Berger, Johann




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1868  16  2528 (75) 6
1869  13  2549 (74) 2
1870  13  2551 (73) 26
1871  13  2551 (76) 0
1872  12  2551 (78) 0
1873  11  2551 (78) 0
1874  11  2551 (76) 0
1875  2551 (72) 18
1876  11  2539 (73) 0
1877  11  2527 (72) 0
1878  14  2516 (69) 0
1879  15  2504 (63) 0
1880  18  2492 (53) 7
1881  20  2499 (46) 17
1882  18  2512 (49) 0
1883  16  2525 (44) 17
1884  20  2517 (48) 0
1885  21  2510 (43) 17
1886  17  2522 (47) 0
1887  14  2533 (41) 20
1888  20  2515 (47) 0
1889  26  2496 (43) 17
1890  27  2480 (50) 6
1891  26  2477 (57) 0
1892  28  2475 (59) 0
1893  33  2473 (56) 0
1894  34  2471 (48) 16
1895  31  2476 (53) 0
1896  27  2482 (52) 7
1897  27  2482 (53) 0
1898  25  2481 (46) 15
1899  22  2474 (51) 0
1900  21  2467 (47) 15
1901  22  2469 (55) 0
1902  24  2471 (57) 0
1903  29  2473 (54) 0
1904  27  2475 (45) 12
1905  29  2473 (41) 15
1906  39  2441 (43) 3
1907  44  2440 (35) 33
1908  49  2420 (43) 19

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Berger, Johann Nepomuk  
Born: 11 Apr. 1845
Died: 17 Oct. 1933
 
Notes:
The Era of 5 Feb. 1871 (p.4) has 'I. Berger'.
 
References
Books
   Barcza, Magyar Sakktörténet, Vol.1, page 167
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 300
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachturniere, page 248
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachzweikämpfe, page 74
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 319
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 33
   Goldman, Carl Schlechter!, page 523
   Golombek, Golombek's Encyclopedia, page 27
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 168, 571
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 29
   Minckwitz, Neunte Rheinische Schachcongress, page 4
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 25
   van Winsen, James Mason in America, page 127
   Zavatarelli, Ignatz Kolisch, page 290
Periodicals
   [CPM], vol. 2, no. 12, Dec. 1866, page 384
   [Era], vol. 33, no. 1689, 5 Feb. 1871, page 4
   [IZL], vol. 49, no. 1264, 21 Sep. 1867, page 200
   [NBSZ], vol. 3, no. 4, Apr. 1866, page 126
   [NBSZ], vol. 7, no. 6, June 1870, page 191
   [SoT], 24 Dec. 1870
   [Sph], vol. 1, no. 20, 1 Feb. 1866, page 320
   [Sph], vol. 2, no. 1, 15 May 1866, page 7
   [SZ], vol. 19, no. 5, May 1864, page 137
   [SZ], vol. 20, no. 5, May 1865, page 151
   [SZ], vol. 21, no. 5, May 1866, page 142
   [SZ], vol. 22, no. 6, June 1867, page 173
   [SZ], vol. 23, no. 17, 1 Sep. 1868, page 277
   [SZ], vol. 25, no. 7, July 1870, page 208
   [SZ], vol. 25, no. 8, Aug. 1870, page 233
   [TFF], 2 June 1871
Web
   Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dal 1900 al 1944]

Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Berger, J.N. - Minckwitz, J. 1868         (c)     1   -   1
Berger, J.N. - Schurig, B.E.R. 1868         (c)     0.5   -   0.5
Berger, J.N. - Zukertort, J.H. 1868         (c)     1.5   -   1.5
Berger, J.N. - Hamppe, C. 1869         (c)     2   -   0
Berger, J.N. - Wittek, A. 1875         (f)     14   -   4
Lipke, P. - Berger, J.N. 1896         (f)     3.5   -   3.5

Tournament data

Graz 1870     1st Austrian Chess Federation (?) Congress     24.5  /  26
Graz 1880     Graz Tournament     3  /  7
Berlin 1881 (1)     2nd German Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier     9  /  17
Nuremberg 1883 (9)     3rd German Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier     10.5  /  17
Hamburg 1885 (6)     4th German Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier     8  /  17
Frankfurt 1887 (4)     5th German Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier     12  /  20
Breslau 1889 (3)     6th German Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier     8.5  /  17
Graz 1890     Graz Tournament     2.5  /  6
Leipzig 1894 (1)     9th German Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier     8  /  16
Cologne 1898 (2)     11th German Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier     8  /  15
Munich 1900 (16)     12th German Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier     7.5  /  15
Coburg 1904 (1)     14th German Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier     6.5  /  12
Barmen 1905 (1)     Barmen Tournament - Meisterturnier A     8  /  15
Nuremberg 1906 (1)     15th German Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier     0.5  /  3
Vienna 1907 (1)     1st Trebitsch Memorial Tournament     6.5  /  13
Carlsbad 1907     Carlsbad Tournament     7.5  /  20
Vienna 1908     Vienna Tournament     7  /  19


Player information updated: 12 Apr. 2025