State Chess League 1987/88

The 1987/88 season was the 13th season of the Austrian State Chess League . In the previous year, the SK Flötzersteig-Breitensee rose, which reached the league, while the SK St. Pölten had to relegate .

The defending champion SK Merkur Graz was again Austrian champion with three points ahead of SK VÖEST Linz .

For the reported team squads of the participating clubs see team squad of the Austrian State League in Chess 1987/88 .

Events

The competitions took place on October 10 and 11, 1987, October 31 and November 1, 1987, November 14 and 15, 1987, November 28 and 29, 1987, December 12 and 13, 1987, December 30 and 31 January 1988, February 13 and 14, 1988, February 27 and 28, 1988 and March 12 and 13, 1988. The last double round was organized centrally in Vienna - Oberlaa , the others decentrally with the clubs involved.

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp	G	U	V	Board P.	MP
01.	SK Merkur Graz (M)	9	6th	3	0	43.0: 29.0	15: 03
02.	SK VÖEST Linz	9	5	1	3	40.0: 32.0	11: 07
03.	1. SSK Mozart	9	5	3	1	39.5: 32.5	13: 05
04th	SK Hietzing Vienna	9	4th	2	3	38.0: 34.0	10: 08
05.	SK Austria Vienna	9	3	2	4th	37.5: 34.5	08:10
06th	SK Flötzersteig-Breitensee (N)	9	3	2	4th	36.5: 35.5	08:10
07th	SG ASK / KSV Klagenfurt	9	3	3	3	35.0: 37.0	09: 09
08th.	WSV ATSV Ranshofen	9	2	0	7th	32.5: 39.5	04:14
09.	SC Donaustadt	9	2	1	6th	29.5: 42.5	05:13
10.	SK St. Pölten	9	2	3	4th	28.5: 43.5	07:11

Remarks:

	Austrian champion: SK Merkur Graz
	Relegated: SK St. Pölten
(M)	Last season champions
(N)	Promoted last season

Crosstab

Results		01.	02.	03.	04th	05.	06th	07th	08th.	09.	10.
01.	SK Merkur Graz		4th	4th	5½	5	5	5	5	5½	4th
02.	SK VÖEST Linz	4th		3	1½	3½	5	5½	4½	6th	7th
03.	1. SSK Mozart	4th	5		4½	4½	4th	4th	5	5	3½
04th	SK Hietzing Vienna	2½	6½	3½		4th	4th	5	5	4½	3
05.	SK Austria Vienna	3	4½	3½	4th		2	4th	6½	3½	6½
06th	SK Flötzersteig-Breitensee	3	3	4th	4th	6th		3	2	6th	5½
07th	SG ASK / KSV Klagenfurt	3	2½	4th	3	4th	5		4½	5	4th
08th.	WSV ATSV Ranshofen	3	3½	3	3	1½	6th	3½		3	6th
09.	SC Donaustadt	2½	2	3	3½	4½	2	3	5		4th
10.	SK St. Pölten	4th	1	4½	5	1½	2½	4th	2	4th

Qualifying tournament for the State League A 1988/89

The qualifying tournament for the State League A took place from May 27th to 29th in Schwaz . The participants were the SV Waagner-Biro Graz (winner of the western league), the SK Schwaz (winner of the southern league) as well as with the SK Baden and the SK Währing the two first place winners of the eastern league. The host won the tournament and was promoted to the state league.

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp	G	U	V	Board P.	MP
01.	SK Schwaz	3	2	1	0	8.0: 4.0	5: 1
02.	SK Baden	3	0	3	0	6.0: 6.0	3: 3
03.	SK Währing	3	1	1	1	6.0: 6.0	3: 3
04th	SV Waagner-Biro Graz	3	0	1	2	4.0: 8.0	1: 5

decisions

Promotion to the state league : SK Schwaz

Crosstab

Results		01.	02.	03.	04th
01.	SK Schwaz		2	3½	2½
02.	SK Baden	2		2	2
03.	SK Währing	½	2		3½
04th	SV Waagner-Biro Graz	1½	2	½

The championship team

1.	SK Merkur Graz
	IM Walter Wittmann (18 games / 13.0 points), IM Walter Pils (17 / 7.5), FM Alexander Fauland (17 / 10.5), FM Horst Watzka (18 / 12.0) and Peter Schrafl (2 / 0.0).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Results of the 1st double round in Schachsport 2/6, p. 2 (PDF file; 1.1 MB)
2. ↑ Results of the 2nd double round in Schachsport 5/6, p. 2 (PDF file; 886 kB)
3. ↑ Results of the 3rd double round in Schachsport 7/6, p. 2 (PDF file; 1.3 MB)
4. ↑ Results of the 4th double round in Schachsport 9/6, p. 2 (PDF file; 942 kB)
5. ↑ Results of the 5th double round in Schachsport 11/6, p. 2 (PDF file; 1.2 MB)
6. ↑ Results of the 6th double round in Schachsport 18/6, p. 2 (PDF file; 664 kB)
7. ↑ Results of the 7th double round in Schachsport 20/6, p. 2 (PDF file; 899 kB)
8. ↑ ^{a b} Results of the 8th double round in Schachsport 22/6, p. 2 (PDF file; 926 kB)
9. ↑ Results of the 9th double round in Schachsport 24/6, p. 2 (PDF file; 936 kB)

Web links

• Final score in Schachsport 24/6, page 2 (PDF; 959 kB)
• Results of the qualification tournament in Schachsport 33/6, page 7f. (PDF; 1.4 MB)