Federal Chess League 1977/78

The 1977/78 season was the fourth season of the four-track chess Bundesliga .

mode

Eight teams each played a simple round-robin tournament in the North, West, Southwest and South seasons . The four season winners qualified for the final round, which was held centrally over a long weekend, the seventh and eighth of each season were relegated. The North relay comprised the regional associations of Berlin, Hamburg, Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein and Weser-Ems, the West relay included the Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia regional associations, the Southwest relay consisted of the Baden, Middle Rhine, Palatinate and Saarland regional associations during the relay South associations of the state associations Bavaria and Württemberg-Hohenzollern belonged. The number of team points decided on the placement, in the event of a tie, play-off fights were played for group victory and relegation, otherwise the number of board points decided. In the final round there were generally no playoffs played, but in the event of a tie based on team points, the number of board points decided.

Preliminary round

North

With SC Concordia and SK Bremen-Nord, two clubs with Bundesliga experience were promoted to the North Season . While the Hamburg was just able to stay in the Bundesliga, the Bremen had to relegate immediately, as did SV Wilmersdorf . The Delmenhorster SK was like last year only one draw from and qualified so for the fourth time in a row for the final round.

Closing table

	society	Sp	G	U	V	MP	Board P.
1.	Delmenhorster SK (V)	7th	6th	1	0	13: 1	37.5: 18.5
2.	Hamburger SK	7th	3	3	1	9: 5	31.5: 24.5
3.	SC Kreuzberg	7th	4th	1	2	9: 5	30.0: 26.0
4th	Favorite Hammonia	7th	3	1	3	7: 7	28.5: 27.5
5.	Hamburger SG	7th	2	3	2	7: 7	28.5: 27.5
6th	SC Concordia from 1907 (N)	7th	2	1	4th	5: 9	21.5: 34.5
7th	SV Wilmersdorf	7th	1	2	4th	4:10	26.0: 30.0
8th.	SK Bremen-North (N)	7th	0	2	5	2:12	20.5: 35.5

decisions

	Qualified for the finals: Delmenhorster Schachklub
	Relegated: SV Wilmersdorf , SK Bremen-Nord
(V)	Relay winner of the previous year
(N)	Last year's climber

Crosstab

Results		1.	2.	3.	4th	5.	6th	7th	8th.
1.	Delmenhorster SK		4½	6th	5	4th	7½	5	5½
2.	Hamburger SK	3½		5½	4½	4th	6th	4th	4th
3.	SC Kreuzberg	2	2½		4th	5	5	5	6½
4th	Favorite Hammonia	3	3½	4th		3	5	4½	5½
5.	Hamburger SG	4th	4th	3	5		4th	3	5½
6th	SC Concordia from 1907	½	2	3	3	4th		4½	4½
7th	SV Wilmersdorf	3	4th	3	3½	5	3½		4th
8th.	SK Bremen-Nord	2½	4th	1½	2½	2½	3½	4th

west

SG Bochum 31 and SK Marburg were promoted to the West season . While the Bochum team managed to stay in the league, Marburg had to relegate again, as did PSV / BSV Wuppertal .

Königsspringer Frankfurt and the Düsseldorf SG Rochade fought head-to-head for the relay victory. After the direct comparison ended 4: 4 and both teams also tied another draw, a playoff had to decide on qualifying for the final round. This also ended 4: 4; Due to the better Berlin rating, the Frankfurt relay winners were.

Closing table

	society	Sp	G	U	V	MP	Board P.
1.	King Jumper Frankfurt (V)	7th	5	2	0	12: 2	34.0: 22.0
2.	Düsseldorf SG castling	7th	5	2	0	12: 2	34.0: 22.0
3.	Sportfreunde Katernberg	7th	4th	1	2	9: 5	29.5: 26.5
4th	Solingen SG 1868	7th	3	2	2	8: 6	31.0: 25.0
5.	SG Bochum 31 (N)	7th	3	2	2	8: 6	30.0: 26.0
6th	TSV Schott Mainz	7th	1	1	5	3:11	26.5: 29.5
7th	PSV / BSV Wuppertal	7th	1	0	6th	2:12	22.5: 33.5
8th.	SK Marburg (N)	7th	1	0	6th	2:12	16.5: 39.5

decisions

	Qualified for the final round: Königsspringer Frankfurt
	Relegated: PSV / BSV Wuppertal , SK Marburg
(V)	Relay winner of the previous year
(N)	Last year's climber

Crosstab

Results		1.	2.	3.	4th	5.	6th	7th	8th.
1.	King Jumper Frankfurt		4th	4½	5½	4½	4th	4½	7th
2.	Düsseldorf SG castling	4th		5½	4th	4½	4½	5	6½
3.	Sportfreunde Katernberg	3½	2½		4½	4th	4½	5	5½
4th	Solingen SG 1868	2½	4th	3½		4th	4½	6½	6th
5.	SG Bochum 31	3½	3½	4th	4th		4½	5	5½
6th	TSV Schott Mainz	4th	3½	3½	3½	3½		5	3½
7th	PSV / BSV Wuppertal	3½	3	3	1½	3	3		5½
8th.	SK Marburg	1	1½	2½	2	2½	4½	2½

southwest

The Bonn SK and SK Zähringen were promoted to the Southwest relay in 1921 . While the Bonn team was able to hold out in the Bundesliga, Zähringen was relegated again, together with SV 03/25 Koblenz . The SK Heidelberg won all the competitions and qualified for the final round.

Closing table

	society	Sp	G	U	V	MP	Board P.
1.	SK Heidelberg	7th	7th	0	0	14: 0	38.0: 18.0
2.	SK Frankenthal	7th	4th	2	1	10: 4	37.5: 18.5
3.	SG Porz	7th	4th	1	2	9: 5	33.0: 23.0
4th	Karlsruhe chess friends	7th	3	2	2	8: 6	29.0: 27.0
5.	SC Chain (V)	7th	3	1	3	7: 7	26.0: 30.0
6th	Bonn SK (N)	7th	2	0	5	4:10	23.0: 33.0
7th	SV 03/25 Koblenz	7th	1	0	6th	2:12	19.5: 36.5
8th.	SK Zähringen 1921 (N)	7th	1	0	6th	2:12	18.0: 38.0

decisions

	Qualified for the final round: SK Heidelberg
	Relegated: SV 03/25 Koblenz , SK Zähringen 1921
(V)	Relay winner of the previous year
(N)	Last year's climber

Crosstab

Results		1.	2.	3.	4th	5.	6th	7th	8th.
1.	SK Heidelberg		5	4½	4½	4½	5	6½	8th
2.	SK Frankenthal	3		4th	4th	6½	6th	6½	7½
3.	SG Porz	3½	4th		6th	3½	6th	5	5
4th	Karlsruhe chess friends	3½	4th	2		4th	5½	5½	4½
5.	SC Chained	3½	1½	4½	4th		3½	4½	4½
6th	Bonn SK	3	2	2	2½	4½		3½	5½
7th	SV 03/25 Koblenz	1½	1½	3	2½	3½	4½		3
8th.	SK Zähringen 1921	0	½	3	3½	3½	2½	5

south

VfL Sindelfingen and Münchener SC were promoted to the South Season in 1836 . While the Sindelfingen team safely managed to stay in the league as third, the Munich team and the Stuttgart chess friends had to relegate in 1879 . For the relay victory there was a three-way battle between the German champions SC 1868 Bamberg , SC Anderssen Bavaria Munich and VfL Sindelfingen , which the Bambergers were able to win in the end. In the competition between Sindelfingen and Bamberg, both sides released the first board so that it was rated 0-0. The competition ended 3.5: 3.5 and was rated with 1: 1 team points; According to today's regulations, the competition would be rated 0-0 team points.

Closing table

	society	Sp	G	U	V	MP	Board P.
1.	SC 1868 Bamberg (M, V)	7th	5	2	0	12: 2	32.0: 24.0
2.	SC Anderssen Bavaria Munich	7th	5	1	1	11: 3	31.0: 25.0
3.	VfL Sindelfingen (N)	7th	4th	2	1	10: 4	29.5: 26.5
4th	TB Erlangen	7th	3	1	3	7: 7	29.0: 27.0
5.	SF Marktheidenfeld	7th	1	4th	2	6: 8	26.5: 29.5
6th	PSV Ulm	7th	1	3	3	5: 9	25.0: 31.0
7th	Munich SC 1836 (N)	7th	1	1	5	3:11	25.5: 30.5
8th.	Stuttgart Chess Friends 1879	7th	1	0	6th	2:12	24.5: 31.5

decisions

	Qualified for the final round: SC 1868 Bamberg
	Relegated: Münchener SC 1836 , Stuttgarter Schachfreunde 1879
(M)	reigning German champion
(V)	Relay winner of the previous year
(N)	Last year's climber

Crosstab

Results		1.	2.	3.	4th	5.	6th	7th	8th.
1.	SC 1868 Bamberg		4½	3½	5	4th	5½	4½	5
2.	SC Anderssen Bavaria Munich	3½		4½	4½	5½	4th	4½	4½
3.	VfL Sindelfingen	3½	3½		4½	5	4th	4½	4½
4th	TB Erlangen	3	3½	3½		4th	6th	4½	4½
5.	SF Marktheidenfeld	4th	2½	3	4th		4th	4th	5
6th	PSV Ulm	2½	4th	4th	2	4th		5	3½
7th	Munich SC 1836	3½	3½	3½	3½	4th	3		4½
8th.	Stuttgart Chess Friends 1879	3	3½	3½	3½	3	4½	3½

Finals

The final round took place in Bad Kissingen from June 2nd to 4th . Königsspringer Frankfurt won all competitions and was thus German champion ahead of the defending champion SC 1868 Bamberg, the SK Heidelberg and the Delmenhorster SK.

Closing table

	society	Sp	G	U	V	MP	Board P.
1.	King Jumper Frankfurt	3	3	0	0	6-0	15.0: 9.0
2.	SC 1868 Bamberg (M)	3	2	0	1	4: 2	14.5: 9.5
3.	SK Heidelberg	3	0	1	2	1: 5	10.0: 14.0
4th	Delmenhorster SK	3	0	1	2	1: 5	8.5: 15.5

decisions

	German champion: King Jumper Frankfurt
(M)	reigning German champion

Crosstab

Results		1.	2.	3.	4th
1.	King Jumper Frankfurt		4½	4½	6th
2.	SC 1868 Bamberg	3½		5½	5½
3.	SK Heidelberg	3½	2½		4th
4th	Delmenhorster SK	2	2½	4th

The championship team

1.	King Jumper Frankfurt
	Bela Soos , Dieter Mohrlok , Peter Staller , Wolfram Bialas , Gerhard Fahnenschmidt, Jürgen Haakert, Egon Kurz, Hans-Joachim Clara.

swell

Johannes Eising / Karl-Heinz Podzielny / Gerd Treppner: Chess Bundesliga 1974-80, ISBN 3-923113-00-5