Ignacy Popiel
Ignacy Popiel (also: Ignaz von Popiel ) (born July 27, 1863 in Drohobytsch ; † May 2, 1941 ) was a Polish chess player .
Popiel was considered the strongest Polish chess player in the Austrian part of Poland in the period before the state was founded after the First World War . His chess career began in the Lviv chess cafés in the 1880s . In 1887 he won second place at a club tournament in Vienna after the best Austrian Johann Berger at the time , after which he regularly took part in international tournaments. In 1895 he won in Lemberg, in 1896 he was second in Eisenach , in 1897 he won the main tournament in Berlin and was awarded the championship title. In the 1890s, he and Curt von Bardeleben published articles on the opening theory in the Deutsche Schachzeitung . After the First World War he was one of the best Lviv champions, in 1925 he finished second at the Lviv championship. In 1938 he took part in the semifinals of the Polish Championship in Krakow .
Popiel gained through his knight move in the third train of Blackmar Gambit (1 d2-d4 d7-d5 2. e4 e2 d5xe4 3. Sb1-c3 , 1893 inspired by him) at the supporters of the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit a level of fame , because that was how he gave Emil Joseph Diemer the idea for his Gambit. Popiel tried to popularize this variant as the Polish Gambit .
Ignacy Popiel is the uncle of Stephan Popel , who was also a chess player.
Web links
- Replayable chess games by Ignacy Popiel on chessgames.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Przemysław Zieliński: Ignacy Popiel. In: szachypolskie.pl. April 23, 2017. Retrieved December 15, 2019 (Polish).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Popiel, Ignacy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Popiel, Ignaz von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish chess player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 27, 1863 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Drohobych |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 2, 1941 |