Sigmund Herland (September 27, 1865 – August 15, 1954) was a Romanian chess master and composer.
Herland drew a match with Jacques Mieses in 1890. [1] He tied for 11-12th at Breslau 1912 (the 18th DSB Congress, Hauptturnier A, Bernhard Gregory won), [2] and tied for 6-10th at Mannheim 1914 (interrupted 19th DSB–Congress, Hauptturnier A, B. Hallegua won). [3]
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. [4]