Ignatz von Popiel

Ignatz (Ignaz, Ignacy) von Popiel (27 July 1863 – 2 May 1941) was a Polish-Ukrainian chess player.

Then started his chess career in Vienna, where he took 10th in 1886, took 2nd in 1887 (Glaser Schachgesellschaft), and took 2nd in 1888.

and tied for 5th-6th at Breslau (the 6th DSB Congress, Hauptturnier B, Emanuel Lasker won).

After the war, Popiel was one of the strongest chess players in Lvov, Poland.

In 1937 he left Lvov for Bochnia, and tied for 5-7th in the Kraków City championship.