David Polland

David S. Polland (born 1908) was an American chess master.^[1]

He tied for 2nd-4th at New York 1930/31 (Marshall Chess Club Championship, Arthur Dake won),^[2] tied for 6-7th at Rome 1931 (New York State Championship, Fred Reinfeld won), took 6th at Philadelphia 1936 (the 3rd ACF, U.S. Open Chess Championship, Israel Albert Horowitz won),^[3] won at Chicago 1937 (the 4th ACF),^[4] and won in the New York State Championship in 1937.^[5] He tied for 3rd-4th at Boston 1938 (the 5th ACF, Horowitz and Isaac Kashdan won), tied for 6-7th at New York 1938 (the 2nd U.S. Chess Championship, Samuel Reshevsky won),^[6] and tied for 8-11th at New York 1940 (the 3rd US-ch, Reshevsky won).^[7]