State Chess League 1986/87

The 1986/87 season was the 12th season of the Austrian State Chess League .

At the top the differences were small. The first four places were separated by only 1.5 points. In the end, SK Merkur Graz prevailed over the defending champion SK VÖEST Linz , SG ASK / KSV Klagenfurt and WSV ATSV Ranshofen .

The newly promoted ASK Salzburg could not assert itself in the state league, ended up with a gap of 2.0 points behind SC Donaustadt only in tenth and thus last place, and had to relegate immediately.

For the reported team squads of the participating clubs, see team squad of the Austrian State League in Chess 1986/87 .

Events

The competitions took place on October 11th and 12th 1986, November 8th and 9th 1986, December 13th and 14th 1986, January 10th and 11th 1987, January 24th and 25th 1987, January 7th and 8th. February 1987, February 21 and 22, 1987, March 14 and 15, 1987 (a competition was played on February 28 and March 1) and on March 28 and 20, 1987. The last double round was centralized in Linz played, the rest took place decentrally at the clubs involved.

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp	G	U	V	Board P.	MP
01.	SK Merkur Graz	9	8th	0	1	41.5: 30.5	16: 02
02.	SK VÖEST Linz (M)	9	5	0	4th	41.0: 31.0	10: 08
03.	SG ASK / KSV Klagenfurt	9	6th	1	2	40.5: 31.5	13: 05
04th	WSV ATSV Ranshofen	9	6th	0	3	40.0: 32.0	12: 06
05.	1. SSK Mozart	9	5	2	2	37.0: 35.0	12: 06
06th	SK Hietzing Vienna	9	4th	2	3	36.5: 35.5	10: 08
07th	SK Austria Vienna	9	3	1	5	35.0: 37.0	07:11
08th.	SK St. Pölten	9	0	4th	5	30.5: 41.5	04:14
09.	SC Donaustadt	9	1	2	6th	30.0: 42.0	04:14
10.	ASK Salzburg (N)	9	0	2	7th	28.0: 44.0	02:16

Remarks:

	Austrian champion: SK Merkur Graz
	Relegated: ASK Salzburg
(M)	Last season champions
(N)	Promoted last season

Crosstab

Results		01.	02.	03.	04th	05.	06th	07th	08th.	09.	10.
01.	SK Merkur Graz		5	4½	4½	5	3½	4½	5	5	4½
02.	SK VÖEST Linz	3		3½	3½	3½	5½	4½	5½	5	7th
03.	SG ASK / KSV Klagenfurt	3½	4½		3	5	4½	5	4th	6th	5
04th	WSV ATSV Ranshofen	3½	4½	5		3½	4½	4½	6th	3½	5
05.	1. SSK Mozart	3	4½	3	4½		4th	4th	4½	4½	5
06th	SK Hietzing Vienna	4½	2½	3½	3½	4th		5	4th	4½	5
07th	SK Austria Vienna	3½	3½	3	3½	4th	3		4½	5½	4½
08th.	SK St. Pölten	3	2½	4th	2	3½	4th	3½		4th	4th
09.	SC Donaustadt	3	3	2	4½	3½	3½	2½	4th		4th
10.	ASK Salzburg	3½	1	3	3	3	3	3½	4th	4th

Qualifying tournament for the State League A 1987/88

The qualifying tournament for the State League A took place in Vienna from June 6th to 8th . The participants were SC Inter Salzburg (winners of the western league), TSV Hartberg (winners of the southern league) and, with SK Flötzersteig-Breitensee and SK Währing, the second and third placed in the eastern league (the winners of the eastern league, the second team of the SK VÖEST Linz, was not eligible for promotion, as a club could be represented by a maximum of one team in the state league). The SK Flötzersteig-Breitensee won the tournament and thus achieved direct promotion.

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp	G	U	V	Board P.	MP
01.	SK Flötzersteig-Breitensee	3	2	1	0	8.5: 03.5	5: 1
02.	SC Inter Salzburg	3	2	0	1	7.5: 04.5	4: 2
03.	SK Währing	3	1	1	1	7.0: 05.0	3: 3
04th	TSV Hartberg	3	0	0	3	1.0: 11.0	0: 6

decisions

Promotion to the state league : SK Flötzersteig-Breitensee

Crosstab

Results		01.	02.	03.	04th
01.	SK Flötzersteig-Breitensee		3½	2	3
02.	SC Inter Salzburg	½		3	4th
03.	SK Währing	2	1		4th
04th	TSV Hartberg	1	0	0

The championship team

1.	SK Merkur Graz
	IM Walter Wittmann (17 games / 12.0 points), IM Walter Pils (18 / 9.0), FM Horst Watzka (18 / 8.0), FM Alexander Fauland (18 / 12.0) and Peter Detter (1 / 0.5).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Results of the 1st double round in Schachsport 4/5, p. 1 (PDF file; 715 kB)
2. ↑ Results of the 2nd double round in Schachsport 7/5, p. 2 (PDF file; 894 kB)
3. ↑ Results of the 3rd double round in Schachsport 12/5, p. 2 (PDF file; 954 kB)
4. ↑ Results of the 4th double round in Schachsport 15/5, p. 2 (PDF file; 976 kB)
5. ↑ Results of the 5th double round in Schachsport 17/5, p. 2 (PDF file; 955 kB)
6. ↑ Results of the 6th double round in Schachsport 19/5, p. 4 (PDF file; 1 MB)
7. ↑ ^{a b} Results of the 7th double round in Schachsport 21/5, p. 4 (PDF file; 895 kB)
8. ↑ ^{a b} Results of the 8th double round in Schachsport 24/5, p. 4 (PDF file; 1.1 MB)
9. ↑ Results of the 9th double round in Schachsport 26/5, p. 2 (PDF file; 1 MB)

Web links

• Final score in Schachsport 26/5, page 2 (PDF; 1.1 MB)
• Results of the qualification tournament in Schachsport 32/5, page 12 (PDF; 1.1 MB)