Chaim Janowski
Chaim (Chajkel) Janowski (June 15, 1853 master and organizer.
Born into a Jewish family in Wołkowysk (then Russian Empire), he was the older brother of Dawid Janowski. He was educated in Łódź (then Congress Poland) where lived and played chess for many years. Chaim twice took fourth in 1897 and 1898 (Wiktor Abkin and Gersz Salwe won), won followed by Samuel Rosenblatt, W. Abkin, Mojżesz Grawe, in 1899/1900, and took 3rd, probably behind Salwe and Akiba Rubinstein, in 1904/1905.[2]
He was one of the founders of Music Association "Hazomir" in Łódź in 1901. Chaim Janowski became the second (after a Russian colonel Konstanty Manakin) president of the Łódź Chess Club (Łódzkie Towarzystwo Zwolenników Gry Szachowej) in 1907–1912. In that time, he was an organiser of the fifth
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References
- ^ "Chaim Janowski's Łódź Registration Card". Archived from the original on 2018-05-11. Retrieved 2018-05-11.
- ISBN 83-85490-78-7
- ^ "Przyczynek do Życiorysu Chaima Janowskiego". Archived from the original on 2007-10-28. Retrieved 2009-02-19.