Józef Dominik (10 March 1894 – 10 September 1920) was a Polish chess master.

Biography

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Born in Dobczyce (western Galicia), he was educated in Kraków (then Austria-Hungary). In his short chess career, he took 3rd at Crakow 1913 (Adolf Hauke won), took 2nd, behind Alexander Flamberg at Cracow 1914,[1] took 2nd at Mannheim 1914 (Hauptturnier B, Rudniev won).[2]

Dominik won at Vienna 1915 (Quadrangular), won at Cracow 1918,[3] and took 5th at Warsaw 1919 (Zdzisław Belsitzmann won).[4]

He died after a battle of Krasne (eastern Galicia) during the Polish-Soviet War in 1920.

References

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  1. ^ 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)
  2. ^ Werner Lauterbach: Mannheim 1914, Walter Rau Verlag: Düsseldorf 1964 (tournament book)
  3. ^ Józef Dominik Archived 2012-02-13 at the Wayback Machine at lks.elektron.w.interia.pl
  4. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2007. Retrieved July 4, 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables, An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01