State Chess League A 2000/01

The 2000/01 season was the 26th season of the Austrian chess State League A . From the State League B were SV Gamlitz and SK VOEST Linz ascended.

While SV Gamlitz achieved relegation, VÖEST Linz would have been relegated in purely sporting terms together with 1. Wiener Neustädter SV , but since SG Husek / Ottakring withdrew their team, Linz remained in the State League A.

The defending champion SK Merkur Graz won the sixth title in a row with a 4.5 point lead.

For the reported team squads of the participating clubs, see team squad of the Austrian State League A in Chess 2000/01 .

Dates and venues

The competitions took place on October 21 and 22, 2000 in Mayrhofen , from November 17 to 19, 2000 in Gleisdorf , from January 19 to 21, 2001 in Graz and from March 16 to 18, 2001 in Fürstenfeld .

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp	G	U	V	Board P.	MP
01.	SK Merkur Graz (M)	11	9	1	01	43.0: 23.0	19: 03
02.	SK Hohenems	11	6th	3	02	38.5: 27.5	15: 07
03.	SV Gamlitz (N)	11	6th	2	03	37.5: 28.5	14: 08
04th	RbEJ Gleisdorf	11	7th	1	03	35.0: 31.0	15: 07
05.	ESV Austria Graz	11	5	2	04th	35.0: 31.0	12:10
06th	SG Husek / Ottakring	11	4th	4th	03	34.5: 31.5	12:10
07th	SK Fürstenfeld	11	4th	2	05	34.0: 32.0	10:12
08th.	SK Hietzing Vienna	11	4th	2	05	32.5: 33.5	10:12
09.	SV Lower Austria Melk-Wachau	11	5	1	05	32.0: 34.0	11:11
10.	1. SSK Mozart	11	3	2	06th	27.5: 38.5	08:14
11.	SK VÖEST Linz (N)	11	2	1	08th	24.0: 42.0	05:17
12.	1. Wiener Neustädter SV	11	0	1	10	22.5: 43.5	01:21

Remarks:

	Austrian champion: SK Merkur Graz
	Relegation to the State League B : SG Husek / Ottakring (voluntary withdrawal), 1. Wiener Neustädter SV
(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		4th	3½	4½	4th	3	2½	4½	4½	4½	4th	4th
02.	SK Hohenems	2		3	2	4th	4th	3	3½	3	4th	5	5
03.	SV Gamlitz	2½	3		4½	2	3	3½	2	4½	4th	5	3½
04th	RbEJ Gleisdorf	1½	4th	1½		4th	3½	3	3½	3½	2½	4½	3½
05.	ESV Austria Graz	2	2	4th	2		3	4th	3	2	4½	3½	5
06th	SG Husek / Ottakring	3	2	3	2½	3		2½	3	4th	3½	4th	4th
07th	SK Fürstenfeld	3½	3	2½	3	2	3½		2	2½	4½	2½	5
08th.	SK Hietzing Vienna	1½	2½	4th	2½	3	3	4th		1½	2½	4½	3½
09.	SV Lower Austria Melk-Wachau	1½	3	1½	2½	4th	2	3½	4½		2½	3½	3½
10.	1. SSK Mozart	1½	2	2	3½	1½	2½	1½	3½	3½		3	3
11.	SK VÖEST Linz	2	1	1	1½	2½	2	3½	1½	2½	3		3½
12.	1. Wiener Neustädter SV	2	1	2½	2½	1	2	1	2½	2½	3	2½

Qualifying tournament for the State League A 2001/02

The qualifying tournament for the State League A took place in Jenbach from April 20-22 . The participants were Wüstenrot Salzburg (winner of the State League B middle), Tschaturanga Vienna (winner of the State League B East), the chess club Jenbach (winner of the State League B West) and the SC Die Klagenfurt as the winner of the State League B South. Jenbach and Klagenfurt 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.	Jenbach chess club	3	2	0	1	10.0: 08.0	4: 2
02.	SC The people of Klagenfurt	3	2	0	1	09.5: 08.5	4: 2
03.	SV Tschaturanga	3	1	1	1	09.0: 09.0	3: 3
04th	SV Salzburg	3	0	1	2	07.5: 10.5	1: 5

decisions

Promotion to the state league A : Schachklub Jenbach and SC Die Klagenfurter

Crosstab

Results		01.	02.	03.	04th
01.	Jenbach chess club		3½	2½	4th
02.	SC The people of Klagenfurt	2½		3½	3½
03.	SV Tschaturanga	3½	2½		3
04th	SV Salzburg	2	2½	3

The championship team

1.	SK Merkur Graz
	GM Alexander Beliavsky (3 games / 1.5 points), GM Alexander Csernyin (8 / 5.0), IM Nikolaus Stanec (11 / 7.5), GM Evgeny Agrest (3 / 2.0), GM Stefan Kindermann ( 11 / 6.5), GM Thomas Luther (8 / 6.0), GM Henrik Teske (11 / 7.5) and FM Horst Watzka (11 / 7.0).

Web links

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