Karl Robatsch

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Karl Robatsch 1961.jpg
Karl Robatsch, Utrecht 1961
Association AustriaAustria Austria
Born October 14, 1929
Klagenfurt am Wörthersee
Died September 19, 2000
Klagenfurt am Wörthersee
title International Master (1957)
Grand Master (1961)
Best Elo rating 2460 (July 1971 to July 1972)

Karl Robatsch (born October 14, 1929 in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee ; † September 19, 2000 there ) was an Austrian chess grandmaster and botanist . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is " Robatsch ". Karl Robatsch died of cancer .

Chess player

Born in Carinthia, Robatsch came to Graz as a student at the age of 17 . He was often to be found in the Café Berghaus, the meeting place for the Graz chess players. Due to his talent, which was already recognizable at that time, he joined the chess club "SK Gemeinde", where he quickly achieved mastery.

Robatsch had his most successful chess times in the late 1950s and early 1960s. In 1957 he became an international master . At the Chess Olympiad in Leipzig in 1960 , he received the gold medal for the best result on the first board (13.5 points from 16 games). Because of this achievement, he was awarded the title of Grand Master in 1961 . In June 1960 he won the Austrian state championship in Prein .

Karl Robatsch also made a name for himself as a chess theorist. He played a major role in the development of the Pirc Ufimzew Defense and the Modern Defense , also known as the Robach Defense .

Robatsch's last Elo number was 2349. Before the introduction of the Elo numbers, his best historical Elo number was 2653. He reached this in April 1961.

Tournament successes in chess

National team

Robatsch took part in the chess Olympiads in 1954 , 1956 , 1960, 1962 , 1972 , 1974 , 1976 , 1978 , 1980 , 1992 and 1994 with the Austrian national team and, except for his last participation, always played on the top board. He also played on the top board of the Austrian team at the European team championship in 1992.

societies

Robatsch played in the state league from 1989 from 1993 for the syndicate ASK / KSV Klagenfurt, in the 1993/94 season for the WSV ATSV Ranshofen and in the 1994/95 season for Tram Graz. He played in the German Bundesliga from 1982 to 1986 for Munich SC 1836 .

botanist

Besides chess, his love was botany , especially orchid research. For his outstanding research work in this area, he was awarded the title “Professor” by the Federal President.

In his orchid studies, Karl Robatsch specialized in the taxonomically difficult genus of the Stendelwurzen ( Epipactis ) and described 21 taxa that are new to science . About half of them were later placed as a subspecies or variety to other species. In 2003 a new species was named Epipactis robatschiana Bartolo, D'Emerico, Pulv., Terrasi & Stuto in his honor. The following list is a compilation of these new descriptions, any later reclassifications and the countries of origin of the type plants :

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Willy Iclicki: FIDE Golden book 1924-2002 . Euroadria, Slovenia, 2002, p. 75.
  2. ↑ Karl Robatsch's results at the Chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
  3. ↑ Karl Robatsch's results at the European Team Championships on olimpbase.org (English)
personal data
SURNAME Robatsch, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian chess grandmaster and botanist
DATE OF BIRTH October 14, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Klagenfurt am Wörthersee
DATE OF DEATH September 19, 2000
Place of death Klagenfurt am Wörthersee