Juliusz Żukowski

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Juliusz Żukowski (born 1 April 1881 in Łomża, died 1943) is a Polish chess player, well known chess player.

He graduated from high school in Lomza, then left for a short time to St. Petersburg, perhaps starting his studies; From the academic year 1902/1903 he was educated at the Faculty of Mathematics of the University of Warsaw. In 1907 he again went to St. Petersburg and at the Polytechnic Institute he got an engineering degree.

In 1902 he made his debut in the chess tournament arena, taking part in the correspondence competition "Szachmatnoje obozrenije"; he succeeded, among others. to draw the party with the future world champion Alexander Alechin, but eventually won only 2½ points in 18 parties and in the group of 10 chess players placed on the shared IX-X place. In 1904, 1904 and 1907, he played in club competitions in St. Petersburg. He also took part in the championship of the Warsaw Society of Chess Game Conservatives in 1904. defeat with the leading Warsaw competitors Aleksander Flamberg and Solomon Langleben. In this situation, in spite of the initial application, in 1905 he resigned from the amateur tournament in Barmen, where his rivals were high-profile chess players - Horatio Caro, Georg Marco, Ignacy Popiel, Akiba Rubinstein, Aron Nimzowitsch and others. >

After Poland regained its independence, Żukowski settled in Cracow, where he continued to participate in chess. He was active in the Cracow Chess Club, from 1928 until the outbreak of World War II as President. In 1933 he was given the honor of being an honorary member of the club. In the championship of the Krakow Chess Club many times he was in the lead, in 1925 and 1926 he occupied III place, in 1927 divided II-III place, in 1928 and 1930 II place. At the end of the 1930s, he founded a cup for the needs of rivalry of the Cracovian and Silesian chess teams.

He also dealt with chess composition. He cooperated in this field. with David Quail, and his work was published in the magazine "Ilustracja Polska".

During the occupation he played chess in the Cracovian cafe "Plastyków", where he was arrested by the Germans; He probably died soon in prison. Bibliography

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