:Alexandru Tyroler

{{Short description|Hungarian-Romanian chess player}}

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Alexandru (Sándor) Tyroler (October 19, 1891, Garamszentkereszt, now Žiar nad Hronom, Slovakia-February 3, 1973, in Budapest, Hungary) was a chess master who won the first three Romanian championships.

Sándor Tyroler was born in Garamszentkereszt ({{langx|sk|Hronský Svätý Kríž}}, {{langx|de|Heiligenkreuz an der Gran}}) in Austro-Hungarian Empire (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 Timișoara, Romania. In 1925, he won in Bucharest. In 1926, he won the first Romanian championship in Sibiu.{{cite web|title=Firsts in chess - by Bill Wall (Feb 7, 2005) |url=http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/lab/7378/firsts.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091026154834/http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/lab/7378/firsts.htm |archivedate=2009-10-26 |url-status=dead }} In 1927, he won in Bucharest (ROM-ch). In 1928, he took 15th in The Hague (Amateur World Championship, Max Euwe won).[http://www.olimpbase.org/1928/1928awch.html OlimpBase :: 2nd Chess Olympiad The Hague 1928: Amateur World Championship] In 1929, he won in Iaşi (ROM-ch). In 1929, he took 6th in Bucharest. In 1930, he took 3rd in Cernăuţi (ROM-ch).

Tyroler represented Romania in the 2nd unofficial Chess Olympiad at Budapest 1926, where he won the team bronze medal. He also played at 3rd board (+4 –7 =4) in the 3rd Chess Olympiad at Hamburg 1930.[http://www.olimpbase.org/1930/1930rom.html OlimpBase :: 3rd Chess Olympiad, Hamburg 1930, Romania]