State Chess League A 2001/02

The 2001-02 season was the 27th season of the Austrian chess State League A . The Jenbach chess club and SC Die Klagenfurter had risen from the State League B.

Both climbers achieved relegation. However, SK VÖEST Linz had to relegate . From a purely sporting point of view, the second relegated team would have been 1. SSK Mozart , but since SV Gamlitz withdrew their team, Salzburg remained in the State League A.

The defending champion SK Merkur Graz won all competitions and thus achieved the seventh title in a row.

For the reported team squads of the participating clubs see team squad of the Austrian State League A in Chess 2001/02 .

Dates and venues

The competitions took place from October 31 to November 3, 2001 in Mörbisch am See , from January 18 to 20, 2002 in Graz and from March 8 to 10, 2002 in Dornbirn .

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp	G	U	V	Board P.	MP
01.	SK Merkur Graz (M)	11	11	0	0	44.0: 22.0	22: 00
02.	SC The Klagenfurters (N)	11	09	0	2	40.5: 25.5	18: 04
03.	SK Hohenems	11	05	3	3	35.0: 31.0	13: 09
04th	Jenbach Chess Club (N)	11	05	2	4th	35.0: 31.0	12:10
05.	SV Gamlitz	11	06th	2	3	34.0: 32.0	14: 08
06th	RbEJ Gleisdorf	11	04th	2	5	33.5: 32.5	10:12
07th	ESV Austria Graz	11	03	3	5	33.0: 33.0	09:13
08th.	SK Fürstenfeld	11	03	3	5	31.5: 34.5	09:13
09.	SV Lower Austria Melk-Wachau	11	03	3	5	30.5: 35.5	09:13
10.	SK Hietzing Vienna	11	02	4th	5	29.0: 37.0	08:14
11.	1. SSK Mozart	11	02	2	7th	27.0: 39.0	06:16
12.	SK VÖEST Linz	11	00	2	9	23.0: 43.0	02:20

Remarks:

	Austrian champion: SK Merkur Graz
	Relegation to the State League B : Union Raika Gamlitz (voluntary withdrawal), 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.	SK Merkur Graz		4th	3½	4½	3½	3½	3½	4½	4½	4th	4th	4½
02.	SC The people of Klagenfurt	2		2	3½	5	3½	3½	4th	4½	4½	4½	3½
03.	SK Hohenems	2½	4th		1½	3	3½	3	2	4th	3	4th	4½
04th	Jenbach chess club	1½	2½	4½		4th	1½	2½	3½	3	4½	3	4½
05.	SV Gamlitz	2½	1	3	2		4th	3½	3½	3½	4th	4th	3
06th	RbEJ Gleisdorf	2½	2½	2½	4½	2		3	3½	1½	3	4½	4th
07th	ESV Austria Graz	2½	2½	3	3½	2½	3		2	3½	3	2	5½
08th.	SK Fürstenfeld	1½	2	4th	2½	2½	2½	4th		3	3	3½	3
09.	SV Lower Austria Melk-Wachau	1½	1½	2	3	2½	4½	2½	3		3½	3	3½
10.	SK Hietzing Vienna	2	1½	3	1½	2	3	3	3	2½		4th	3½
11.	1. SSK Mozart	2	1½	2	3	2	1½	4th	2½	3	2		3½
12.	SK VÖEST Linz	1½	2½	1½	1½	3	2	½	3	2½	2½	2½

Qualifying tournament for the State League A 2002/03

The qualifying tournament for the State League A took place from April 12th to 14th in Absam . The participants were the Spielgemeinschaft Wüstenrot / Inter Salzburg (winner of the State League B Middle), the SV United Chocolates Tschaturanga (winner of the State League B East), the SK Sparkasse Absam (winner of the State League B West) and the SC Alpine Raika Trofaiach / Niklasdorf as Winner of the State League B South. The SV United Chocolates Tschaturanga defeated all three competitors and, like the runner-up SK Sparkasse Absam, rose to the state league A. Since the State League B was held in three seasons from the following season and the season winners were promoted directly to State League A, this was the last edition of the qualifying tournament.

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp	G	U	V	Board P.	MP
01.	SV Tschaturanga	3	3	0	0	14.0: 04.0	6-0
02.	SK Absam	3	2	0	1	09.0: 09.0	4: 2
03.	SG SK Salzburg Süd / Inter Salzburg	3	1	0	2	08.0: 10.0	2: 4
04th	SG Trofaiach / Niklasdorf	3	0	0	3	05.0: 13.0	0: 6

decisions

Promotion to the State League A : SV Tschaturanga and SK Absam

Crosstab

Results		01.	02.	03.	04th
01.	SV Tschaturanga		5	4th	5
02.	SK Absam	1		4½	3½
03.	SG SK Salzburg Süd / Inter Salzburg	2	1½		4½
04th	SG Trofaiach / Niklasdorf	1	2½	1½

The championship team

1.	SK Merkur Graz
	GM Alexander Beliavsky (3 games / 2.0 points), GM Alexander Csernyin (8 / 4.5), GM Thomas Luther (11 / 6.0), IM Nikolaus Stanec (11 / 8.0), GM Stefan Kindermann ( 11 / 8.0), GM Henrik Teske (11 / 9.0) and FM Horst Watzka (11 / 6.5).

Web links

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