53rd Swiss Team Chess Championship: 2003

SMM — Nationalliga A

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Basic data

53rd Swiss Team Chess Championship
(see all-time tournament summary)
Dates: March - October 2003
City: Various locations (season-long competition)
Organizers: Schweizerischer Schachbund
Tournament Director:
Chief Arbiter:
Teams participating: 10
Top 8 from 2002 Nationalliga A
Promoted from Nationalliga B 2002: SG Riehen, Lugano CS
Players participating: 114 (incl. 20 GMs, 24 IMs, 1 WGM and 29 FMs)
Games played: 360 (8 games were forfeited)
Competition format: Round Robin
Final order decided by: 1. Match points; 2. Game points
Time control:
Other websites: Wikipedia [DE] :: information
Wikipedia [DE] :: team rosters
Sources: Schweizerische Schachzeitung 2003, nos. 3-7, 9-10; SSZ 2002, nos. 11-12; historical FIDE rating lists 2003; sui-SMM.pgn.
Data notes: Round 8: Riehen vs Sorab was corrected from 4-4 to 4.5-3.5 because Costa was ineligible on board 8 (maximum movement: two boards from the submitted order). The played draw Giertz-Costa is retained; team points are adjusted separately. Final rounds: Winterthur, Kirchgemeindehaus, 4-5 October.
PGN game file: 03swiss.pgn