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

Biography

Born in

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(western Galicia), he was educated in

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(then

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). In his short chess career, he took 3rd at Cracow 1913 (Adolf Hauke won), took 2nd, behind Alexander Flamberg at Cracow 1914, took 2nd at Mannheim 1914 (''Hauptturnier B'', Rudniev won). Dominik won at Vienna 1915 (''Quadrangular''), won at Cracow 1918, and took 5th at Warsaw 1919 ( Zdzisław Belsitzmann won). Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's ''Chess Tournament Crosstables'', An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01 He died after a battle of Krasne (eastern Galicia) during the Polish-Soviet War in 1920.

References

1894 births 1920 deaths People from Myślenice County Sportspeople from Lesser Poland Voivodeship 20th-century Polish chess players 20th-century Polish sportsmen {{poland-chess-bio-stub