Franciszek Sulik

Franciszek (Frank) Sulik (1908– 16 July 1997) was a Polish-Australian chess master.

Career 1934–1938 Before World War II, he lived in Lviv. In 1934, he tied for 2nd-3rd with Henryk Friedman, behind Stepan Popel, in the Lviv championship. In 1935, he tied for 8-9th in Warsaw (3rd POL-ch; Savielly Tartakower won). In 1936, he took 2nd, behind Izak Schächter, in the Lviv-ch. In 1938, he won the Lviv championship.

He played for Poland in Chess Olympiads, and won two team silver medals. In 1936, at first reserve board in the unofficial Olympiad in Munich (+2 −3 =2); In 1939, at reserve board in the 8th Olympiad in Buenos Aires (+4 −2 =1).

1939–1941 In September 1939, when World War II broke out, Sulik, along with many other participants of the 8th Chess Olympiad decided to stay in Argentina. In 1940, he took 2nd place, behind Aristide Gromer, in Buenos Aires (Bodas de Plata). In 1941, he tied for 10-12th in the Mar del Plata 1941 chess tournament (Gideon Ståhlberg won).

1943–1945 As a reserve officer, he applied to join the Polish Army. He left Argentina on a British battleship to fight in Italy from 1943 to 1945.

Later career At the end of the war he moved to Scotland, before emigrating to Australia, where he won the South Australian Championship nine times (1954, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, and 1978).