East Tyrol's Schulschach: Two championship titles for Lienz at the grand finale!

East Tyrol's Schulschach: Two championship titles for Lienz at the grand finale!

Innsbruck, Österreich - On March 25, 2025, Innsbruck was the scene of the 49th Tyrolean School Chess Team Championship. Teams from all over Tyrol fought for the coveted national championship titles, while eight teams from East Tyrol demonstrated their skills and showed outstanding achievements. The event started with an attendance control at 9 a.m., followed by the first round at 9:15 a.m., as on chess results noted.

The folk school team "Lienzer Talboden" was able to continuously increase its achievements in the course of the tournament. Led by the players Peter Reiterer, Maximilian Markowitz, Markus Mayerl and Konstantin Stadler, they secured the championship title of the Tyrolean elementary schools. The team was able to convince with two draws and three victories, with Konstantin Stadler won all five games on the first board.

results of the elementary schools

• 1. Place: Folk school team "Lienzer Talboden"
• 3. Space: VS Lienz Nord with two wins and two draws

The Lienz grammar school was represented with two teams in the lower level. While Team 1 took fourth place after an exciting fight for moving into the federal final, Team 2 achieved third place with an almost flawless performance. A total of four East Tyrolean teams competed in the upper level, with the Lienz high school won the title. The HAK took second place.

results of the upper level

• 1. Space: Lienz high school with 19.5 out of 20 possible individual points
• 2. Space: HAK

Due to its phenomenal success, the team of the Lienz high school not only secured the national championship title, but also a ticket for the federal final. The performance during the tournament not only inspired the audience, but also the journalist: inside that could observe the competition.

The tournament offered valuable insights and numerous information that can be found on the website of the Tiroler Schachverbands . The detailed end table after five rounds and the team constellations were published, and there is the possibility to download the data in different formats.

Overall, the Tyrolean school chess team championship was a big festival of the chess that impressively broke out the talents of the young players: inside in East Tyrol and all of Tyrol.