French Correspondence Grandmaster (1981) and strong OTB player and a doctor. He became a correspondence Grandmaster at the age of 77 after being the participant in two correspondence world championships.
Bergraser was the winner of the French chess championship (OTB) in 1957 and 1966 and a participant in five Olympiads between 1954 and 1969.
During WWII, he succeded to escape a concentration camp to join the french army as a medical officer.