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. He took 7th at Ostend 1906.
In 1907 he took 2nd, behind Richard Teichmann, in Berlin. In 1910 Post won a match against Wilhelm Cohn in Berlin. He tied for 13-14th in interrupted the Mannheim 1914 chess tournament. In 1917, he tied for 3rd-4th in Berlin.
Post won, ahead of Friedrich Sämisch, at Hamburg 1921. He won, ahead of Carl Carls, at Oeynhausen 1922. He tied for 2nd-3rd, behind Ernst Grünfeld, at Frankfurt 1923.
In 1933–1945 Ehrhardt Post was a Managing Director of Nazi “Grossdeutscher Schachbund” and a principal organizer of the strongest chess tournaments in Europe.
