Sigmund Herland (September 27, 1865 – August 15, 1954) was a

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master and composer.

Career

Herland drew a match with Jacques Mieses in 1890. He tied for 11-12th at Breslau 1912 (the 18th DSB Congress, ''Hauptturnier A'', Bernhard Gregory won), and tied for 6-10th at

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1914 (interrupted 19th DSB–Congress, ''Hauptturnier A'', B. Hallegua won). After

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, he played in many tournaments in

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. Herland won in 1921; won in 1924; took 2nd (''Quadrangular'') and shared 1st in 1925; tied for 7-8th ( Alexandru Tyroler won) and took 3rd in 1927 (Wechsler won); took 2nd, behind Taubmann, and shared 1st with Wechsler in 1928; took 2nd in 1929 ( Ion Gudju won); took 11th ( Iosif Mendelssohn won) and won in 1930.http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's ''Chess Tournament Crosstables'', An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01

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