Bernhard Gregory was an Estonian

Governorate of Estonia

The Governorate of Estonia or Estland, also known as the Government of Estonia or Province of Estonia, was a governorate of the Russian Empire in what is now northern Estonia.-Historical overview:...

 chess

Chess

Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...

 master.

In 1902, he tied for 16-19th in Hannover (13th DSB–Congress, Hauptturnier, Walter John

Walter John

Walter John , was a German chess master.John was born at Thorn , Poland . He took 2nd, behind Curt von Bardeleben in Café Kerkau, and took 4th at Berlin 1902. He won at Hanover 1902...

 won). In 1903/04, he tied for 9-10th in Berlin (Horatio Caro

Horatio Caro

Horatio Caro was an English chess master.Caro was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, but spent most of his chess career in Berlin, Germany. He played several matches. In 1892, he drew with Curt von Bardeleben , lost to Szymon Winawer . In 1897, he lost to Jacques Mieses . In 1903, he drew...

 won). In 1904, he shared 1st in Reval, and tied for 7-8th in Coburg

Coburg

Coburg is a town located on the Itz River in Bavaria, Germany. Its 2005 population was 42,015. Long one of the Thuringian states of the Wettin line, it joined with Bavaria by popular vote in 1920...

 (14th DSB–Congress, Hauptturnier, Augustin Neumann

Augustin Neumann

Augustin Neumann was an Austrian chess master.He tied for 3rd-5th at Vienna 1901/02 ; took 2nd, behind Leopold Loewy, Jr at Vienna 1902 ; took 3rd at Hannover 1902 ; took 5th at Hilversum 1903 ; tied for 4-5th at Vienna 1904 .A...

 and Milan Vidmar

Milan Vidmar

Milan Vidmar was a Slovene electrical engineer, chess player, chess theorist, philosopher, and writer. He was a specialist in power transformers and transmission of electric current.- Biography :...

 won). In 1905, he took 6th in Barmen

Barmen

Barmen is a former industrial metropolis of the region of Bergisches Land, Germany, which in 1929 with four other towns was merged with the city of Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia. Barmen was the birth-place of Friedrich Engels and together with the neighbouring town of Elberfeld founded the...

 (D tourn, Georg Schories

Georg Schories

Georg Schories was a German chess master.Born in Berlin, he travelled first to Paris, then England, where for many years he, as George Shories, made his home...

 won), and tied for 14-15th in Berlin (Erich Cohn

Erich Cohn

Erich Cohn was a German chess master.He won or tied for 1st in several tournaments in Berlin . In strong tournaments, he tied for 11-12th at Berlin 1903 . He took 10th at Coburg 1904 . In 1905, he took 5th in Barmen...

 won). In 1906, he took 5th in Nuremberg

Nuremberg

Nuremberg[p] is a city in the German state of Bavaria, in the administrative region of Middle Franconia. Situated on the Pegnitz river and the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal, it is located about north of Munich and is Franconia's largest city. The population is 505,664...

 (15th DSB–Congress, Hauptturnier, Friedrich Köhnlein

Friedrich Köhnlein

Friedrich Köhnlein was a German chess master and problemist.He won at Düsseldorf 1908...

 won). In 1907, he tied for 6-7th in Berlin (František Treybal

František Treybal

František Treybal was a Czech chess master.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 . In 1908, he took 20th in Prague . In 1909, he took 4th in Prague...

 won). In 1908, he took 2nd, behind Wilhelm Cohn

Wilhelm Cohn

Wilhelm Cohn was a German chess master.He participated in some strong tournaments. In 1897, he tied for 13-14th in Berlin . In 1898, he tied for 2nd-4th in Cologne . In 1899, he tied for 10-11th in London...

, in Berlin. In December 1908, he lost a match to Frank James Marshall (1 : 4) in Berlin.

In 1909, he took 3rd in St Petersburg (All-Russian Amateur Tournament, Alexander Alekhine

Alexander Alekhine

Alexander Alexandrovich Alekhine was the fourth World Chess Champion. He is often considered one of the greatest chess players ever.By the age of twenty-two, he was already among the strongest chess players in the world. During the 1920s, he won most of the tournaments in which he played...

 won).
In 1910, he tied for 14-15th in Hamburg (17th DSB–Congress, Hauptturnier, Gersz Rotlewi

Gersz Rotlewi

Gersz Rotlewi was a Polish chess master.-Biography:In 1906, Rotlewi tied for 5-6th in Lodz...

 won), and took 5th in Berlin (Richard Teichmann

Richard Teichmann

Richard Teichmann was a German chess master.He was known as "Richard the Fifth" because he often finished in fifth place in tournaments. But in Karlsbad 1911, he scored a convincing win, crushing Akiba Rubinstein and Carl Schlechter with the same line of the Ruy Lopez...

 won). In 1912, he won in Breslau (Wroclaw

Wroclaw

Wrocław , situated on the River Oder , is the main city of southwestern Poland.Wrocław was the historical capital of Silesia and is today the capital of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. Over the centuries, the city has been part of either Poland, Bohemia, Austria, Prussia, or Germany, but since 1945...

) (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

Aron Nimzowitsch

Aron Nimzowitsch was a Russian-born Danish unofficial chess grandmaster and a very influential chess writer...

 won). In 1917, he took 9th in Berlin (Paul Johner

Paul Johner

Paul Johner was a Swiss chess master.A noted musician , elder brother of Hans Johner, he won the Swiss Championship in 1907 , 1908 , 1925, 1928 , 1930 and 1932 .He played in many international tournaments...

 and W. John won).

After World War I

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

, he took 3rd at Berlin 1919 (Triangular, W. John won). In 1920, he tied for 6-7th in Berlin (Alexey Selezniev

Alexey Selezniev

Alexey Selezniev was a Russian chess master....

 won).
In 1921, he took 12th in Hamburg (21st DSB–Congress, Ehrhardt Post

Ehrhardt Post

Alfred M. Ehrhardt Post was a German chess master and functionary.-Biography:At the beginning of his career, he won and tied for 3-6th at Hanover 1902 . He tied for 7-8th at Coburg 1904 and 12-13th at Barmen 1905...

 won). In 1927, he took 13th in Berlin (Berthold Koch

Berthold Koch

Berthold Koch was a German chess master and journalist.Born in Berlin, he won four times the Berlin Championship in 1927, 1933 , 1946, and 1951...

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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