His first club was Lok Greiz, later he played for Buna Halle.

Espig won 1969 in Schwerin, 1971 in Strausberg and 1988 in Stralsund the East Germany Chess Championship.

[1] In total, Lutz Espig took part in 26 German championships up to 2006, 21 of them in the GDR.

[4] In the German Chess Bundesliga, Espig played for Münchener SC 1836 in the 1990/91 season, for PSV Duisburg in the 1994/95 season and from 1999 until 2004 at SK König Plauen, where he also subsequently in the 2.

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