Lucerne Chess Club
| Surname | Chess Society Lucerne |
|---|---|
| sport | chess |
| Founded | 1875 |
| Place of foundation | Lucerne |
| Venue | Chess Museum, Industriestrasse 12, 6010 Kriens |
| Association headquarters | Chess Museum, Industriestrasse 10-12, 6010 Kriens |
| Members | 86 |
| Chairman | Werner Rupp |
| Homepage | schachklub-luzern.ch |
The Lucerne chess club is one of the oldest chess clubs in Switzerland . The seat of the chess club is in Kriens LU.
In 1982, Lucerne rose to the National League A as the winner of the NLB Ostgruppe . Lucerne was classified in 5th place. In 1984 Lucerne went back to the NLB with zero points. Lucerne played two seasons in the NLB. Lucerne missed promotion to the NLA with fourth place, but 1 year later, in 1987 Lucerne moved up convincingly with first place in the NLA. Lucerne ranked second behind Biel. In the second season in the NLA, Lucerne placed third. In the third season, Lucerne fell back to fifth.
In 1991 Lucerne won the Swiss team championship for the first time with Robert Huebner at the top. Later the grandmasters Larry Christiansen and Artur Jussupow , Michele Godena , Rustem Dautov , Vadim Milov and Vlastimil Hort also played for Lucerne.
In 2002 they made it onto the podium and in 2015 Lucerne also won the bronze medal. In 2018, the second Swiss team championship surprisingly succeeded, as the team was not among the favorites. The grandmasters Robert Hübner, Martin Krämer and Noël Studer led the successful team. Werner Rupp has been President of the Lucerne Chess Society, which also runs the Swiss Chess Museum, since 2000 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Swisschess.ch: Swiss Team Championship 2018 (statistics) , accessed on July 23, 2019.