Adolf Georg Olland

Adolf Georg Olland ( born April 13, 1867 in Utrecht, † July 22, 1933 in The Hague) was a Dutch chess master.

Olland, a doctor by profession, learned the game of chess in his childhood from his father. He was the founder and long-time chairman of the chess club from Utrecht, whose members included the Dutch writer Multatuli. In 1890, he brought a chess book for beginners out: Theory en Practijk. At the beginning of the 20th century Olland reached his athletic peak. In 1899 he was runner-up in Amsterdam in 1901, he won in Haarlem, 1912, he was fourth in Stockholm, 1913 Third in Scheveningen and seventh in Hastings 1919. Olland in Leiden in 1909 won the inaugural round of the Dutch national championship before Abraham Speijer.

Olland played a variety of competitions in his hometown of Utrecht, including against Richard Réti 1920 4-6 ( 3-5 = 2) and 1928, 0-5, against Max Euwe in 1921 1.5-5.5 ( 1-5 = 1) and 1922 3,5-6,5 ( 2-5 = 3), and against Géza Maroczy 1922 0-4. Olland was friends with the Belgian chess master Edgard Colle, with whom he spent many hours of analysis. In 1933 he died of a heart attack during the 8th Dutch National Championship in The Hague.

After Olland a variant is named in the MacCutcheon variant of the French Defence: 1.e2 e6 2.d2 -e4 e7 - d7 -d5 -d4 - c3 3.Sb1 Ng8 - f6 - g5 4.Lc1 Bf8 - b4 5.e4 h7 - h6 - e5 6.Bg5 -c1, the Ollandsche sequel.