Karl Janetschek

Karl Janetschek (17 April 1940 — 25 November 2020[1]) was an Austrian chess player, Austrian Chess Championship two-times winner (1967, 1973).

Karl Janetschek
Country	Austria
Born	17 April 1940
Died	25 November 2020 (aged 80)
Title	FIDE Master (FM)

Biography

From the early 1960s to the end of 1970s, Karl Janetschek was one of Austria's leading chess players. He won the Austrian Chess Championships twice, in 1955 and 1957.

Karl Janetschek played for Austria in the Chess Olympiads:[2]

• In 1960, at fourth board in the 14th Chess Olympiad in Leipzig (+3, =6, -6),
• In 1966, at first reserve board in the 17th Chess Olympiad in Havana (+6, =2, -4),
• In 1968, at fourth board in the 18th Chess Olympiad in Lugano (+5, =4, -5),
• In 1970, at second reserve board in the 19th Chess Olympiad in Siegen (+1, =5, -4),
• In 1972, at third board in the 20th Chess Olympiad in Skopje (+7, =8, -3),
• In 1974, at fourth board in the 21st Chess Olympiad in Nice (+9, =8, -3),
• In 1976, at fourth board in the 22nd Chess Olympiad in Haifa (+2, =5, -3),
• In 1978, at first reserve board in the 23rd Chess Olympiad in Buenos Aires (+0, =3, -2).

Karl Janetschek played for Austria in the European Team Chess Championships preliminaries:[3]

• In 1970, at third board in the 4th European Team Chess Championship (+0, =4, -2),
• In 1980, at sixth board in the 7th European Team Chess Championship (+0, =2, -2),
• In 1983, at eight board in the 8th European Team Chess Championship (+0, =2, -2).

Also Karl Janetschek 6 times played for Austria in the Clare Benedict Cups (1960, 1968, 1972, 1974, 1977, 1979)[4] and 2 times in the Mitropa Cups (1977, 1979).[5] In 1977, he won Mitropa Cup in team competition with Austrian team.

References

1. "Nachruf FM Karl Janetschek". Wiener Schachverband.
2. "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Karl Janetschek". www.olimpbase.org.
3. "OlimpBase :: European Men's Team Chess Championship :: Karl Janetschek". www.olimpbase.org.
4. "OlimpBase :: Clare Benedict Chess Cup :: Karl Janetschek". www.olimpbase.org.
5. "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Mitropa Cup :: Karl Janetschek". www.olimpbase.org.

External links

• Karl Janetschek player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• Karl Janetschek chess games at 365chess.com