Lucas Brunner

Lucas Brunner (born 29 May 1967) is a Swiss chess grandmaster. He was Swiss Chess Champion in 1994.

Lucas Brunner
Country	West Germany (until 1990) Switzerland (since 1990)
Born	29 May 1967 (1967-05-29) (age 58) Bern, Switzerland
Title	Grandmaster (1994)
FIDE rating	2414 (July 2025)
Peak rating	2535 (January 1995)

Chess career

Brunner was born in Bern on 29 May 1967. He moved to West Germany as a child, where he won the German U20 Chess Championship and earned his international master title in 1986. He returned to Switzerland in 1990 and became the first Swiss-born grandmaster when he achieved the title in 1994. He also won the Swiss Chess Championship that year.^[1] He is the No. 9 ranked Swiss player as of February 2018.^[2]