Chess Club Amstetten: Mostviertel derby: Amstetten in first place

On Friday, the first team of the Amstetten Chess Club played at home, in Gasthof Berger, in the 7th round against BSG Mauer 1, the champion of the series in recent years. Against opponents reinforced by a player in the Bundesliga, Amstetten’s thinkers were just outsiders.

amstete. Johan Weisinger’s game on the third board ended in a draw in the first hour. But unfortunately I lost the game on the fifth board after about an hour and a half. Then engineer Leopold Surtmann managed to block the opponent’s attack on the fourth board and led his game to safe haven with a draw. Therefore, the opponents led 2 to 1. So the last two open matches had to decide. In a time struggle, Franz Schmüll’s match on the second board surprisingly ended in a draw. In overtime, Winfried Wadsack, president of Amstetten, won on Board 1 after about 3 and a half hours of competition, making the team score 2.5 to 2.5. In the table, the chess club Amstetten 1 remains the first! This time the player of the tour is Winfried Wadsack, who successfully blocks the opposing Bundesliga player’s attack, then gains pawns in the counterattack, which is finally converted in a long struggle.