State Chess League A 1998/99

The 1998-99 season was the 24th season of the Austrian chess State League A . SK Loosdorf and SK Kufstein had risen from the State League B.

While Loosdorf achieved relegation and renamed itself after the season in SV NÖ Melk-Wachau , SK Kufstein had to relegate. With the SK Absam , a second club from Tyrol was affected by relegation.

The defending champion SK Merkur Graz won the fourth title in a row with an 11.5 point lead.

For the reported team squads of the participating clubs see team squad of the Austrian State League A in Chess 1998/99 .

Dates and venues

The competitions took place from November 13th to 15th, 1998 in Gleisdorf , December 12th and 13th, 1998 in Absam , January 15th to 17th, 1999 in Frohnleiten and March 12th to 14th, 1999 in Dornbirn .

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp	G	U	V	Board P.	MP
01.	SK Merkur Graz (M)	11	10	1	0	48.0: 18.0	21: 01
02.	SK Hietzing Vienna	11	06th	2	3	36.5: 29.5	14: 08
03.	SK Hohenems	11	05	3	3	35.0: 31.0	13: 09
04th	SK Loosdorf (N)	11	04th	4th	3	34.0: 32.0	12:10
05.	SC The people of Klagenfurt	11	04th	3	4th	33.5: 32.5	11:11
06th	1. Wiener Neustädter SV	11	04th	4th	3	33.0: 33.0	12:10
07th	SK Fürstenfeld	11	04th	4th	3	32.5: 33.5	12:10
08th.	SK Ottakring	11	03	4th	4th	31.0: 35.0	10:12
09.	RbEJ Gleisdorf	11	02	6th	3	30.5: 35.5	10:12
10.	ESV Austria Graz	11	03	3	5	30.5: 35.5	09:13
11.	SK Absam	11	01	4th	6th	29.0: 37.0	06:16
12.	SK Kufstein (N)	11	00	2	9	22.5: 43.5	02:20

Remarks:

	Austrian champion: SK Merkur Graz
	Relegation to the State League B : SK Sparkasse Absam , SK Kufstein
(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	3½	4th	3	5	5½	5½	4th	4th	6th
02.	SK Hietzing Vienna	2½		2½	3½	3½	4th	3½	3½	3	2½	3	5
03.	SK Hohenems	2	3½		3	2	4th	3	4½	3	2½	4th	3½
04th	SK Loosdorf	2½	2½	3		2	4th	4th	3	3	3½	3½	3
05.	SC The people of Klagenfurt	2	2½	4th	4th		2	2½	2½	3½	3	3½	4th
06th	1. Wiener Neustädter SV	3	2	2	2	4th		3	3½	3	4th	3½	3
07th	SK Fürstenfeld	1	2½	3	2	3½	3		3	3½	4½	3	3½
08th.	SK Ottakring	½	2½	1½	3	3½	2½	3		3	3	4th	4½
09.	RbEJ Gleisdorf	½	3	3	3	2½	3	2½	3		3½	3	3½
10.	ESV Austria Graz	2	3½	3½	2½	3	2	1½	3	2½		3	4th
11.	SK Absam	2	3	2	2½	2½	2½	3	2	3	3		3½
12.	SK Kufstein	0	1	2½	3	2	3	2½	1½	2½	2	2½

Qualifying tournament for the State League A 1999/2000

The qualifying tournament for the State League A took place in Vienna from April 9th ​​to 11th . The participants were the 1. SSK Mozart Salzburg (winner of the State League B middle), SK Austria Wien - Husek (winner of the State League B East), Raika Zell / Zillertal (winner of the State League B West) and Tram Graz as the winner of the State League B South. Zell / Zillertal and Salzburg took the first two places and were promoted to the State League A.

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp	G	U	V	Board P.	MP
01.	SK Zell am Ziller	3	3	0	0	11.5: 06.5	6-0
02.	1. SSK Mozart	3	1	0	2	10.0: 08.0	2: 4
03.	SG Austria / Husek	3	1	0	2	08.5: 09.5	2: 4
04th	SV Tram Graz	3	1	0	2	06.0: 12.0	2: 4

decisions

Promotion to the State League A : SK Zell am Ziller and 1st SSK Mozart

Crosstab

Results		01.	02.	03.	04th
01.	SK Zell am Ziller		3½	3½	4½
02.	1. SSK Mozart	2½		5	2½
03.	SG Austria / Husek	2½	1		5
04th	SV Tram Graz	1½	3½	1

The championship team

1.	SK Merkur Graz
	GM Alexander Beliavsky (2 games / 1.0 points), GM Joël Lautier (3 / 3.0), GM Alexander Csernyin (9 / 6.0), GM Stefan Kindermann (6 / 4.5), GM Thomas Luther ( 2 / 1.5), GM Henrik Teske (10 / 7.5), IM Nikolaus Stanec (11 / 9.0), FM Alfred Felsberger (9 / 5.5), FM Horst Watzka (10 / 7.5) , IM Walter Wittmann (2 / 1.5) and Peter Detter (2 / 1.0).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Announcement in Schachsport 28/16, page 7 (PDF file; 1.6 MB)

Web links

• Results of the Austrian 1st league on chess-results.com
• Results of the qualification tournament on chess-results.com