Georg Heinrich Bernhardt (* Tuesday, 1 March 1892 in Veckerhagen; † Saturday, 12 December 1964 in Bad Wildungen) was a German chess composer from Frankenau.

Chess Composition
Bernhardt published over 300 endgame studies from 1918 onwards. Strangely enough, his most widespread was repeatedly circulated as a fragment of a part. It was often reproduced with the names Pape - Roth, Papp - Roth and Peip - Roth, although it was allegedly played either in Löbau in 1924 or in Germany in 1972. Curiously, even the German Chess Federation printed the piece as a party position.

In reality, however, it was a chess study composition:

White to move and draw

White: Ke4, a4, d5, g3  (4)                 Black: Kd1, Bh2, d4, e7, h5   (5)  

Solution 1. d5–d6 e7xd6
2. Ke4–d3! Bh2xg3
3. a4–a5 d6–d5
4. a5–a6 Bg3–b8
5. a6–a7 Bb8xa7       stalemate

Literature
A trio of composers in: Schach-Echo, 20 February 1954, p. 64

Individual references
 In memory of Georg Bernhardt. Schach-Echo, 4/1965, p. 54.

Weblinks
Compositions by Georg Bernhardt on the PDB server

Others: On Website ARVES are 18 endgame studies by him selected. (Selection made by Mario Guido García)

Source: de.wikipedia.org