Artur Popławski

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.

References

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

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Name	Poplawski, Artur
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Date of birth	1860
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Date of death	1918
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