Federal Chess League 2003/04

The 2003/04 season was the 24th season of the German Chess League . The champions were SG Porz , which won the playoff for the title with 4½: 3½ against SC Baden-Oos . The defending champion Lübecker SV 1873 had already withdrawn from the Bundesliga before the season. The Bremer Schachgesellschaft von 1877 , the Sportfreunde Katernberg , the SCA St. Ingbert and the SV 1920 Hofheim were newly promoted . The Bremen Chess Society of 1877 withdrew after the season, as did the team from St. Ingbert and the SK König Plauen . This enabled SV 1920 Hofheim and the Stuttgart Chess Friends 1879 to remain in the league. For the reported team squads of the participating clubs, see the team squad of the German Federal Chess League 2003/04 .

Closing table

	society	Sp	G	U	V	MP	Board P.
1.	SG Porz	14th	12	2	0	26: 2	80.5: 31.5
2.	SC Baden-Oos	14th	12	2	0	26: 2	78.5: 33.5
3.	TV Tegernsee	14th	9	3	2	21: 7	67.0: 45.0
4th	Werder Bremen	14th	9	2	3	20: 8	63.0: 49.0
5.	Hamburger SK	14th	9	1	4th	19: 9	67.5: 44.5
6th	Bremen Chess Society from 1877 (N)	14th	7th	4th	3	18:10	62.5: 49.5
7th	SG 1868-Alekhine Solingen	14th	7th	1	6th	15:13	61.5: 50.5
8th.	SC Kreuzberg	14th	7th	1	6th	15:13	58.5: 53.5
9.	SV Wattenscheid	14th	5	2	7th	12:16	57.0: 55.0
10.	Sportfreunde Katernberg (N)	14th	5	0	9	10:18	52.0: 60.0
11.	Chess friends Neukölln	14th	3	4th	7th	10:18	52.0: 60.0
12.	SCA St. Ingbert (N)	14th	2	3	9	7:21	41.0: 71.0
13.	SV 1920 Hofheim (N)	14th	2	2	10	6:22	40.0: 72.0
14th	SK King Plauen	14th	2	1	11	5:23	31.0: 81.0
15th	Stuttgart Chess Friends 1879	14th	0	0	14th	0:28	28.0: 84.0
16.	Lübeck SV 1873 (M)	0	0	0	0	0-0	0.0: 0.0

	German champion: SG Porz
	Relegation to the 2nd Bundesliga : Bremer Schachgesellschaft von 1877 , SCA St. Ingbert , SK König Plauen , Lübecker SV 1873 (all voluntary withdrawal)
(M)	reigning German champion
(N)	Newcomers last season

Results		1.	2.	3.	4th	5.	6th	7th	8th.	9.	10.	11.	12.	13.	14th	15th
1.	SG Porz		4th	5	6th	5	5½	6th	6½	5½	5	4th	7½	6½	7½	6½
2.	SC Baden-Oos	4th		4½	4th	7th	6th	5	5½	5½	5½	6th	5½	5½	7½	7th
3.	TV Tegernsee	3	3½		5½	4½	4th	4th	5½	5½	4½	5	4th	5½	6½	6th
4th	Werder Bremen	2	4th	2½		4½	2	6th	4½	4th	6th	4½	5	6th	6½	5½
5.	Hamburger SK	3	1	3½	3½		4½	4½	5	5½	6½	4th	8th	6½	7th	5
6th	Bremen Chess Society from 1877	2½	2	4th	6th	3½		5½	4th	4th	5	4½	5	4th	6½	6th
7th	SG 1868-Alekhine Solingen	2	3	4th	2	3½	2½		3½	5	5½	6th	7th	6th	5½	6th
8th.	SC Kreuzberg	1½	2½	2½	3½	3	4th	4½		4½	5	3½	6th	6th	5½	6½
9.	SV Wattenscheid	2½	2½	2½	4th	2½	4th	3	3½		3½	5	4½	6th	8th	5½
10.	Sportfreunde Katernberg	3	2½	3½	2	1½	3	2½	3	4½		4½	7th	5	3	7th
11.	Chess friends Neukölln	4th	2	3	3½	4th	3½	2	4½	3	3½		4th	4th	6th	5
12.	SCA St. Ingbert	½	2½	4th	3	0	3	1	2	3½	1	4th		5	4th	7½
13.	SV 1920 Hofheim	1½	2½	2½	2	1½	4th	2	2	2	3	4th	3		5½	4½
14th	SK King Plauen	½	½	1½	1½	1	1½	2½	2½	0	5	2	4th	2½		6th
15th	Stuttgart Chess Friends 1879	1½	1	2	2½	3	2	2	1½	2½	1	3	½	3½	2
16.	Lübeck SV 1873

1.	SG Porz
	Christopher Lutz , Loek van Wely , Ivan Sokolov , Ulf Andersson , Alexander Beliavsky , Alexander Graf , Michail Gurewitsch , Rafael Vaganian , Curt Hansen , Erik van den Doel , Edvīns Ķeņģis , Friso Nijboer , John van der Wiel .