Karl Janetschek
{{Short description|Austrian chess player (1940–2020)}}
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| title = FIDE Master
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Karl Janetschek (17 April 1940 — 23 November 2020{{Cite web|url=https://www.chess-vienna.at/nachruf-fm-karl-janetschek/|title=Nachruf FM Karl Janetschek|website=Wiener Schachverband}}) was an Austrian chess player and two-time Austrian Chess Championship winner (1967, 1973).
Biography
From the early 1960s to the late 1970s, Karl Janetschek was one of Austria's leading chess players. He won the Austrian Chess Championship twice, in 1967 and 1973.
Karl Janetschek played for Austria in the Chess Olympiads:{{cite web|url=http://www.olimpbase.org/players/isacscmg.html|title=OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Karl Janetschek|website=www.olimpbase.org}}
- in 1960, at the fourth board in the 14th Chess Olympiad in Leipzig (+3, =6, -6),
- in 1966, at the first reserve board in the 17th Chess Olympiad in Havana (+6, =2, -4),
- in 1968, at the fourth board in the 18th Chess Olympiad in Lugano (+5, =4, -5),
- in 1970, at the second reserve board in the 19th Chess Olympiad in Siegen (+1, =5, -4),
- in 1972, at the third board in the 20th Chess Olympiad in Skopje (+7, =8, -3),
- in 1974, at the fourth board in the 21st Chess Olympiad in Nice (+9, =8, -3),
- in 1976, at the fourth board in the 22nd Chess Olympiad in Haifa (+2, =5, -3),
- in 1978, at the first reserve board in the 23rd Chess Olympiad in Buenos Aires (+0, =3, -2).
Karl Janetschek played for Austria in the European Team Chess Championship preliminaries:{{cite web|url=http://www.olimpbase.org/playerseq/isacscmg.html|title=OlimpBase :: European Men's Team Chess Championship :: Karl Janetschek|website=www.olimpbase.org}}
- in 1970, at the third board in the 4th European Team Chess Championship (+0, =4, -2),
- in 1980, at the sixth board in the 7th European Team Chess Championship (+0, =2, -2),
- in 1983, at the eighth board in the 8th European Team Chess Championship (+0, =2, -2).
Karl Janetschek also played for Austria in the Clare Benedict Cup six times (1960, 1968, 1972, 1974, 1977, 1979){{cite web|url=http://www.olimpbase.org/playersq/isacscmg.html|title=OlimpBase :: Clare Benedict Chess Cup :: Karl Janetschek|website=www.olimpbase.org}} and in the Mitropa Cup twice (1977, 1979).{{cite web|url=http://www.olimpbase.org/playersmm/isacscmg.html|title=OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Mitropa Cup :: Karl Janetschek|website=www.olimpbase.org}} In 1977, he won the Mitropa Cup in team competition with the Austrian team.
References
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External links
- {{chessgames player|id=26672}}
- [https://www.365chess.com/players/Karl_Janetschek Karl Janetschek] chess games at 365chess.com
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Category:Chess Olympiad competitors
Category:20th-century Austrian chess players
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