech Republic; 6.0 points / 11 games), GM Pavel Blatný (Czech Republic; 5.5 / 11), IM Neklan Vyskočil (Czech Republic; 3.5 / 7), IM Petr Pisk (Czech Republic; 7.0 / 9), FM Petr Buchnicek (Czech Republic; 5.5 / 8), MK Stefan Wagner (Austria; 5.5 / 11), FM Karl Janetschek (Austria; 1.0 / 4), MK Martin Zwettler (Austria; 0 , 0/1) and Peter Stadler (Austria; 3.0 / 4) ensured the greatest success in the club's history to date.

List of club chairmen

1987-1998 Gerhard Felbermayer
1998-2011 Christian Schierhuber
2011-2015 Paul Horak
since 2015 Peter Katzenschlager

Used Bundesliga players

This table lists all SK Zwettl players used in the chess Bundesliga, including their performance. Players who were on the squad list but were not used are not included in this list.

Legend: P = Points SP = Games
GM = Grand master IN THE = International master
FM = FIDE master WGM = Grand Master of Women
title player nationality 2011/12
7th place 		2012/13
 
P SP P SP
GM Pavel Blatný Czech Republic 6.0 11
FM Petr Buchnicek Czech Republic 5.0 6th
GM Tomáš Likavský Slovakia 3.0 11
IN THE Petr Pisk Czech Republic 5.0 9
GM Tomáš Polák Czech Republic 4.5 9
IN THE Gerhard Schroll Austria 3.0 9
IN THE Neklan Vyskočil Czech Republic 2.0 4th
Stefan Wagner Austria 2.5 6th

successes

  • Lower Austrian regional champion: 2005
  • Champion 2nd Bundesliga East: 2011

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ SK Zwettl: History of the Schachklub Zwettl ( Memento from December 6, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on January 31, 2013)
  2. ↑ Chess results: 2004/05, Lower Austrian regional league - team line-up with individual results SK Zwettl (accessed on January 31, 2013)
  3. ↑ Chess results: 2010/11, 2nd Bundesliga East - team line-up with individual results SK Zwettl (accessed on January 31, 2013)