Kalikst von Morawski (1859 – after 17 September 1939) was a Polish

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master. Born in a village Boryszkowce (''Боришківці''), Galicia (then Austria-Hungary, next Poland, now Ukraine), he studied law in the

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from 1877 to 1884. He moved to

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in 1893, and lived there until 1914, working in the state treasure's office. Soon after

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had broken out, he went to Vienna. In 1915, he came back to Stanislau, and then settled in

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(Lwów, Lviv). After the war, he became an honorary president of the Lviv Chess Club. He died probably during the

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of Lviv (1939–1941) or his exile to

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. He took 2nd, behind

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, at Lviv 1895, drew a match with

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(+4 –4 =0) and defeated Alexander Halprin (+7 –2 =1), both at Vienna 1896.Litmanowicz, Władysław and Giżycki, Jerzy (1986, 1987). ''Szachy od A do Z''. Wydawnictwo Sport i Turystyka. Warszawa. (1. A-M), (2. N-Z). Later, during the war, he played casual games at the Café Central in Vienna, among others with

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, and Heinrich Wolf, in Autumn 1914. He took 2nd, behind

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, in the Viennese Chess Club at Schäuflergasse 2, Vienna in 1914/15, and tied for 2nd-3rd with

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, behind Józef Dominik and ahead of Réti, in Vienna in March 1915 (''Quadrangular''). He was granted the privilege of adding "von" to his name. After the war, he won three tournaments in Lwów in 1925 (the Lviv City Championship, the ''Hetman'' Chess Club, the Lviv Chess Club). Then he participated in team matches ''Hetman'' vs. Lviv CC.

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