Józef Dominik
Polish chess player
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Józef Dominik (10 March 1894 – 10 September 1920) was a Polish chess master.
Born10 March 1894
Dobczyce, Poland
Died10 September 1920 (aged 26)
Krasne, Busk Raion, Ukraine
OccupationChess master
Józef Dominik | |
|---|---|
| Born | 10 March 1894 Dobczyce, Poland |
| Died | 10 September 1920 (aged 26) Krasne, Busk Raion, Ukraine |
| Occupation | Chess master |
Biography
Born in Dobczyce (western Galicia), he was educated in Kraków (then Austria-Hungary). In his short chess career, he took 3rd at Cracow 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.
