Karl Röhrl (11 November 1941 – 25 February 2016) was an Austrian chess player who held the FIDE title of FIDE Master (FM). He was a two-time Austrian Chess Championship winner (1969, 1971).
Karl Röhrl | |
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Country | Austria |
Born | (1941-11-01)1 November 1941 Wilhelmsburg, Austria |
Died | 25 February 2016(2016-02-25) (aged 74) Wilhelmsburg, Austria |
Title | FIDE Master |
Peak rating | 2385 (January 1975) |
Karl Röhrl achieved his first major chess success in 1960 when he won the Lower Austria Junior Chess Championship. In 1968, 1976 and 1983. Karl Röhrl won Lower Austria Chess Championships. With his chess club SK St. Pölten, he won the Lower Austrian regional league four times and played in the state league from 1982 to 1988.[1]
In 1969, in Haag am Hausruck, Karl Röhrl won the Austrian Chess Championship for the first time. In 1971, in Hartberg, he repeated this success.[2]
Karl Röhrl played for Austria in the Chess Olympiads:[3]
Karl Röhrl played for Austria in the Clare Benedict Cup:[4]
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