Christopher Lutz

This article is about the chess player. For the basketball player, see Chris Lutz.

Christopher Lutz (born 24 February 1971) is a German chess grandmaster and a two-time German Chess Champion.

Christopher Lutz
Lutz at the 34th Chess Olympiad, 2000
Country	Germany
Born	(1971-02-24) 24 February 1971 (age 54) Neukirchen-Vluyn, West Germany
Title	Grandmaster (1992)
FIDE rating	2512 (August 2025)
Peak rating	2655 (July 2002)
Peak ranking	No. 35 (July 2002)

Chess career

Born in 1971, Lutz earned his international master title in 1989 and his grandmaster title in 1992. He won the German Chess Championship 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 in Istanbul.^[1]

Lutz worked as a consultant for the Hydra chess project. He concentrated on developing the opening book for Hydra, as well as creating test positions, until the discontinuation of the project in 2009.

Personal life

Since the summer of 2006 he is married to the German chess master Anke Lutz. The couple has two daughters.

Bibliography

• Endgame Secrets: How to Plan in the Endgame in Chess, by Christopher Lutz, 1999, Batsford. ISBN 978-0-7134-8165-5.