State Chess League A 1991/92

The 1991/92 season was the 17th season of the Austrian chess State League A . From the State League of goods SC Traun 67 and the SG Stein / Steyr ascended.

While Traun achieved relegation, SG Stein / Steyr had to relegate again at the end of the season. From a sporting point of view, the second relegated SK Hietzing would have been Vienna , but was allowed to remain in the league after SK Schwaz withdrew .

The defending champion SK Merkur Graz was able to prevail with a lead of 1.5 points. For the reported team squads of the participating clubs see team squad of the Austrian State League A in Chess 1991/92 .

Events

The competitions took place on November 9th and 10th, 1991, from December 6th to 8th, 1991, on January 18th and 19th, 1992, on February 15th and 16th, 1992 and on March 14th and 15th, 1992. You were played decentrally at the clubs involved, with two competitions being held at one venue.

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp	G	U	V	Board P.	MP
01.	SK Merkur Graz (M)	11	8th	2	1	40.0: 26.0	18: 04
02.	SC Margareten	11	8th	1	2	38.5: 27.5	17: 05
03.	SG ASK / KSV Klagenfurt	11	6th	2	3	37.0: 29.0	14: 08
04th	SC Inter Salzburg	11	5	3	3	35.5: 30.5	13: 09
05.	SC Traun 67 (N)	11	6th	1	4th	34.5: 31.5	13: 09
06th	SK VÖEST Linz	11	2	7th	2	33.0: 33.0	11:11
07th	SK Flötzersteig-Breitensee	11	4th	2	5	33.0: 33.0	10:12
08th.	SK Schwaz	11	5	3	3	32.5: 33.5	13: 09
09.	SK Austria Vienna	11	3	2	6th	31.0: 35.0	08:14
10.	WSV ATSV Ranshofen	11	2	4th	5	30.5: 35.5	08:14
11.	SK Hietzing Vienna	11	1	1	9	27.0: 39.0	03:19
12.	SG Stein / Steyr (N)	11	1	2	7th	23.5: 42.5	04:18

decisions

	Austrian champion: SK Merkur Graz
	Relegation to the State League B : SK Schwaz (voluntary withdrawal), SG Stein / Steyr
(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		3½	4th	2½	4th	3½	3	3	4½	4½	3½	4th
02.	SC Margareten	2½		4th	3½	4½	3	3½	2	3½	4th	4th	4th
03.	SG ASK / KSV Klagenfurt	2	2		4th	4th	2½	3	4th	4th	3	3½	5
04th	SC Inter Salzburg	3½	2½	2		2½	3	3½	3	3	4th	3½	5
05.	SC Traun 67	2	1½	2	3½		3	2½	4th	4th	3½	4th	4½
06th	SK VÖEST Linz	2½	3	3½	3	3		4th	3	2	3	3	3
07th	SK Flötzersteig-Breitensee	3	2½	3	2½	3½	2		2½	3½	2½	3½	4½
08th.	SK Schwaz	3	4th	2	3	2	3	3½		3½	3½	1½	3½
09.	SK Austria Vienna	1½	2½	2	3	2	4th	2½	2½		3	4½	3½
10.	WSV ATSV Ranshofen	1½	2	3	2	2½	3	3½	2½	3		4½	3
11.	SK Hietzing Vienna	2½	2	2½	2½	2	3	2½	4½	1½	1½		2½
12.	SG Stein / Steyr	2	2	1	1	1½	3	1½	2½	2½	3	3½

Qualifying tournament for the State League A 1992/93

The qualifying tournament for the State League A took place from May 1st to 3rd in Fürstenfeld . The participants were the SK Fürstenfeld (winner of the State League B South), the SK Absam (winner of the State League B West) and with SG Ottakring / Sandleiten and the 1. Wiener Neustädter SV, the second and third placed in the State League B East (winner was the second team of SC Margareten not eligible for promotion). Fürstenfeld and Wiener Neustadt took the first two places and thus rose.

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp	G	U	V	Board P.	MP
01.	SK Fürstenfeld	3	3	0	0	11.5: 06.5	6-0
02.	1. Wiener Neustädter SV	3	2	0	1	10.5: 07.5	4: 2
03.	SK Absam	3	1	0	2	08.0: 10.0	2: 4
04th	SG Ottakring / Sandleiten	3	0	0	3	06.0: 12.0	0: 6

decisions

Promotion to the state league A : SK Fürstenfeld and 1. Wiener Neustädter SV

Crosstab

Results		01.	02.	03.	04th
01.	SK Fürstenfeld		3½	3½	4½
02.	1. Wiener Neustädter SV	2½		4½	3½
03.	SK Absam	2½	1½		4th
04th	SG Ottakring / Sandleiten	1½	2½	2

The championship team

1.	SK Merkur Graz
	GM Milan Vukić (11 games / 6.5 points), IM Alexander Fauland (11 / 5.5), IM Walter Wittmann (11 / 7.0), FM Horst Watzka (11 / 6.5), FM Alfred Felsberger ( 11 / 6.5) and IM Walter Pils (11 / 8.0).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Results of the 1st and 2nd round in Schachsport 7/10, page 3 (PDF file; 1 MB)
2. ↑ Results of the 3rd to 5th round in Schachsport 11/10, page 2f. (PDF file; 1.1 MB)
3. ↑ Results of the 6th and 7th round in Schachsport 15/10, page 2 (PDF file; 1 MB)
4. ↑ Results of the 8th and 9th round in Schachsport 19/10, page 2 (PDF file; 1.3 MB)
5. ↑ Results of the 10th and 11th round in Schachsport 23/10, page 2 (PDF file; 963 kB)

Web links

• Final score of the Austrian 1st league in Schachsport 23/10, page 3 (PDF; 987 kB)
• Results of the qualification tournament in Schachsport 29/10, page 6 (PDF; 1.2 MB)