Lucas Brunner

Lucas Brunner
Country
Born29 May 1967 (1967-05-29) (age 57)
Bern, Switzerland
TitleGrandmaster (1994)
FIDE rating2414 (January 2025)
Peak rating2535 (January 1995)

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

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]

References

  1. ^ Brunner Lucas (29.05.1967) Chesspedia
  2. ^ Staff writer(s) (February 2018). "Federations Ranking - Switzerland". FIDE. Archived from the original on 2018-07-06. Retrieved 2018-02-25.


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