German Chess League 2005/06 (Austria)

The 2005/06 season was the 31st season of the Austrian Chess League . SV Wulkaprodersdorf , SC MPÖ Maria Saal and SK Götzis were promoted from the 2nd Bundesliga .

While Wulkaprodersdorf and Maria Saal achieved relegation, Götzis had to relegate immediately. The other relegated teams would have been SK Fürstenfeld and SV Tschaturanga Neubau , but since SV Schwarzach withdrew its team and Fürstenfeld decided not to take the place, Neubau could remain second to last in the league.

The top was very close together this season. The new champions Union Styria Graz was only separated by a single point on the board from the next four pursuers. Newcomers SV Wulkaprodersdorf surprisingly secured the runner-up title ahead of SG Frohnleiten / Semriach , SK Hohenems and defending champion Union Ansfelden , who had to be satisfied with fifth place.

For the reported team squads of the participating clubs see team squad of the Austrian 1st Bundesliga in chess 2005/06 .

Dates and venues

The competitions took place from November 18 to 20, 2005 in Graz , January 12 to 15, 2006 in Jenbach and from March 23 to 26, 2006 in Ansfelden .

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp	G	U	V	Board P.	MP
01.	Union Styria Graz	11	7th	3	1	40.0: 26.0	24
02.	SV Wulkaprodersdorf (N)	11	7th	2	2	39.0: 27.0	23
03.	SG Frohnleiten / Semriach	11	7th	2	2	39.0: 27.0	23
04th	SK Hohenems	11	7th	2	2	39.0: 27.0	23
05.	Union Ansfelden (M)	11	6th	1	4th	39.0: 27.0	19th
06th	SC The people of Klagenfurt	11	5	3	3	36.0: 30.0	18th
07th	Jenbach chess club	11	4th	4th	3	32.0: 34.0	16
08th.	SC MPÖ Maria Saal (N)	11	3	2	6th	31.5: 34.5	11
09.	SV Schwarzach	11	4th	1	6th	30.5: 35.5	13
10.	SK Fürstenfeld	11	3	0	8th	27.0: 39.0	09
11.	SV Tschaturanga new building	11	1	1	9	23.0: 43.0	04th
12.	SK Götzis (N)	11	1	1	9	20.0: 46.0	04th

Note: The direct comparison was the decisive factor in the order of places 2 to 4.

decisions

	Austrian champion: Union Styria Graz
	Relegation to the 2nd Bundesliga : SV Schwarzach (voluntary withdrawal), SK Fürstenfeld , SK Götzis
(M)	Last season champions
(N)	Promoted last season

Remarks:

Results		01.	02.	03.	04th	05.	06th	07th	08th.	09.	10.	11.	12.
01.	Union Styria Graz		3	3	2½	4½	4th	3	3½	4th	3½	4th	5
02.	SV Wulkaprodersdorf	3		3½	4th	3	2	3½	2	5½	4½	3½	4½
03.	SG Frohnleiten / Semriach	3	2½		4th	2½	3	5	4th	3½	3½	4th	4th
04th	SK Hohenems	3½	2	2		3½	3	3	4th	4th	4½	4½	5
05.	Union Ansfelden	1½	3	3½	2½		2½	2½	4th	4th	4½	5½	5½
06th	SC The people of Klagenfurt	2	4th	3	3	3½		2½	3	3½	2½	4th	5
07th	Jenbach chess club	3	2½	1	3	3½	3½		3	3	2½	3½	3½
08th.	SC MPÖ Maria Saal	2½	4th	2	2	2	3	3		2	2½	4½	4th
09.	SV Schwarzach	2	½	2½	2	2	2½	3	4th		3½	4½	4th
10.	SK Fürstenfeld	2½	1½	2½	1½	1½	3½	3½	3½	2½		2	2½
11.	SV Tschaturanga new building	2	2½	2	1½	½	2	2½	1½	1½	4th		3
12.	SK Götzis	1	1½	2	1	½	1	2½	2	2	3½	3

The championship team

1.	Union Styria Graz
	GM Róbert Ruck (10 games / 5.0 points), GM Robert Markuš (3 / 2.0), GM Zoltán Ribli (10 / 6.0), GM Dawit Schengelia (7 / 4.0), GM Igor Štohl ( 3 / 2.0), IM Eva Moser (11 / 6.5), IM Egon Brestian (7 / 4.0), GM Ilija Balinow (11 / 8.0) and IM Walter Wittmann (4 / 2.0) .

Web links

• Results of the Austrian 1st league on chess-results.com