Career
Born in Hungary, he left for Austria at the age of 22. He played for Austria in several Chess Olympiads:
In 1956, at second board in 12th Chess Olympiad in Moscow (+11 –2 =4);
In 1958, at first board in 13th Chess Olympiad in Munich (+6 –5 =8);
In 1962, at second board in 15th Chess Olympiad in Varna (+2 –6 =2);
In 1964, at first board in 16th Chess Olympiad in Tel Aviv (+8 –5 =3);
In 1968, at first board in 18th Chess Olympiad in Lugano (+5 –2 =5);
In 1970, at first board in 19th Chess Olympiad in Siegen (+4 –2 =6);
In 1974, at second board in 21st Chess Olympiad in Nice (+8 –0 =4);
In 1976, at second board in 22nd Chess Olympiad in Haifa (+5 –4 =1);
In 1988, at second reserve board in 28th Chess Olympiad in Thessaloniki (+2 –2 =3).
