Alexandru Tyroler

Alexandru (Sándor) Tyroler (October 19, 1891, Garamszentkereszt, now Žiar nad Hronom, Slovakia-February 3, 1973, in Budapest, Hungary) was a chess master who won the first three Romanian championships.

Sándor Tyroler was born in Garamszentkereszt (Slovak: Hronský Svätý Kríž, German: Heiligenkreuz an der Gran) in Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Slovakia) into a Hungarian Jewish family.

After World War I, following the Treaty of Trianon (1920), he became a citizen of Romania.

In 1928, he took 15th in The Hague (Amateur World Championship, Max Euwe won).

Tyroler represented Romania in the 2nd unofficial Chess Olympiad at Budapest 1926, where he won the team bronze medal.