Artur Popławski was a Polish chess

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 master.

He started his study at Imperial University of Warsaw

University of Warsaw

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 (with a Russian–language) in 1879, and moved to ETH Zurich

ETH Zurich

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 (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich) in 1884.

In 1883/84, he took 2nd, behind Józef Żabiński

Józef Zabinski

Józef Żabiński was a Polish chess master and problemist.Born in Warsaw , he was educated in a high school gymnasium and graduated in Law Faculty at the Imperial University of Warsaw in 1886.Żabiński won the 2nd Warsaw City Chess Championship in 1883/84...

, in Warsaw

Warsaw

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 City Chess Championship, scoring 19/22. In Switzerland, Poplawski twice shared 1st with Max Pestalozzi in Swiss Chess Championship

Swiss Chess Championship

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 at Zürich

Zürich

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 1889 and Winterthur

Winterthur

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1890.

He returned to Warsaw in the early 1890s, and worked as an engineer.