Zigmund Herland (Romania, 27.9.1865 – 15.8.1954)

Romanian strong chess player, one of the founders of chess compositions in Romania.

Also a strong player who drew in 1890 a match with the German Master Jacques Mieses, tied for 6-10th at Mannheim in 1914

and several times became the champion of Bucharest.

As a composer he published about 1500 compositions of all genres, mainly three- and many-movers, studies.

Awarded with merits in 250 problems, including 35 first prizes.

Author of Problèmes choisis (1948).

Source: Website ARVES

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Sigmund Herland (September 27, 1865 – August 15, 1954) was a Romanian chess master and composer of chess problems.

Career
Herland drew a match with Jacques Mieses in 1890. He tied for 11-12th at Breslau 1912 (the 18th DSB Congress, main tournament A, Bernhard Gregory won), and tied for 6-10th at Mannheim 1914 (interrupted 19th DSB–Congress, main tournament A, B. Hallegua won) .

After World War I, he played in many tournaments in Bucharest. 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.