48th Swiss Team Chess Championship: 1998

SMM — Nationalliga A

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Basic data

48th Swiss Team Chess Championship
(see all-time tournament summary)
Dates: March - November 1998
City: Various locations (season-long competition)
Tournament Director:
Chief Arbiter:
Teams participating: 10
8 teams retained from 1997
Promoted from Nationalliga B 1997: CS Mendrisio and SG Riehen.
Players participating: 120 (incl. 15 GMs, 25 IMs, 2 WGMs, 33 FMs, 1 WIM and 1 WFM)
Games played: 360 (8 games were forfeited)
Competition format: Round Robin
Final order decided by: 1. Match points; 2. Game points
Time control:
Sources: Supplied NZZ clippings 1998; Riehener Zeitung online archive; sui-SMM.pgn; FIDE January and July 1998. SSB individual rating histories.
Data notes: All 360 board results included. 342 results cross-checked against SSB rating histories. Source moves retained. Colours/board assignments inGeneva-Allschwil round 8 remain unconfirmed. Some names, federations and Elo remain unconfirmed; see audit report.
PGN game file: 98swiss.pgn



Tournament review

Bern won eight matches and drew with Zurich in the first round.
Bern/Zytglogge returned to the name Schachklub Bern in 1998. Vadim Milov scored 7.5/9. Riehen and Allschwil were relegated.