Lucas Brunner (born 29 May 1967) is a Swiss

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grandmaster. He was Swiss Chess Champion in 1994.

Chess career

Brunner was born in

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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 FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...

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

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that year. He is the No. 9 ranked Swiss player as of February 2018.

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* * 1967 births Living people Chess Grandmasters German chess players Chess players from Bern Swiss chess players {{Switzerland-chess-bio-stub