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

chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to dist ...

master. Born in a village Boryszkowce (''Боришківці''),

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(then Austria-Hungary, next Poland, now Ukraine), he studied law in the

Lviv University The University of Lviv ( uk, Львівський університет, Lvivskyi universytet; pl, Uniwersytet Lwowski; german: Universität Lemberg, briefly known as the ''Theresianum'' in the early 19th century), presently the Ivan Franko Na ...

from 1877 to 1884. He moved to

Stanislau Ivano-Frankivsk ( uk, Іва́но-Франкі́вськ, translit=Iváno-Frankívśk ), formerly Stanyslaviv ( pl, Stanisławów ; german: Stanislau), is a city located in Western Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of Ivano-Frankivsk Obl ...

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

Ignatz von Popiel Ignatz (Ignaz, Ignacy) von Popiel (27 July 1863 – 2 May 1941) was a Polish-Ukrainian chess player. Biography Born into a noble family in Drohobych, Galicia (then Austria-Hungary), he began study law at the University of Graz (''Karl-Franzens ...

, at Lviv 1895, drew a match with

Max Judd Max Judd (born Maximilian Judkiewicz; 27 December 1851 – 7 May 1906) was an American chess player. Born in Tenczynek, southern Poland (then Galicia, Austro–Hungary), he emigrated to America in 1862. He was an American cloak manufacturer. He ...

(+4 –4 =0) and defeated

Alexander Halprin Alexander Halprin (21 March 1868, in Saint Petersburg – 20 May 1921, in Vienna) was a Russian–Austrian chess master. He took 6th at Vienna 1895/96 (Carl Schlechter and Max Weiss won), lost a match to Kalikst Morawski (+7 –2 =1) at Vienna 18 ...

(+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

Rudolf Spielmann Rudolf Spielmann (5 May 1883 – 20 August 1942) was a Jewish-Austrian chess player of the romantic school, and chess writer. Career Spielmann was born in 1883, third child of Moritz and Cecilia Spielmann, and had a younger brother Edgar, an o ...

Richard Réti Richard Selig Réti (28 May 1889 – 6 June 1929) was an Austro-Hungarian, later Czechoslovakian, chess player, chess author, and composer of endgame studies. He was one of the principal proponents of hypermodernism in chess. With the exce ...

Adolf Albin Adolf Albin (14 September 1848 – 22 March 1920) was a Romanian chess player. He is best known for the countergambit that bears his name and for authoring the first chess book written in Romanian. Life He was born in Bucharest, Romania t ...

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

Ernst Grünfeld ---- Ernst Franz Grünfeld (November 21, 1893 – April 3, 1962) was an Austrian chess player and writer, mainly on opening theory. He was among the inaugural recipients of the grandmaster title in 1950. Life and career Grünfeld was bo ...

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

Josef Krejcik Josef Emil Krejcik (22 January 1885, Vienna - 4 January 1957) was an Austrian chess master, problemist, journalist and author. Born in Vienna, he participated in many local tournaments before, during and after World War I. He took 6th in 1908 (Ri ...

, behind

Józef Dominik Józef Dominik (10 March 1894, Dobczyce - 10 September 1920, Krasne) was a Polish chess master. Born in Dobczyce (western Galicia), he was educated in Crakow (Kraków, then Austria-Hungary). In his short chess career, he took 3rd at Crakow 1913 ...

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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