Bruno Edgar Siegheim Explained

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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 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 . New York Times . 1903-07-26 . 2013-10-19.
2. Web site: saf . Xoomer.alice.it . 2013-03-13 . 2013-10-19.
3. http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables, An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01
4. Web site: Richard Nevil Coles - The Best Games of Mir Sultan Khan - 143 Seiten, kartoniert.: 21,95 Euro . Schachversand.de . 2013-10-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131020072714/http://www.schachversand.de/d/detail/buecher/8781.html . 2013-10-20 .