Completed the following sentence: Between 1998 and 2006 Thomas Luther was often part of the German selection representing Germany in various international team tournaments: in the Olympiads 1998 in Elista (6th place),
2000 in Istanbul (2nd place), 2002 in Bled (14th place) and 2006 in Turin (15th place). He also played for Germany in the World Team Chess Championship of 2001 and the European Team Chess Championship of 2003 in Plovdiv.