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.

Bruno Edgar Siegheim

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
  1. "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.
  2. "saf". Xoomer.alice.it. 13 March 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  3. 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
  4. "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.


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