Background
Sándor Tyroler was born in Garamszentkereszt (Slovak: Hronský Svätý Kríž, German: Heiligenkreuz an der Gran) in Hungary (now Slovakia) into a Hungarian Jewish family.
Sándor Tyroler was born in Garamszentkereszt (Slovak: Hronský Svätý Kríž, German: Heiligenkreuz an der Gran) in Hungary (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 Timişoara, Romania. In 1929, he took 6th in Bucharest.
In 1930, he took 3rd in Cernăuţi (ROM-ch).
He also played at 3rd board (+4 –7 =4) in the 3rd Chess Olympiad at Hamburg 1930.