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 ==