Artur Popławski

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Artur Popławski (born 1860, Warsaw – died 1918, Warsaw) was a Polish chess master.


He started his study at Imperial University of Warsaw (with a Russian–language) in 1879, and moved to ETH Zurich (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich) in 1884.

In 1883/84, he took 2nd, behind Józef Żabiński, in Warsaw City Chess Championship, scoring 19/22.[1] In Switzerland, Poplawski twice shared 1st with Max Pestalozzi in Swiss Chess Championship at Zürich 1889 and Winterthur 1890.[2]

He returned to Warsaw in the early 1890s, and worked as an engineer.

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://members.shaw.ca/edo2/players/p1565.html Edo Historical Chess Ratings
  2. ^ svizzera
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