Bernhard Gregory (10 April 1879, Reval (Tallinn) – 2 February 1939, Berlin) was an Estonian chess master.[1]
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).[2] 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.
In 1909, he took 3rd in St Petersburg (All-Russian Amateur Tournament, Alexander Alekhine won). In 1910, he tied for 14-15th in Hamburg (17th DSB–Congress, Hauptturnier, Gersz Rotlewi won), and took 5th in Berlin (Richard Teichmann won). In 1912, he won in Breslau (Wroclaw) (18th DSB–Congress, Hauptturnier).[3] In 1913/14, he tied for 17-18th in St Petersburg (All-Russian Masters’ Tournament, 8th RUS-ch, Alekhine and Aron Nimzowitsch won).[4] In 1917, he took 9th in Berlin (Paul Johner and W. John won).
After World War I, he took 3rd at Berlin 1919 (Triangular, W. John won). In 1920, he tied for 6-7th in Berlin (Alexey Selezniev won).[5] In 1921, he took 12th in Hamburg (21st DSB–Congress, Ehrhardt Post won). In 1927, he took 13th in Berlin (Berthold Koch won).[6]
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.[7]