Bernhard Gregory ( in
Tallinn
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– 2 February 1939 in
Berlin
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) was a
Baltic German
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chess
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master.
Life
Bernhard Gregory was born on in
Reval
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,
Governorate of Estonia
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,
Russian Empire
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(now Tallinn,
Estonia
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) as a son of advocate Ferdinand Oscar Gregory (born 1843 in Kolu Manor, ''Heinrichshof'', now in
Vaiatu village) and Alexandrine Emmi Gregory (born 1854 in
Vändra
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Vändra is the birthplace of Estonian journalist and poet Johann Voldemar Janns ...
). Bernhard studied at the Dome School of Reval from 1885 to 1893. In 1898 he moved to
Munich
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to study
chemistry
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and engineering, which he later continued in
Berlin
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. In 1902 he married at the age of 23 with an 18-year-old Ida Hempel from
Leipzig
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. The couple lived in
Schöneberg
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,
Berlin
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, and had two daughters, Iselin (1903) and Maud Dolly (1905). In 1914 the couple divorced, Ida moved back to Leipzig with the daughters.
Chess
In 1902, he tied for 16–19th in
Hannover
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(13th DSB–Congress, ''Hauptturnier'',
Walter John won). In 1903/04, he tied for 9–10th in Berlin (
Horatio Caro
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Caro was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, but spent most of his chess career in Berlin, Germany having moved there when he was two years old.
He played several m ...
won). In 1904, he shared 1st in Reval, and tied for 7–8th in
Coburg
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(14th DSB–Congress, ''Hauptturnier'',
Augustin Neumann and
Milan Vidmar
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won). In 1905, he took 6th in
Barmen
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Barmen, together with the neighbouring town of Elberfeld founded the first electric ...
(D tourn,
Georg Schories won), and tied for 14–15th in Berlin (
Erich Cohn
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He won or tied for 1st in several tournaments in Berlin (1902, 1905, 1906, 1909/10, 1914). In strong tournaments, he tied for 11 ...
won). In 1906, he took 5th in
Nuremberg
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(15th DSB–Congress, ''Hauptturnier'',
Friedrich Köhnlein won). In 1907, he tied for 6–7th in Berlin (
František Treybal
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In 1907 he won the 2nd Czech Chess Championship in Brno. In 1907 he also won in Berlin, and tied for 5–6th in Prague (Oldřich Duras won). In 1908, ...
won). In 1908, he took 2nd, behind
Wilhelm Cohn
Wilhelm Cohn ( he, וילהלם קוהן, February 6, 1859, Berlin – August 17, 1913, Charlottenburg) was a German chess master.
He participated in some strong tournaments. In 1897, he tied for 13-14th in Berlin ( Rudolf Charousek won). In 189 ...
, in Berlin. In December 1908, he lost a match to
Frank James Marshall
Frank James Marshall (August 10, 1877 – November 9, 1944) was the U.S. Chess Champion from 1909 to 1936, and one of the world's strongest chess players in the early part of the 20th century.
Chess career
Marshall was born in New York Cit ...
(1 : 4) in Berlin.
In 1909, he took 3rd in
St Petersburg
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(All-Russian Amateur Tournament,
Alexander Alekhine
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By the age of 22, Alekhine was already a ...
won).
In 1910, he tied for 14–15th in Hamburg (17th DSB–Congress, ''Hauptturnier'',
Gersz Rotlewi
Gersz (Georg, George, Gersh) Rotlewi (Rotlevi, Rotlevy) (1889 – 1920) was a Polish chess master.
Biography
In 1906, Rotlewi tied for 5-6th in Łódź (Akiba Rubinstein won). In 1907, he took 3rd, behind Rubinstein and Dawid Daniuszewski, in Lod ...
won), and took 5th in Berlin (
Richard Teichmann
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won). In 1912, he won in Breslau (
Wroclaw) (18th DSB–Congress, ''Hauptturnier'').
In 1913/14, he tied for 17–18th in St Petersburg (All-Russian Masters’ Tournament, 8th RUS-ch, Alekhine and
Aron Nimzowitsch
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won). In 1917, he took 9th in Berlin (
Paul Johner
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and W. John won).
After
World War I
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, he took 3rd at Berlin 1919 (''Triangular'', W. John won). In 1920, he tied for 6–7th in Berlin (
Alexey Selezniev
Alexey (Alex) Sergeyevich Selezniev (russian: Алексе́й Серге́евич Селезнёв, alternative transliterations: Selesniev, Selesniew, Selesnev, Selesnieff; pronounced "selezNYOFF"; 1888June 1967) was a chess master and chess com ...
won).
In 1921, he took 12th in Hamburg (21st DSB–Congress,
Ehrhardt Post
Alfred M. Ehrhardt Post (23 September 1881 in Cottbus – 1 August 1947 in Berlin) was a German chess master and functionary.
Biography
At the beginning of his career, he won and tied for 3-6th at Hanover 1902 (13th DSB–Congress, B tourn). ...
won). In 1927, he took 13th in Berlin (
Berthold Koch won).
He played in the following team matches: Berlin vs Vienna in 1911, Berlin vs Prague in 1913, and Berlin vs Holland (by telegraph) in 1920.
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