Hieronim Czarnowski

Hieronim Czarnowski (January 1834 – 28 December 1902) was a Polish chess master and activist.

He lived in Warsaw (then Russian Empire) where played, among others, with Alexander Petrov and Szymon Winawer. After the failure of the January Uprising (1863-64), he emigrated to France.

In 1867, he took 8th in Paris (Ignaz von Kolisch won), [ [http://xoomer.alice.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/tornei/1851-99/1867Parigi.htm Paris ] ] and won at Café de la Régence in Paris. He won a match against Préti (+3 –0 =1).

In 1880, he came to Cracow (then Austro-Hungarian Empire) in the period of Galician autonomy. He was a co-founder and a president of the Cracovian Chess Club ("Krakowski Klub Szachistów") (1893), [ [http://www.kksz.l.pl/historia.htm 1893 Krakowski Klub Szachistów ] ] where he won a championship in 1897. [cite book | author=Litmanowicz, Władysław & Giżycki, Jerzy| title=Szachy od A do Z | publisher=Wydawnictwo "Sport i Turystyka" Warszawa | year=1986, 1987 | id=ISBN 83-217-2481-7 (1. A-M), ISBN 83-217-2745-x (2. N-Z)]

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