Facts: - death date: 2 may 1988 - birth date: 22 february 1899 - name: berthold koch - nationality: german - birth place: berlin Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of berthold koch .
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berthold koch -lrb- 22 february 1899 -- 2 may 1988 -rrb- was a german chess master and journalist .