State Chess League A 1989/90

The 1989/90 season was the 15th season of the Austrian State Chess League A and at the same time the last in which the competition with teams of four was held. From the State League B were SK Baden and SK Absam ascended.

Both promoted players achieved relegation, but Baden withdrew his team after the season. In purely sporting terms, SK VÖEST Linz and SC Donaustadt would have been relegated, but Linz still managed to stay in the league through the withdrawal of SK Baden.

The defending champion WSV ATSV Ranshofen was able to inflict the only defeat on the new champions SK Merkur Graz , but had to be content with fourth place.

For the reported team squads of the participating clubs see team squad of the Austrian State League A in Chess 1989/90 .

Events

The competitions of the preliminary round took place on October 14th and 15th, 1989, November 11th and 12th 1989, from December 8th to 10th 1989, on January 20th and 21st, 1990 and on February 3rd and 4th, 1990. These competitions took place locally at the clubs involved, with two competitions being held at one venue. The play-off took place from March 2-4, 1990. The venue for the champions play-offs was Graz , and the relegation play-offs were held in Vienna .

Preliminary round

In the preliminary round, the twelve teams competed in a simple round-robin tournament . For the teams in places five to eight, the season was over after the preliminary round, while the first and the last four places were to be played in play-offs; the corresponding placements resulted from the sum of the points from the preliminary round and play-off.

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp	G	U	V	Board P.	MP
01.	SK Merkur Graz	11	5	6th	0	26.5: 17.5	16: 06
02.	SK Baden (N)	11	6th	3	2	25.0: 19.0	15: 07
03.	SK Hietzing Vienna	11	7th	0	4th	23.5: 20.5	14: 08
04th	WSV ATSV Ranshofen (M)	11	6th	2	3	23.0: 21.0	14: 08
05.	SK Austria Vienna	11	6th	0	5	22.0: 22.0	12:10
06th	SG ASK / KSV Klagenfurt	11	5	2	4th	22.0: 22.0	12:10
07th	SK Absam (N)	11	4th	1	6th	21.0: 23.0	09:13
08th.	SK Schwaz	11	4th	1	6th	21.0: 23.0	09:13
09.	SK VÖEST Linz	11	3	2	6th	20.5: 23.5	08:14
10.	SK Flötzersteig-Breitensee	11	3	2	6th	20.0: 24.0	08:14
11.	SC Donaustadt	11	2	3	6th	20.0: 24.0	07:15
12.	1. SSK Mozart	11	2	4th	5	19.5: 24.5	08:14

decisions

	Participants in the championship play-off: SK Merkur Graz , SK Baden , SK Hietzing Vienna and WSV ATSV Ranshofen
	Participants in the relegation play-off: SK VÖEST Linz , SK Flötzersteig-Breitensee , SC Donaustadt , 1st SSK Mozart
(M)	Last season champions
(N)	Promoted last season

Crosstab

Results		01.	02.	03.	04th	05.	06th	07th	08th.	09.	10.	11.	12.
01.	SK Merkur Graz		2	2½	2	3	2	2½	2	3	2	2	3½
02.	SK Baden	2		1½	2	3	3	2	3	2½	2½	1	2½
03.	SK Hietzing Vienna	1½	2½		3½	2½	1	2½	1	3	2½	½	3
04th	WSV ATSV Ranshofen	2	2	½		1½	3	2½	2½	1½	2½	2½	2½
05.	SK Austria Vienna	1	1	1½	2½		3	2½	2½	1	1½	3	2½
06th	SG ASK / KSV Klagenfurt	2	1	3	1	1		2½	3	1	2½	3	2
07th	SK Absam	1½	2	1½	1½	1½	1½		2½	2½	3	2½	1
08th.	SK Schwaz	2	1	3	1½	1½	1	1½		2½	2½	3	1½
09.	SK VÖEST Linz	1	1½	1	2½	3	3	1½	1½		1½	2	2
10.	SK Flötzersteig-Breitensee	2	1½	1½	1½	2½	1½	1	1½	2½		2½	2
11.	SC Donaustadt	2	3	3½	1½	1	1	1½	1	2	1½		2
12.	1. SSK Mozart	½	1½	1	1½	1½	2	3	2½	2	2	2

Master play-off

Although the Graz team, leading after the preliminary round, suffered their only defeat of the season against the defending champion from Ranshofen, they were able to extend their lead and thus became Austrian champions.

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp	G	U	V	Board P.	MP
01.	SK Merkur Graz	14th	6th	7th	1	33.0: 23.0	19: 09
02.	SK Hietzing Vienna	14th	8th	2	4th	30.0: 26.0	18:10
03.	SK Baden	14th	7th	3	4th	29.5: 26.5	17:11
04th	WSV ATSV Ranshofen	14th	7th	3	4th	29.5: 26.5	17:11

decisions

	Austrian champion: SK Merkur Graz
	Relegation to the State League B : SK Baden (voluntary withdrawal)

Crosstab

Results		01.	02.	03.	04th
01.	SK Merkur Graz		2	3½	1
02.	SK Hietzing Vienna	2		2½	2
03.	SK Baden	½	1½		2½
04th	WSV ATSV Ranshofen	3	2	1½

Relegation play-off

The order was mixed up by the play-off, so that the SC Donaustadt had to relegate last and the SK VÖEST Linz as the penultimate of the relegation only escaped the withdrawal of the SK Baden .

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp	G	U	V	Board P.	MP
09.	1. SSK Mozart	14th	4th	5	5	27.0: 29.0	13:15
10.	SK Flötzersteig-Breitensee	14th	4th	4th	6th	26.5: 29.5	12:16
11.	SK VÖEST Linz	14th	4th	2	8th	26.5: 29.5	10:18
12.	SC Donaustadt	14th	2	4th	8th	24.0: 32.0	08:20

decisions

Relegation to the State League B : SC Donaustadt

Crosstab

Results		09.	10.	11.	12.
09.	1. SSK Mozart		2	3	2½
10.	SK Flötzersteig-Breitensee	2		2½	2
11.	SK VÖEST Linz	1	1½		3½
12.	SC Donaustadt	1½	2	½

Qualifying tournament for the State League A 1990/91

The qualifying tournament for the State League A took place from June 1st to 3rd in Salzburg . The participants were Union Styria Graz (winner of the State League B South), SC Inter Salzburg (winner of the State League B West) and, with SC Margareten and SC Traun 67, the first two of the State League B East. Even before the last lap, Margareten and Salzburg had secured the two promotion places.

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp	G	U	V	Board P.	MP
01.	SC Inter Salzburg	3	2	1	0	8.0: 4.0	5: 1
02.	SC Margareten	3	2	1	0	8.0: 4.0	5: 1
03.	SC Traun 67	3	0	1	2	4.0: 8.0	1: 5
04th	Union Styria Graz	3	0	1	2	4.0: 8.0	1: 5

decisions

Promotion to the State League A : SC Inter Salzburg , SC Margareten

Crosstab

Results		01.	02.	03.	04th
01.	SC Inter Salzburg		2	3½	2½
2.	SC Margareten	2		2½	3½
3.	SC Traun 67	½	1½		2
4th	Union Styria Graz	1½	½	2

The championship team

1.	SK Merkur Graz
	GM Milan Vukić (11 games / 6.5 points), IM Mirko Jukić (3 / 1.5), IM Alexander Fauland (10 / 6.0), IM Walter Wittmann (14 / 8.0), IM Walter Pils ( 14 / 8.0) and FM Horst Watzka (4 / 2.5).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Announcement in Schachsport 33/8, page 3 (PDF file; 1.2 MB)
2. ↑ Results of the 1st and 2nd round in Schachsport 3/8, page 2 (PDF file; 1.4 MB)
3. ↑ Results of the 3rd and 4th round in Schachsport 7/8, page 2 (PDF file; 1.1 MB)
4. ↑ Results of the 5th to 7th round in Schachsport 11/8, page 4f. (PDF file; 977 kB)
5. ↑ Results of the 8th and 9th round in Schachsport 15/8, page 2 (PDF file; 1.0 MB)
6. ↑ Results of the 10th and 11th round in Schachsport 17/8, page 3 (PDF file; 1.0 MB)
7. ↑ Results of the play-off in Schachsport 21/8, page 2 (PDF file; 761 kB)
8. ↑ Announcement in Schachsport 18/8, page 9 (PDF file; 1.0 MB)
9. ↑ Announcement in Schachsport 30/8, page 3 (PDF file; 1.3 MB)

Web links

• Final result of the preliminary round in Schachsport 17/8, page 2 (PDF; 1.1 MB)
• Results of the play-offs in Schachsport 21/8, page 2 (PDF; 779 kB)
• Results of the qualification tournament in Schachsport 31/8, page 1 (PDF; 1.9 MB)