Bernhard Gregory


Bernhard Gregory was a Baltic German chess master.

Life

Bernhard Gregory was born on in Reval, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire as a son of advocate Ferdinand Oscar Gregory and Alexandrine Emmi Gregory. 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 and Maud Dolly. In 1914 the couple divorced, Ida moved back to Leipzig with the daughters.

Chess

In 1902, he tied for 16–19th in Hannover. In 1903/04, he tied for 9–10th in Berlin. In 1904, he shared 1st in Reval, and tied for 7–8th in Coburg. In 1905, he took 6th in Barmen, and tied for 14–15th in Berlin. In 1906, he took 5th in Nuremberg. In 1907, he tied for 6–7th in Berlin. In 1908, he took 2nd, behind Wilhelm Cohn, in Berlin. In December 1908, he lost a match to Frank James Marshall in Berlin.
In 1909, he took 3rd in St Petersburg.
In 1910, he tied for 14–15th in Hamburg, and took 5th in Berlin. In 1912, he won in Breslau .
In 1913/14, he tied for 17–18th in St Petersburg. In 1917, he took 9th in Berlin.
After World War I, he took 3rd at Berlin 1919. In 1920, he tied for 6–7th in Berlin.
In 1921, he took 12th in Hamburg. In 1927, he took 13th in Berlin.
He played in the following team matches: Berlin vs Vienna in 1911, Berlin vs Prague in 1913, and Berlin vs Holland in 1920.