Bruno Edgar Siegheim
Bruno Edgar Siegheim (24 May 1875 in Berlin, Germany – 5 November 1952 in Johannesburg, South Africa) was a German–South African chess master.
He took 3rd, behind Julius Finn and Hermann Keidanski, at New York 1903 (The Rice Gambit tournament at the Manhattan Chess Club).[1] Then, he twice won South African Chess Championship (1906 and 1912), and lost to Max Blieden in challenge (1910), defeated Harry Duhan in challenge (1911), and defeated Henk Meihuizen in challenge (1912).[2]
After World War I, he tied for 5-6th at Malvern 1921 (Frederick Yates won), and shared 2nd with Richard Réti, behind Akiba Rubinstein, at Hastings International Chess Congress in 1922/23.[3] He also played a match with Mir Sultan Khan at London 1929.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ "RICE GAMBIT TOURNEY - Julius Finn Assured of Winning First Prize. One Game, Remaining to be Played, Can- not Change the Result - Black Pieces Won a Majority of the Games. - View Article - NYTimes.com" (PDF). New York Times. 26 July 1903. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
- ^ "saf". Xoomer.alice.it. 13 March 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
- ^ Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables, An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01 Archived July 4, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Richard Nevil Coles - The Best Games of Mir Sultan Khan - 143 Seiten, kartoniert.: 21,95 Euro". Schachversand.de. Archived from the original on 20 October 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
External links[edit]
- Bruno Edgar Siegheim player profile and games at Chessgames.com
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