Christopher Lutz (born 24 February 1971) is a German

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grandmaster and a two-time

German Chess Champion The German Chess Championship has been played since 1861, and determines the national champion. Prior to 1880, three different federations organized chess activities in Germany: the ''Westdeutscher Schachbund'' (WDSB), the ''Norddeutscher Schachbund ...

Chess career

Born in 1971, Lutz earned his

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title in 1989 and his grandmaster title in 1992. He won the

German Chess Championship The German Chess Championship has been played since 1861, and determines the national champion. Prior to 1880, three different federations organized chess activities in Germany: the ''Westdeutscher Schachbund'' (WDSB), the ''Norddeutscher Schachbund ...

in 1995 and 2001. In 2000 he competed on board 4 for the German team that won the silver medal at the

34th Chess Olympiad The 34th Chess Olympiad ( tr, 34. Satranç Olimpiyatı), organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs and comprising an openAlthough commonly referred to as the ''men's division'', this section is open to all players. and women's tourn ...

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. As of early 2006, Lutz was working as a consultant for the Hydra chess project. He concentrated on developing the

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for Hydra, as well as creating test positions, until the discontinuation of the project in 2009. Lutz is the No. 28 ranked German player as of May 2018, with a

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of 2537.Federations Ranking – Germany
FIDE

Private life

Since the summer of 2006 he is

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to the German chess master

Anke Lutz Anke Lutz (born 21 March 1970), née Koglin, is a German chess Woman International Master (WIM) (1995), German Chess Women's Championship winner (1991). Biography In 1991, Anke Lutz won German Chess Women's Championship in Beverungen, in 19 ...

. The couple has two daughters.

Bibliography

*''Endgame Secrets: How to Plan in the Endgame in Chess'', by Christopher Lutz, 1999, Batsford. .

References

External links

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Hydra Chess
German chess players Chess grandmasters Chess Olympiad competitors 1971 births Living people German chess writers German male non-fiction writers {{Germany-chess-bio-stub