Lucerne hosted the CHESS OLYMPIAD (men and women) in 1982,
and the first four WORLD TEAM CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS (WTCC)

International Invitation Christmas tournament series 1947/8–1953/4

Euwe, Pilnik, Unzicker, Sämisch, Barden, Paoli, Znosko-Borovsky, Rabar, Kottnauer, or Madame Chantal Chaudé de Silans, playing Blau, Grob, Bhend, Christoffel, Kupper, Nievergelt, Crisovan, amongst others

Candidate's quarterfinal match 1977

Polugaevsky vs. Mecking 6.5-5.5

FIDE Zonal 1979 (plus an Invitation side event 1989)

Chess Olympiad 1982

The traditional tourist destination in central Switzerland, hosted the 25th Chess Olympiad in 1982: Gold for USSR with Karpov, Kasparov, Polugaevsky, Beliavsky, and substitute boards: Tal, Yusupov. Individual gold on board one for IM Franco Ocampos, Paraguay. USSR also won the 10th Women's Chess Olympiad in 1982 with IM Chiburdanidze, WGM Alexandria, GM Gaprindashvili, and reserve WGM Ioseliani.

World Team Chess Championship 1985, 1989, 1993, 1997

1st WTCC in 1985 (eight players, six boards per team!)

Gold for USSR (Karpov, Yusupov, Vaganian, A. Sokolov, Beliavsky, Smyslov; Chernin, Polugaevsky), Hungary (Portisch, Ribli, Sax, Pinter, Adorjan, Farago; Csom, IM, later GM Groszpeter) clear second, England (Miles, Nunn, Speelman, Short, Mestel, Chandler; IM, later GM Plaskett, IM, later GM Flear) clear third

Followed by France (with Spassky on board one), Romania (with Suba on board one), Switzerland (with Korchnoi on board one), China (with IM Qi Jingxuan on board one), Argentina (with Panno on board one), West Germany (with Lobron on board one, Hübner absent), and Africa (with FM, later IM Afifi on board one)

Switzerland (Korchnoi at 7.5/9, IM Hug, IM Wirthensohn, IM D. Keller at 4.5/8, FM, later IM Gobet, FM, later IM Trepp; FM, later IM Franzoni, Rüfenacht, later becoming FM) beat England!, Romania, and Argentina, plus Africa, and drew West Germany

Individual Gold on board one for Viktor Korchnoi, Switzerland

2nd WTCC in 1989

Gold for USSR (Karpov, Beliavsky, Ehlvest, Vaganian; Ivanchuk, M. Gurevich)

Individual Gold on bard one for Viktor Korchnoi, Switzerland

3rd WTCC in 1993

Gold for USA (Kamsky, Yermolinsky, Gulko, Kaidanov; Benjamin, Christiansen), Ukraine (Ivanchuk, Malaniuk, Romanishin, Tukmakov; Eingorn, IM Frolov, he did not made the GM title) clear second, Russia (Kramnik +1=4–2, Khalifman, Bareev, Dolmatov; Dreev, Vyzhmanavin) clear third

Individual Gold on board one for Vassily Ivanchuk, Ukraine

4th WTCC in 1997

Gold for Russia (Bareev, Svidler, Khalifman, Rublevsky; Dreev, Zvjaginsev)

Individual Gold on board one for Vassily Ivanchuk, Ukraine