German Go Championship / in 2003

Final Round

Place:	Braunschweig
Date:	2003-12-04 to 2003-12-07
System:	Round Robin
Rules:	Japanese
Time:	120 min + 15 stones in 10 min Canadian
Komi:	6

Place	Name	Rank	City	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Points
1	Dickhut, Franz-Josef	6 dan	Mönchengladbach	6+	7+	3+	8+	2+	5+	4+	7
2	Gerlach, Christoph	6 dan	Hannover	3+	8+	6+	7+	1-	4+	5-	5
3	Zhao Pei	6 dan	Frankfurt	2-	5+	1-	4+	6+	8+	7+	5
4	Rittner, Egbert	6 dan	Hamburg	8+	6-	7+	3-	5+	2-	1-	3
(5)	Teuber, Benjamin	5 dan	Hamburg	7-	3-	8+	6+	4-	1-	2+	3
(6)	von Arnim, Felix	5 dan	Hamburg	1-	4+	2-	5-	3-	7+	8+	3
7	Liu Yang	4 dan	Hamburg	5+	1-	4-	2-	8+	6-	3-	2
8	Schütze, Bernd	4 dan	Berlin	4-	2-	5-	1-	7-	3-	6-	0

Direct comparison broke the first tie. That failed on the second, leaving them shared (and sorted by the seed).

It should be mentioned that despite the facts below, Benjamin was allowed to attend:

1. Benjamin, Japan trip ahead, withdrew from the championship.
2. Zhang Gefei from Munich was invited as his substitute.
3. Gefei repeatedly was assured that Benjamin's return (contemplated in his diary) would not affect his attendance.

See also

• Michael Goetze's report about the final round.
• Meinungsumfrage umstrittene Teilnahmeregelung Deutsche Go-Meisterschaft (Lang!)
• DM 2003 - Unrechtsdiskussion