Bernhard Gregory

Bernhard Gregory (22 April [O.S. 10 April] 1879 in Tallinn – 2 February 1939 in Berlin) was a Baltic German chess master.

Bernhard Gregory was born on 22 April [O.S. 10 April] 1879 in Reval, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire (now Tallinn, Estonia) 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). Bernhard studied at the Dome School of Reval from 1885 to 1893. In 1898 he moved to Munich to study chemistry and engineering, which he later continued in Berlin. In 1902 he married at the age of 23 with an 18-year-old Ida Hempel from Leipzig. The couple lived in Schöneberg, Berlin, and had two daughters, Iselin (1903) and Maud Dolly (1905). In 1914 the couple divorced, Ida moved back to Leipzig with the daughters.

In 1902, he tied for 16–19th in Hannover (13th DSB–Congress, Hauptturnier, Walter John won). In 1903/04, he tied for 9–10th in Berlin (Horatio Caro won). In 1904, he shared 1st in Reval, and tied for 7–8th in Coburg (14th DSB–Congress, Hauptturnier, Augustin Neumann and Milan Vidmar won). In 1905, he took 6th in Barmen (D tourn, Georg Schories won), and tied for 14–15th in Berlin (Erich Cohn won). In 1906, he took 5th in Nuremberg (15th DSB–Congress, Hauptturnier, Friedrich Köhnlein won). In 1907, he tied for 6–7th in Berlin (František Treybal won). In 1908, he took 2nd, behind Wilhelm Cohn, in Berlin. In December 1908, he lost a match to Frank James Marshall (1 : 4) in Berlin.

...
Wikipedia