Christopher Lutz

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Christopher Lutz

Full name	Christopher Lutz
Country	Germany
Born	(1971-02-24) February 24, 1971 Germany
Title	Grandmaster
FIDE rating	2563 (February 2014)
Peak rating	2655 (July 2002)

Christopher Lutz (born February 24, 1971) is a German chess grandmaster and the German chess champion in 1995 and 2001. In 2000 he was a member of the German team that won a silver medal in the 34th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul.^[1]

As of early 2006, Lutz was working as a consultant for the Hydra chess project, which has developed possibly the strongest chess computer in the world. He concentrates on developing the opening book for Hydra, as well as creating test positions.

On the July 2009 FIDE rating list, Lutz is the number 14 player in Germany, with a rating of 2567.

Bibliography

Endgame Secrets: How to plan in the endgame in chess, by Christopher Lutz, 1999, Batsford. ISBN 978-0-7134-8165-5.

References

↑ Bartelski, Wojciech. "34th Chess Olympiad: Istanbul 2000". OlimpBase. Retrieved 2009-07-26.

External links

Christopher Lutz player profile and games at Chessgames.com
Hydra Chess
Rating data for Christopher Lutz
Statistics at ChessWorld.net

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Persondata
Name	Lutz, Christopher
Alternative names
Short description	German chess player
Date of birth	February 24, 1971
Place of birth	Germany
Date of death
Place of death

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