Alexandru Tyroler, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alexandru Tyroler

chess player

Date of Birth: 19-Oct-1891

Place of Birth: Žiar nad Hronom, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia

Date of Death: 03-Feb-1973

Profession: chess player

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Alexandru (Sándor) Tyroler (19 October 1891, Garamszentkereszt, now Žiar nad Hronom, Slovakia – 3 February 1973, Budapest, Hungary) was a Hungarian-Romanian chess master. Sándor Tyroler was born in Garamszentkereszt (Slovak: Hronský Svätý Kríž, German: Heiligenkreuz an der Gran) in Hungary (now Slovakia) into a Hungarian Jewish family.
After World War I, following the Treaty of Trianon (1920), he became a citizen of Romania.
In 1912, he took 5th in Temesvár (Austria-Hungary), now Timisoara, Romania.
In 1925, he won in Bucharest.
In 1926, he won the first Romanian Chess Championship in Sibiu.
In 1927, he won in Bucharest (ROM-ch).
In 1928, he took 15th in The Hague (Amateur World Championship, Max Euwe won).
In 1929, he won in Iasi (ROM-ch).
In 1929, he took 6th in Bucharest.
In 1930, he took 3rd in Cernauti (ROM-ch). Alexandru Tyroler represented Romania in the 2nd unofficial Chess Olympiad at Budapest 1926, where he won team bronze medal.
He also played at 3rd board (+4 –7 =4) in the 3rd Chess Olympiad at Hamburg 1930.