Hieronim Czarnowski

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Hieronim Czarnowski (January 1834 – 28 December 1902) was a Polish chess master and activist.

He lived in Warsaw (then Russian Empire) where played, among others, with Alexander Petrov and Szymon Winawer. After the failure of the January Uprising (1863-64), he emigrated to France.

In 1867, he took 8th in Paris (Ignaz von Kolisch won),[1] and won at Café de la Régence in Paris. He won a match against Préti (+3 –0 =1).

In 1880, he came to Cracow (then Austro-Hungarian Empire) in the period of Galician autonomy. He was a co-founder and a president of the Cracovian Chess Club (Krakowski Klub Szachistów) (1893),[2] where he won a championship in 1897.[3]

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  1. ^ Paris
  2. ^ 1893 Krakowski Klub Szachistów
  3. ^ Litmanowicz, Władysław & Giżycki, Jerzy (1986, 1987). Szachy od A do Z. Wydawnictwo Sport i Turystyka Warszawa. ISBN 83-217-2481-7 (1. A-M), ISBN 83-217-2745-x (2. N-Z). 
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