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a German [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandmaster_%28chess%29 chess grandmaster], in 1995 and 2001 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Chess_Championship German chess champion], and as computer scientist at times affiliated with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Hagen University of Hagen] due to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distance_education distance education] <ref>[[Lars Bremer]] ('''2005'''). ''Interview: GM Christopher Lutz''. [[Computerschach und Spiele|CSS Online]], [http://computerschach.de/Files/2005/Interview:%20GM%20Christopher%20Lutz.pdf pdf] (German)</ref>.
He was [[:Category:Opening Book Author|book author]] and chess consultant of [[Hydra]], and also had own experience in computer chess programming.
Along with [[Michael Schmitt]], Christopher Lutz is co-author of the chess program [[Paul]], written in [[Pascal#TurboTurboPascal|Turbo-Pascal]], which played the [[WMCCC 1989]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portoro%C5%BE Portorož] <ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=454 Paul's ICGA Tournaments]</ref>.
The authors further received the ''Mephisto "Young Programmers" [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scholarship Scholarship]'' of $2,500 for programmers under 19 years of age who have written the best chess program, sponsored by [[Hegener & Glaser]] <ref>[[ICCA |The Board of ICCA]] ('''1989'''). ''The Mephisto "Young Programmers" Scholarship''. [[ICGA Journal#12_4|ICCA Journal, Vol. 12, No. 4]]</ref>.
Soon later, Christopher Lutz wrote a second chess program in [[C|Turbo C]] and [[Assembly]], [[Bernie]], which participated at the first [[IPCCC 1991]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paderborn Paderborn].
