Berger, Johann




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1868  16  2532 (75) 6
1869  13  2553 (73) 2
1870  13  2554 (72) 26
1871  13  2554 (76) 0
1872  12  2555 (78) 0
1873  11  2555 (78) 0
1874  11  2555 (76) 0
1875  10  2555 (72) 18
1876  12  2543 (73) 0
1877  11  2532 (72) 0
1878  14  2520 (69) 0
1879  15  2508 (63) 0
1880  18  2497 (53) 7
1881  19  2504 (46) 17
1882  18  2516 (49) 0
1883  18  2529 (44) 17
1884  22  2522 (48) 0
1885  23  2515 (43) 17
1886  18  2526 (47) 0
1887  16  2538 (41) 20
1888  21  2519 (47) 0
1889  26  2501 (43) 17
1890  28  2484 (50) 6
1891  27  2482 (57) 0
1892  29  2481 (59) 0
1893  34  2479 (56) 0
1894  36  2477 (48) 16
1895  32  2483 (53) 0
1896  27  2488 (52) 7
1897  29  2489 (52) 0
1898  26  2489 (46) 15
1899  23  2482 (51) 0
1900  22  2475 (47) 15
1901  23  2478 (55) 0
1902  26  2480 (57) 0
1903  27  2482 (54) 0
1904  27  2484 (45) 12
1905  27  2482 (41) 15
1906  40  2450 (43) 3
1907  44  2449 (35) 33
1908  49  2429 (42) 19
1909  65  2411 (59) 0
1910  83  2393 (71) 1

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
   [OSZ], vol. 1, no. 2, 16 Apr. 1872, page 11
   [OSZ], vol. 1, no. 17, 1 Dec. 1872, page 132
   [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
Berger, J.N. - Hrdina, J. 1910         (f)     0.5   -   0.5

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 (7)     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: 11 Jan. 2026