Robatsch Karl (14.10.1928 – 19.09.2000)

Austrian Grandmaster (1961). Champion of Austria in 1960. Orchidologist. He passed away in 2000 after a long battle with stomach and throat cancer.

Best results: Kapfenberg 1955, 2^nd; Varna 1957, 2^nd-3^rd; Madrid 1961, 1^st-2^nd; Utrecht 1961, 2^nd; Graz 1971, and Olot 1972, 3^rd; Tunis 1973, 2^nd-3^rd; Hamar 1982, 2^nd-5^th.

Robatsch is also known for his contribution in the opening: King’s Fianchetto Defence, or the Modern Defence, or the Ujtelky Defence.
He played on a number of Austrian Olympiad teams from 1954 to 1980, winning the gold medal at board 1 in the 1960 Olympiad.

Peak rating: 2460 in 1971.