Karl Robatsch
Notable Games

Karl Robatsch

15 celebrated games · 248 in the full archive
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Notable Games

  • 1953.12.29 Robatsch, Karl vsUnzicker, Wolfgang 1-0 Hungarian Opening: Indian Defense 29 moves Mitropa Cup-01 Mitropa Cup, Vienna 1953, against Wolfgang Unzicker. Robatsch opens 1.g3, lets the centre close and advances on the kingside: 16.f5, 19.g4, 20.g5 and 25.g6. After 26.gxh7 the black king is boxed in, and Unzicker resigns at move 29.
  • 1955 Robatsch, Karl vsWeghofer, Reiner 1-0 Zukertort Opening: Lisitsyn Gambit 18 moves Kapfenberg Kapfenberg 1955, where Robatsch finished second. Against the Dutch he plays the Lisitsyn Gambit, 2.e4, castles long, and 17.Bxf6+ Kxf6 18.Ne4+ drags the black king into the open after 18 moves.
  • 1957.09.08 Uhlmann, Wolfgang vsRobatsch, Karl 0-1 King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Standard Development 37 moves Gotha Gotha 1957 against Wolfgang Uhlmann, with Black in the King's Indian. The queens come off at move 21, and Black's central pawns decide the ending: 30...e4, 31...d3, 35...e3, 36...e2+ and 37...d2+.
  • 1960.10.18 Durao, Joaquim Manuel vsRobatsch, Karl 0-1 Modern Defense: Averbakh System 38 moves Olympiad-14 Preliminaries B Leipzig Olympiad 1960, the event where Robatsch won the board-one gold medal, with his own defence, 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7. The queens are off by move 6, and Black's knight outplays the white bishop; 38...Nd4+ ends it.
  • 1960.11.01 Perez Perez, Francisco Jose vsRobatsch, Karl 0-1 Modern Defense 54 moves Olympiad-14 Final B Leipzig Olympiad 1960 against Francisco José Pérez, again with 1...g6 and 2...Bg7. 16...Bxa4 wins a pawn, the queenside pawns roll with 33...b4, 36...c3 and 38...cxb2, and the a-pawn reaches a3 at move 54.
  • 1961.12.15 Robatsch, Karl vsDonner, Jan Hein 1-0 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation 23 moves Utrecht PAM Utrecht 1961, where Robatsch shared second place, against Jan Hein Donner. In a Sämisch Nimzo-Indian White opens the centre with 14.e5, 16.Ng5 and 17.Nxe6 plant a knight on e6, and Donner resigns after 23 moves.
  • 1963.01.12 Robatsch, Karl vsVan Scheltinga, Theo D 1-0 Sicilian Defense 32 moves Hoogovens Beverwijk 1963 against Theo van Scheltinga. Black takes a pawn with 5...Bxc3+ and 6...Qxc3+ and gives up his dark-squared bishop to do it. White's bishops take over the long diagonal, and 29.Nxd6+ Qxd6 30.Bxe5 and 31.Rxf6+ finish the game.
  • 1963.09.08 Robatsch, Karl vsPerez Perez, Francisco Jose 1-0 Pirc Defense: Austrian Attack 19 moves Capablanca Memorial-02 Capablanca Memorial, Havana 1963, against Pérez again, this time with White in the Austrian Attack of the Pirc. 10.f5 and 13.Qh4 aim at the king, and after 16...gxf5 17.exf5 b4 18.Ne4 Nxe4 19.f6 Black resigns.
  • 1965.09.12 Robatsch, Karl vsPachman, Ludek 1-0 Ruy Lopez: Open 45 moves Capablanca Memorial-04 Capablanca Memorial, Havana 1965, against Luděk Pachman in the Open Ruy Lopez. The queens come off at move 26 and the white king walks to c5; the h-file opens with 36.hxg6, and 44.Rxg7 Rxg7 45.e6 ends it.
  • 1965.09.23 Robatsch, Karl vsSzabo, Laszlo 1-0 Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Accelerated Dragon 40 moves Capablanca Memorial-04 Havana 1965 against László Szabó. 18.Nd5 Bxd5 19.exd5 gives White the d-pawn, the pawns advance with 20.c4, 21.b4 and 24.c5, 31.cxd6 opens the c-file, and 35.Rxb7 wins a pawn. Szabó resigned after move 40.
  • 1965.09.26 Ivkov, Borislav vsRobatsch, Karl 0-1 Ruy Lopez: Closed, Chigorin Defense 58 moves Capablanca Memorial-04 Havana 1965, three days later, against Borislav Ivkov, with Black in the Chigorin Ruy Lopez. 33...Nxb4 gives Black a passed b-pawn, and after 48...b1=Q 49.Bxb1 Nxb1 the c-pawn runs too. Ivkov resigns at move 58.
  • 1972 Robatsch, Karl vsTimman, Jan H 1-0 Pirc Defense: Classical Variation 63 moves IBM IBM tournament, Amsterdam 1972, against the young Jan Timman, who played the Pirc. 21.d6 and 24.dxe7 win a knight for a pawn, and the queen-and-bishop ending lasts until 63.Bd7.
  • 1974 Robatsch, Karl vsJansa, Vlastimil 1-0 English Opening 14 moves Chigorin Memorial-10 Chigorin Memorial, Sochi 1974, against Vlastimil Jansa. In the Leningrad Dutch, Black wins a pawn with 10...Nxd5, 11...Bxc3 and 12...Qxd5, but after 13.Qxc3+ e5 14.Nxe5 the g2-bishop is aimed at the black queen, and the game ends in 14 moves.
  • 1974 Robatsch, Karl vsGarcia Martinez, Silvino 1-0 Zukertort Opening 14 moves Chigorin Memorial-10 Sochi 1974 against Silvino García Martínez. 10.Nb5, 11.Qa4 and 12.Ba5 chase the black queen, and 13.Nc7+ Kf8 14.Qa3 finishes it in 14 moves.
  • 1995 Robatsch, Karl vsHertneck, Gerald 1-0 Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense, Pseudo-Slav 20 moves AUT-chT 9495 Austrian Team Championship 1994/95, at sixty-five, against Gerald Hertneck in the Baltic Defence, 2...Bf5. 13.Bxb8 and 14.Bb5+ Kd8 leave the black king stuck in the centre, and 20.Qxd5+ wins in 20 moves.
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