German Championship, November 21st-30th.
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Thomas Luther became the winner of the German Chess Championship , which took place in Saarbrucken November 21st-30th.
The participants: Robert Hubner 2640, Alexander Graf 2635, Artur Jussupow 2621, Rustem Dautov 2617, Arkadij Naiditsch 2586, Klaus Bischoff 2554, Jan Gustafsson 2554, Thomas Luther 2538, Raj Tischbierek 2523, Roman Slobodjan 2521 and others.
The final standings of the leaders :
1. Thomas Luther 7
2. Alexander Graf 6.5
3. Florian Handke 6.5
4. Arkadij Naiditsch 6
5. Ewgeni Gisbrecht 6
6. Rustem Dautov 6
7. Lev Gutman 6 etc.
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Internet site: www.dem-2002.de