Federal Chess League 2002/03

The 2002/03 season was the 23rd season of the German Chess League . For the third time in a row, Lübecker SV 1873 became champions . The SC Kreuzberg , the SC Baden-Oos , the SK Turm Emsdetten and the Forchheim chess club were newly promoted . While Baden-Oos and Kreuzberg were able to keep the class, Forchheim was relegated from bottom of the table. Emsdetten withdrew voluntarily after the season, which allowed SK König Plauen to remain in the league. The other relegated teams were the Erfurter SK and the Godesberger SK .

Closing table

	society	Sp	G	U	V	MP	Board P.
1.	Lübeck SV 1873 (M)	15th	14th	1	0	29: 1	86.0: 34.0
2.	SG Porz	15th	14th	0	1	28: 2	81.0: 39.0
3.	Werder Bremen	15th	9	4th	2	22: 8	70.5: 49.5
4th	Hamburger SK	15th	9	3	3	21: 9	68.5: 51.5
5.	SG 1868-Alekhine Solingen	15th	9	2	4th	20:10	65.5: 54.5
6th	TV Tegernsee	15th	7th	5	3	19:11	66.5: 53.5
7th	SC Kreuzberg (N)	15th	8th	3	4th	19:11	64.0: 56.0
8th.	SC Baden-Oos (N)	15th	8th	2	5	18:12	68.5: 51.5
9.	SV Wattenscheid	15th	5	3	7th	13:17	60.5: 59.5
10.	Chess friends Neukölln	15th	5	1	9	11:19	50.5: 69.5
11.	Stuttgart Chess Friends 1879	15th	4th	2	9	10:20	49.5: 70.5
12.	SK Tower Emsdetten (N)	15th	4th	1	10	9:21	51.0: 69.0
13.	SK King Plauen	15th	4th	1	10	9:21	48.5: 71.5
14th	Erfurt SK	15th	2	3	10	7:23	48.5: 71.5
15th	Godesberger SK	15th	0	3	12	3:27	44.0: 76.0
16.	Schachclub Forchheim (N)	15th	0	2	13	2:28	37.0: 83.0

	German champion: Lübeck SV 1873
	Relegation to the 2nd Bundesliga : SK Turm Emsdetten (voluntary withdrawal), Schachclub Forchheim , Erfurter SK , Godesberger SK
(M)	reigning German champion
(N)	Newcomers last season

Results		1.	2.	3.	4th	5.	6th	7th	8th.	9.	10.	11.	12.	13.	14th	15th	16.
1.	Lübeck SV 1873		5	6th	5	5	5½	4½	4th	5½	6½	7th	5½	7th	6th	7th	6½
2.	SG Porz	3		5½	6th	5½	5	5½	5	4½	7½	5	5	6½	5	5½	6½
3.	Werder Bremen	2	2½		4th	4th	4th	4th	4½	5	6th	6½	5	5	5½	6th	6½
4th	Hamburger SK	3	2	4th		5	4th	5	4th	4½	3½	5	6½	6th	5½	4½	6th
5.	SG 1868-Alekhine Solingen	3	2½	4th	3		4th	3½	4½	5½	5	4½	4½	6th	5	5	5½
6th	TV Tegernsee	2½	3	4th	4th	4th		3½	4½	4th	5½	4½	6th	5½	4½	4th	7th
7th	SC Kreuzberg	3½	2½	4th	3	4½	4½		3	4th	5	4th	5½	5½	4½	5	5½
8th.	SC Baden-Oos	4th	3	3½	4th	3½	3½	5		5	3½	5	4½	5	7½	6th	5½
9.	SV Wattenscheid	2½	3½	3	3½	2½	4th	4th	3		4½	5½	3½	4½	4th	6th	6½
10.	Chess friends Neukölln	1½	½	2	4½	3	2½	3	4½	3½		2½	5½	3	6th	4½	4th
11.	Stuttgart Chess Friends 1879	1	3	1½	3	3½	3½	4th	3	2½	5½		1½	4½	4½	4th	4½
12.	SK Tower Emsdetten	2½	3	3	1½	3½	2	2½	3½	4½	2½	6½		2½	4th	4½	5
13.	SK King Plauen	1	1½	3	2	2	2½	2½	3	3½	5	3½	5½		4th	5	4½
14th	Erfurt SK	2	3	2½	2½	3	3½	3½	½	4th	2	3½	4th	4th		5	5½
15th	Godesberger SK	1	2½	2	3½	3	4th	3	2	2	3½	4th	3½	3	3		4th
16.	Forchheim chess club	1½	1½	1½	2	2½	1	2½	2½	1½	4th	3½	3	3½	2½	4th

1.	Lübeck SV 1873
	Michael Adams , Alexander Grishchuk , Alexei Schirow , Joël Lautier , Wladimir Jepischin , Laurent Fressinet , Jonathan Speelman , Julian Hodgson , John Nunn , Lars Bo Hansen , Stuart Conquest , Jonny Hector , Nick de Firmian , Simen Agdestein .