Tabanus: IM Georg Danner, Austria, born 26 October 1946. Now rated 2433, http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?...IM in 1980. Rated 2455 in 1994. Perhaps at his best in early 80's. Also a CC player, has played on the Austrian team.
Played in the olympiads 1982 (board 4), 1984 (board 2), 1986 (board 4), 1988 (1st reserve), 1996 (board 2), 1998 (board 3), 2000 (board 1, 5.5/11, 2474 perf.), 2002 (board 3), 2004 (1st reserve), and 2006 (board 3).
Played in European Team Ch 1997 (board 3), 1999 (board 3), 2001 (board 2), and 2005 (1st reserve, 4/7). Plays now in Senior team championships.
Austrian vice champion 1971, 3rd in 1996 and 2002.
From the web (very incomplete):
Placed 3rd in Reggio Emilia 1983, 6th in Oberwart Open 1999, 4th in Schwarzacher Open 2001, 6th in Austrian Ch 2003, 5th in Elekes Memorial GM 2004, 5th in Graz Open 2005, 6th in Graz Open 2006, 10th in Alfred Husek Memorial 2006, 3rd in Kärntner Schachfestival 2007 (GM norm), 8th in World Senior Ch 2007, 5th in Graz Open 2008, 15th in World Senior Ch 2008, 2nd in Schwarzacher Open 2009, 19th in World Senior Ch 2009.
Austrian blitz champion 2007:
http://www.chess-results.com/tnr917...
Pictures:
http://www.chess.at/niederoesterrei...
http://schach.wienerzeitung.at/JPG/...
http://www.chessbase.com/news/2009/... (striped shirt)
Highest rated victim (in Chessbase):
[Event "Oberwart op"]
[Date "1999.07.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Black "Danner, Georg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nc6 8.f5 Qb6 9.Nb3 Be7 10.fxe6 Bxe6 11.Qd2 O-O 12.O-O-O h6 13.Be3 Qc7 14.Kb1 Rac8 15.Bd3 Ne5 16.Rhf1 b5 17.Nd4 b4 18.Nd5 Bxd5 19.exd5 Nfg4 20.Bg1 Nxd3 21.Qxd3 Bf6 22.Qe2 Bxd4 23.Rxd4 Rfe8 24.Qd2 Nf6 25.Rxb4 Re5 26.Rbf4 Rce8 27.Bd4 Re2 28.Qd1 Nxd5 29.Rg4 f6 30.a3 Qa5 31.c3 Qb5 32.c4 Qxc4 33.Qc1 Qd3+ 34.Ka1 R2e4 35.Rd1 Qxd1 36.Qxd1 Re1 37.Qxe1 Rxe1+ 38.Ka2 Kf7 39.Kb3 Re2 40.h3 g5 41.Kc4 Ke6 42.Rg3 f5 43.h4 g4 44.b4 Nf4 45.a4 Kd7 46.b5 d5+ 47.Kc5 Ra2 48.bxa6 Rxa4 49.Be5 Ng6 50.Bb8 Rxa6 51.h5 Ne7 52.Bf4 Rc6+ 53.Kb5 Nc8 54.Rd3 Nd6+ 55.Ka5 Rc5+ 56.Kb6 Rb5+ 57.Ka6 Rb4 58.Bxh6 Kc6 59.Ka5 Rb7 60.Bf4 Ne4 61.Be3 Nc5 62.Bxc5 Kxc5 63.Rc3+ Kd6 64.Rc1 d4 65.h6 Rh7 66.Kb5 Kd5 67.Rf1 Ke4 68.Rh1 d3 0-1
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