Adolf Georg Olland was the leading Dutch chess master in the time before Max Euwe.
Career
Born in Utrecht, he was a medical doctor. Olland was very active in match play, competing in 29 matches, all except one in his home town Utrecht. He defeated most Dutch players except Euwe who beat him twice, but lost to foreign masters such as Géza Maróczy, Richard Réti, and Edgar Colle.
Olland died of a heart attack playing in the 1933 Dutch Championship at The Hague.