State Chess League 1983/84

The 1983/84 season was the 9th season of the Austrian State Chess League .

The SK VOEST Linz was despite two defeats in the last two rounds Austrian champion while defending champion to SK Austria Wien had to settle for fifth place.

In the previous year, SC Inter Salzburg was promoted and had to relegate directly.

For the reported team squads of the participating clubs see team squad of the Austrian State League in Chess 1983/84 .

Events

The competitions took place on 22./23. October, 5th / 6th, 19th and 20th November, 3rd / 4th December 1983, 4th / 5th, 18th / 19th February, 3rd / 4th, 17th / 18th March 31st and March 31st and April 1st 1984.

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp	G	U	V	Board P.	MP
01.	SK VÖEST Linz	9	6th	1	2	45.0: 27.0	13: 05
02.	ASK Klagenfurt	9	6th	2	1	42.5: 29.5	14: 04
03.	SK Merkur Graz	9	6th	1	2	42.0: 30.0	13: 05
04th	SK Hietzing Vienna	9	6th	1	2	41.5: 30.5	13: 05
05.	SK Austria Vienna (M)	9	6th	0	3	41.5: 30.5	12: 06
06th	Union Styria Graz	9	3	3	3	34.0: 38.0	09: 09
07th	1. SSK Mozart	9	2	3	4th	33.5: 38.5	07:11
08th.	WSV ATSV Ranshofen	9	2	0	7th	29.5: 42.5	04:14
09.	SK St. Pölten	9	2	0	7th	28.0: 44.0	04:14
10.	SC Inter Salzburg (N)	9	0	1	8th	22.5: 49.5	01:17

Remarks:

	Austrian champion: SK VÖEST Linz
	Relegated: SSC Inter Salzburg
(M)	Last season champions
(N)	Promoted last season

Crosstab

Results		01.	02.	03.	04th	05.	06th	07th	08th.	09.	10.
01.	SK VÖEST Linz		4th	2	6½	5	6½	3	5½	6th	6½
02.	ASK Klagenfurt	4th		5	3½	4½	4th	6th	5	5½	5
03.	SK Merkur Graz	6th	3		4½	2½	4th	6th	4½	5½	6th
04th	SK Hietzing Vienna	1½	4½	3½		5	6th	4th	6th	5	6th
05.	SK Austria Vienna	3	3½	5½	3		4½	4½	6th	5	6½
06th	Union Styria Graz	1½	4th	4th	2	3½		4th	4½	5	5½
07th	1. SSK Mozart	5	2	2	4th	3½	4th		5½	3½	4th
08th.	WSV ATSV Ranshofen	2½	3	3½	2	2	3½	2½		5½	5
09.	SK St. Pölten	2	2½	2½	3	3	3	4½	2½		5
10.	SC Inter Salzburg	1½	3	2	2	1½	2½	4th	3	3

The championship team

1.	SK VÖEST Linz
	IM Georg Danner (15 games / 12.5 points), Heinz Baumgartner (13 / 6.5), Peter Roth (18 / 12.0), Friedrich Wöber (10 / 4.5), Horst Niedermayr (7/3, 5) and Ernst Schüller (9 / 6.0).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Schedule in Schachsport 1/2 of September 30, 1983, page 8 (PDF file; 719 kB)

Web links

• Final score in Schachsport 26/2, page 2 (PDF; 518 kB)