State Chess League A 1990/91

The 1990/91 season was the 16th season of the Austrian State Chess League A and at the same time the first in which the competition with teams of six was held. From the State League of goods SC Margaret and SC Internacional Salzburg ascended.

Both newcomers managed to stay in the league - SC Margareten even became runner-up straight away - the first SSK Mozart (last year still at the start as “Casino Salzburg”) and SK Absam had to relegate .

The defending champion SK Merkur Graz was able to prevail with a lead of 8.5 points. For the reported team squads of the participating clubs, see the team squad of the Austrian State League A in Chess 1990/91 .

Events

The competitions of the preliminary round took place on October 13 and 14, 1990, from November 9 to 11, 1990, on January 19 and 20, 1991, on February 2 and 3, 1991 and on February 16 and 17, 1991 The relegation play-off was held from March 22nd to 24th, 1991.

Preliminary round

In the preliminary round, the twelve teams competed in a simple round-robin tournament . It was planned that for the teams in places five to eight the season was over after the preliminary round, while the first and the last four places should be played in play-offs; the corresponding placements should result from the sum of the points from the preliminary round and playoff. However, the championship play-off did not take place due to a lack of interest from the qualified clubs, so that the first four places were awarded after the result of the preliminary round.

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp	G	U	V	Board P.	MP
01.	SK Merkur Graz (M)	11	9	1	1	45.5: 20.5	19: 03
02.	SC Margareten (N)	11	7th	2	2	37.0: 29.0	16: 06
03.	WSV ATSV Ranshofen	11	6th	3	2	36.0: 30.0	15: 07
04th	SK Hietzing Vienna	11	5	1	5	35.0: 31.0	11:11
05.	SG ASK / KSV Klagenfurt	11	4th	2	5	35.0: 31.0	10:12
06th	SK VÖEST Linz	11	5	2	4th	33.0: 33.0	12:10
07th	SK Schwaz	11	4th	2	5	33.0: 33.0	10:12
08th.	SK Austria Vienna	11	4th	2	5	32.5: 33.5	10:12
09.	SK Flötzersteig-Breitensee	11	5	0	6th	31.0: 35.0	10:12
10.	SC Inter Salzburg (N)	11	3	2	6th	29.0: 37.0	08:14
11.	1. SSK Mozart	11	1	3	7th	26.5: 39.5	05:17
12.	SK Absam	11	1	4th	6th	22.5: 43.5	06:16

decisions

	Austrian champion: SK Merkur Graz
	Participants in the relegation play-off: SK Flötzersteig-Breitensee , SC Inter Salzburg , 1. SSK Mozart and SK Absam
(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		2½	3	5	4th	4½	4th	4th	3½	3½	5½	6th
02.	SC Margareten	3½		2½	2½	4th	3	3	3½	4th	3½	3½	4th
03.	WSV ATSV Ranshofen	3	3½		4th	3	1	4½	2	4½	4th	3½	3
04th	SK Hietzing Vienna	1	3½	2		2	4½	3	4th	2½	5	5	2½
05.	SG ASK / KSV Klagenfurt	2	2	3	4th		2½	4th	2½	2½	4th	3	5½
06th	SK VÖEST Linz	1½	3	5	1½	3½		1½	3	4½	2	3½	4th
07th	SK Schwaz	2	3	1½	3	2	4½		3½	2½	2½	3½	5
08th.	SK Austria Vienna	2	2½	4th	2	3½	3	2½		4th	2½	3½	3
09.	SC Flötzersteig CABV	2½	2	1½	3½	3½	1½	3½	2		4th	2½	4½
10.	SC Inter Salzburg	2½	2½	2	1	2	4th	3½	3½	2		3	3
11.	1. SSK Mozart	½	2½	2½	1	3	2½	2½	2½	3½	3		3
12.	SK Absam	0	2	3	3½	½	2	1	3	1½	3	3

Relegation play-off

The order in the last four places remained unchanged by the play-off, so that the 1st SSK Mozart and the SK Absam had to relegate.

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp	G	U	V	Board P.	MP
09.	SK Flötzersteig-Breitensee	14th	7th	0	7th	42.0: 42.0	14:14
10.	SC Inter Salzburg	14th	5	3	6th	39.0: 45.0	13:15
11.	1. SSK Mozart	14th	2	3	9	34.0: 50.0	07:21
12.	SK Absam	14th	1	5	8th	30.0: 54.0	07:21

decisions

Relegation to the State League B : 1. SSK Mozart , SK Absam

Crosstab

Results		09.	10.	11.	12.
09.	SK Flötzersteig-Breitensee		2½	5	3½
10.	SC Inter Salzburg	3½		3½	3
11.	1. SSK Mozart	1	2½		4th
12.	SK Absam	2½	3	2

Qualifying tournament for the State League A 1991/92

The qualifying tournament for the State League A took place from May 18th to 20th in Traun . The participants were the SV Waagner-Biro Graz (winner of the State League B South), SK Hohenems (winner of the State League B West) and with the SC Traun 67 and SG Stein / Steyr the second and third place in the State League B East (winner was the second team of SC Margareten not eligible for promotion). The SC Traun 67 and the SG Stein / Steyr took the first two places and thus rose.

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp	G	U	V	Board P.	MP
01.	SC Traun 67	3	3	0	0	12.0: 06.0	6-0
02.	SG Stein / Steyr	3	2	0	1	09.5: 08.5	4: 2
03.	SV Waagner-Biro Graz	3	1	0	2	08.0: 10.0	2: 4
04th	SK Hohenems	3	0	0	3	06.5: 11.5	0: 6

decisions

Promotion to the State League A : SC Traun 67 and SG Stein / Steyr

Crosstab

Results		01.	02.	03.	04th
01.	SC Traun 67		3½	4½	4th
02.	SG Stein / Steyr	2½		3½	3½
03.	SV Waagner-Biro Graz	1½	2½		4th
04th	SK Hohenems	2	2½	2

The championship team

1.	SK Merkur Graz
	GM Milan Vukić (11 games / 8.5 points), IM Alexander Fauland (11 / 7.5), IM Walter Wittmann (11 / 7.0), FM Horst Watzka (11 / 7.5), Alfred Felsberger (11 / 8.5) and Walter Pils (11 / 6.5).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Results of the 1st and 2nd round in Schachsport 3/9, page 2 (PDF file; 1.3 MB)
2. ↑ Results of the 3rd to 5th round in Schachsport 7/9, page 2f. (PDF file; 1.6 MB)
3. ↑ Results of the 6th and 7th round in Schachsport 15/9, page 2 (PDF file; 1.1 MB)
4. ↑ Results of the 8th and 9th round in Schachsport 17/9, page 2 (PDF file; 882 kB)
5. ↑ Results of the 10th and 11th round in Schachsport 19/9, page 2 (PDF file; 1.2 MB)
6. ↑ Results of the relegation play-off in Schachsport 24/9, page 14 (PDF file; 1.7 MB)

Web links

• Final result of the preliminary round in Schachsport 19/9, page 1 (PDF; 1.3 MB)
• Results of the relegation play-off in Schachsport 24/9, page 14 (PDF; 1.8 MB)
• Results of the qualification tournament in Schachsport 28/9, page 2 (PDF; 1.7 MB)