State Chess League A 1992/93

The 1992/93 season was the 18th season of the Austrian chess State League A . From the State League B were SK Furstenfeld and the first Wiener Neustadt SV ascended.

Both newcomers achieved relegation, while SK Hietzing Wien and SK VÖEST Linz were relegated.

The defending champion SK Merkur Graz had to be content with second place behind SC Margareten .

For the reported team squads of the participating clubs see team squad of the Austrian State League A in Chess 1992/93 .

Events

The competitions took place on October 10 and 11, 1992, on November 7 and 8, 1992, on December 5 and 6, 1992, from January 15 to 17, 1993 and on February 13 and 14, 1993.

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp	G	U	V	Board P.	MP
01.	SC Margareten	11	9	1	1	44.5: 21.5	19: 03
02.	SK Merkur Graz (M)	11	8th	1	2	42.5: 23.5	17: 05
03.	SC Inter Salzburg	11	8th	1	2	39.5: 26.5	17: 05
04th	WSV ATSV Ranshofen	11	9	1	1	39.0: 27.0	19: 03
05.	SG ASK / KSV Klagenfurt	11	7th	1	3	35.5: 30.5	15: 07
06th	SC Traun 67	11	4th	3	4th	34.5: 31.5	11:11
07th	SK Flötzersteig-Breitensee	11	3	2	6th	29.5: 36.5	08:14
08th.	SK Fürstenfeld (N)	11	2	1	8th	27.5: 38.5	05:17
09.	SK Austria Vienna	11	1	1	9	26.5: 39.5	03:19
10.	1. Wiener Neustädter SV (N)	11	3	0	8th	26.0: 40.0	06:16
11.	SK Hietzing Vienna	11	2	1	8th	26.0: 40.0	05:17
12.	SK VÖEST Linz	11	1	3	7th	25.0: 41.0	05:17

decisions

	Austrian champion: SC Margareten
	Relegation to the State League B : SK Hietzing Vienna , SK VÖEST Linz
(M)	Last season champions
(N)	Promoted last season

Crosstab

Results		01.	02.	03.	04th	05.	06th	07th	08th.	09.	10.	11.	12.
01.	SC Margareten		4th	2	5	5	3	4½	4½	3½	4½	3½	5
02.	SK Merkur Graz	2		4th	3	2½	3½	5	3½	4th	5	5	5
03.	SC Inter Salzburg	4th	2		1½	5½	3	4th	4½	3½	4th	3½	4th
04th	WSV ATSV Ranshofen	1	3	4½		3½	3½	4th	3½	4th	4½	4th	3½
05.	SG ASK / KSV Klagenfurt	1	3½	½	2½		3½	3½	5	4½	4th	4½	3
06th	SC Traun 67	3	2½	3	2½	2½		3	4th	3½	4th	2½	4th
07th	SK Flötzersteig-Breitensee	1½	1	2	2	2½	3		4th	2½	3½	4½	3
08th.	SK Fürstenfeld	1½	2½	1½	2½	1	2	2		5	2	4½	3
09.	SK Austria Vienna	2½	2	2½	2	1½	2½	3½	1		3½	3	2½
10.	1. Wiener Neustädter SV	1½	1	2	1½	2	2	2½	4th	2½		3½	3½
11.	SK Hietzing Vienna	2½	1	2½	2	1½	3½	1½	1½	3	2½		4½
12.	SK VÖEST Linz	1	1	2	2½	3	2	3	3	3½	2½	1½

Qualifying tournament for the State League A 1993/94

The qualifying tournament for the State League A took place from April 30th to May 2nd in Attnang-Puchheim . The participants were the SV Straßenbahn Graz (winner of the State League B South), the 1st SSK Mozart (winner of the State League B West) as well as with the ESV Attnang-Puchheim and the SC Donaustadt the winner and the third place in the State League B East (on the second place went to the second team of SC Margareten, who were not eligible for promotion). While Salzburg won all competitions and thus rose confidently, the decision about the second promotion place was very close; Graz prevailed with half a point ahead of Donaustadt and Attnang-Puchheim.

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp	G	U	V	Board P.	MP
01.	1. SSK Mozart	3	3	0	0	13.0: 05.0	6-0
02.	SV Tram Graz	3	0	1	2	08.0: 10.0	1: 5
03.	SC Donaustadt	3	2	0	1	07.5: 10.5	4: 2
04th	ESV Attnang-Puchheim	3	0	1	2	07.5: 10.5	1: 5

decisions

Promotion to the State League A : 1. SSK Mozart , SV Tram Graz

Crosstab

Results		01.	02.	03.	04th
01.	1. SSK Mozart		3½	6th	3½
2.	SV Tram Graz	2½		2½	3
3.	SC Donaustadt	0	3½		4th
4th	ESV Attnang-Puchheim	2½	3	2

The championship team

1.	SC Margareten
	GM Anatoli Karpow (2 games / 1.5 points), GM Karel Mokrý (9 / 4.0), IM Egon Brestian (11 / 7.5), IM Michael Schlosser (11 / 7.0), Nikolaus Stanec (11 / 8.5), Khaled Mahdy (11 / 6.5), IM Andreas Dückstein (6 / 5.5) and Norbert Sommerbauer (5 / 4.0).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Results of the 1st and 2nd round in Schachsport 3/11, page 2 (PDF file; 1.3 MB)
2. ↑ Results of the 3rd and 4th round in Schachsport 7/11, page 2 (PDF file; 559 kB)
3. ↑ ^{a b} Results of the 5th and 6th round in Schachsport 11/11, page 2 (PDF file; 1.1 MB)
4. ↑ Results of the 10th and 11th round in Schachsport 19/11, page 2 (PDF file; 1.2 MB)

Web links

• Final score of the Austrian 1st league in Schachsport 19/11, page 3 (PDF; 1.3 MB)
• Results of the qualification tournament in Schachsport 29/11, page 7 (PDF; 1.3 MB)