The side-tournament (the Bremen Open) attracted 59 players, which was won as expected by Zhao Pei 6-Dan. Second became Emil Nijhuis 5-Dan.
Below you can find the full results of both tournaments:
Results German Go Championship 1998:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Pt SODOS
1. Christoph Gerlach 5d x 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 6
2. F.-J. Dickhut 6d 0 x 1 1 1 1 1 0 5 16
3. Egbert Rittner 6d 0 0 x 1 1 1 1 1 5 12
4. Felix von Arnim 5d 0 0 0 x 1 1 1 1 4
5. Lutz Franke 4d 1 0 0 0 x 0 1 1 3
6. Robert Jasiek 5d 0 0 0 0 1 x 0 1 2 4
7. Jens Gillwald 4d 0 0 0 0 0 1 x 1 2 3
8. Kai Gogl 3d 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 x 1
Results Bremen Open 1998:
Pl. Name Str Cl. MMS 1 2 3 4 5 Pt SOS SOSOS 1 Pei, Zhao 6d Sie 27 10+ 5+ 4+ 3+ 2+ 5 123 619 2 Nijhuis, Emil 5d K 26 6+ 3+ 10+ 5+ 1- 4 123 616 3 Kroll, Harald 3d Bo 25 4+ 2- 12+ 1- 6+ 3 125 607 4 Poll, Fiete-Onno 4d HB 25 3- 8+ 1- 11+ 5+ 3 123 605 5 Rüten-Budde, Jan 3d HH 24 17+ 1- 6+ 2- 4- 2 124 607 6 Teuber, Benjamin 3d HB 24 2- 17+ 5- 10+ 3- 2 120 614 7 Beggerow, Joachim 2d BS 24 11- 13+ 17+ 9- 12+ 3 115 582 8 Meyer, Jürgen 1d H 24 19+ 4- 21+ 13+ 10+ 4 114 585½ 9 Hilpert, Rene 1d Bn 24 21+ 12- 18+ 7+ 11+ 4 113 578½ 10 Splettstößer, Peter 3d HH 23 1- 11+ 2- 6- 8- 1 124 599 11 Pfeiffer, Andres 2d HB 23 7+ 10- 14+ 4- 9- 2 119 586 12 Reinfeldt, Jürgen 1d H 23 13+ 9+ 3- 17+ 7- 3 118 585 13 Poll, Jule-Fee 2d HB 23 12- 7- 22+ 8- 18+ 2 114 566 14 Spode, Reinhard 1d HH 23 18- 19+ 11- 20+ 17+ 3 111 565 15 Naeve, Rüdiger 1d HB 22½ -- -- -- -- -- 0 100 500 16 Saalmann, Susi 1k HB 22½ -- 26+ -- -- 21+ 2 98 503 17 Tsche, Young-Il 3d H 22 5- 6- 7- 12- 14- 0 118 588 18 Schröder, Peter 1k HB 22 14+ 22+ 9- 21+ 13- 3 112 559½ 19 Müller, Martin 1d HB 22 8- 14- 20- 22+ 27+ 2 110 540 20 Böhnisch, Michael 1k Pad 22 31+ 21- 19+ 14- 23+ 3 106 541½ 21 Kehmann, Hartmut 1d HH 21 9- 20+ 8- 18- 16- 1 114½ 543 22 Bittner, Norbert 1k Os 21 24+ 18- 13- 19- 32+ 2 107 533 23 Krings, Matthias 3k Bn 21 29+ 24+ 31+ 27+ 20- 4 102 509 24 Schnabel, Hans 2k K 21 22- 23- 33+ 31+ 26+ 3 100 510½ 25 Krüger, Jens 2k HB 21 -- -- -- 28+ -- 1 92 459 26 Klehn, Rüdiger 2k Lü 20 27+ 16- 28- 29+ 24- 2 103½ 496 27 Bohn, Jan 2k HH 20 26- 32+ 30+ 23- 19- 2 102 508½ 28 Bahr, Mathias 3k Vie 20 30- 33+ 26+ 25- 34+ 3 99 478½ 29 Hebsacker, Steffi 3k HH 20 23- 36+ 32+ 26- 31+ 3 97 499½ 30 Mackenberg, Hubert 3k Pad 20 28+ 31+ 27- 34- 37+ 3 96 489 31 Kawalla, Peter 1k Ol 19 20- 30- 23- 24- 29- 0 104 501 32 Breuer, Jürgen 3k H 19 35+ 27- 29- 36+ 22- 2 97 492 33 Diers, Manfred 4k Ol 19 40+ 28- 24- 42+ 35+ 3 94 463 34 Dolezalek, Sebastian 5k HB 19 37+ 35+ 41+ 30+ 28- 4 93 468 35 Gerdes, Wolfgang 3k WHV 18 32- 34- 36- 38+ 33- 1 93 465 36 Tittelbach, Marlies 4k HB 18 38+ 29- 35+ 32- 39- 2 93 462 37 Abels, Jürgen 5k HH 18 34- 38+ 42+ 41+ 30- 3 91 451 38 Sudakow, Wolfgang 4k H 18 36- 37- 39+ 35- 43+ 2 88 450 39 Becker, Birgit 5k HH 18 41- 40+ 38- 45+ 36+ 3 87 434 40 Wolff, Dietrich 5k FaM 18 33- 39- 44+ 43+ 41+ 3 86 437 41 Lartillot, Christoph 5k WHV 17 39+ 43+ 34- 37- 40- 2 89 443 42 Mossakowski, Florain 5k HB 17 43- 44+ 37- 33- 45+ 2 85 430 43 Beetz, Jürgen 5k K 16 42+ 41- 45- 40- 38- 1 86 426 44 Drewitz, Michael 6k HH 16 47+ 42- 40- 48+ 46- 2 81 393 45 Czeranski, Jan 7k H 16 51+ 48+ 43+ 39- 42- 3 78 407 46 Rotermund, Heike 8k K 16 49+ 47+ 48- 50+ 44+ 4 73 370 47 Hollmann, Jana 7k HB 16 44- 46- 50+ 51+ 48+ 3 72 376 48 Gottschalch , Holm 8k HB 14 50+ 45- 46+ 44- 47- 2 77 377 49 Sörensen, Horst 9k Lü 14 46- 53+ 51- 52+ 50+ 3 67 330 50 Cunz, Markus 8k B 13 48- 51+ 47- 46- 49- 1 73 361 51 Lanz, Dieter 8k K 13 45- 50- 49+ 47- 55- 1 72 341 52 Krol, Thomas 11k HB 13 55+ 54+ 53+ 49- 58+ 4 59½ 242 53 Vent, Thorsten 10k HH 12 54+ 49- 52- 57+ 56- 2 52½ 222 54 Schaefer, Dagmar 10k Bo 11½ 53- 52- -- 58- 57+ 1 48 210 55 Saalmann, Anaice 12k HB 11 52- 57+ 58- 56+ 51+ 3 51 202½ 56 Pohlabeln, Martje 18k Ol 5 59+ 58+ 57- 55- 53+ 3 23 155½ 57 Saalmann, Wamba 21k HB 2 58+ 55- 56+ 53- 54- 2 24½ 198 58 Rüten-Budde, Jana 22k HH 2 57- 56- 55+ 54+ 52- 2 23½ 206 59 Rohde Kampmann, Ralf 20k HB 2 56- -- -- -- -- 0 23
(originally posted on rec.games.go by Emil Nijhuis)