Franciszek Sulik
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Franciszek (Frank) Sulik (born 1908, Lvov, Poland (now Ukraine) – died 2000, Adelaide, Australia) was a Polish chess master.
Before WW II, he lived in Lvov (Lviv, Lwów, Lemberg). In 1934, he tied for 2nd-3rd with Henryk Friedman, behind Stepan Popel, in Lvov championship. In 1935, he tied for 8-9th in Warsaw (3rd POL-ch; Savielly Tartakower won). In 1936, he took 2nd, behind Izak Schächter, in Lvov-ch. In 1938, he won Lvov championship.
He played for Poland in Chess Olympiads, and won two team silver medals.
- In 1936, at first reserve board in unofficial Olympiad in Munich (+2 –3 =2);
- In 1939, at reserve board in the 8th Olympiad in Buenos Aires (+4 –2 =1).
In September 1939, when the war was broke out, he had decided to stay in Argentina like many other chess players at the tournament. In 1940, he took 2nd place, behind Aristide Gromer, in Buenos Aires (Bodas de Plata). In 1941, he tied for 10-12th in Mar del Plata (Gideon Stahlberg won).
As a reserve officer, he applied to join the Polish Army. He left Argentina by a British battle-ship to fight in Italy in 1943–1945. At the end of the war he moved to Scotland, and at last emigrated to Australia, where he won seven times the South Australian Championship (1954, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1976/78).
