Johann Berger
Johann Nepomuk Berger (11 April 1845, Graz – 17 October 1933) was an Austrian chess master, theorian, author and editor.
In September 1870, he won the 1st tournament in the Austro-Hungarina empire at Graz.[1] In 1875, he won a match against Alexander Wittek (14 : 4) in Graz, and drew a match with Paul Lipke (3,5 : 3,5) at Eisenach 1896.[2]
He tied for 5-6th at Graz 1880 (Max Weiss, Johannes von Minckwitz and Adolf Schwarz won); tied for 9-10th at Berlin 1881 (2nd DSB–Congress, Joseph Henry Blackburne won); took 4th at Nuremberg 1883 (3rd DSB–Congress, Simon Winawer won); tied for 11-12th at Hamburg 1885 (4th DSB–Congress, Isidor Gunsberg won); tied for 5-6th at Frankfurt 1887 (5th DSB–Congress, George Henry McKenzie won); took 10th at Breslau 1889 (6th DSB–Congress, Siegbert Tarrasch won); tied for 4-5th at Graz 1890 (Gyula Makovetz won; tied for 8-9th at Leipzig 1894 (9th DSB–Congress, Tarrasch won).
He took 8th at Cologne 1898 (11th DSB–Congress, Amos Burn won); tied for 7-10th at Munich 1900 (12th DSB–Congress, Géza Maróczy, Carl Schlechter and Harry Pillsbury won); tied for 6-7th at Coburg 1904 (14th DSB–Congress, Curt von Bardeleben, Schlechter and Rudolf Swiderski won); took 6th at Barmen 1905 (Dawid Janowski and Maroczy won); tied for 7-8th at Vienna 1907 (Jacques Mieses won); tied for 16-18th at Carlsbad 1907 (Akiba Rubinstein won), and took 15th at Vienna 1908 (Oldřich Duras, Maróczy and Schlechter won).[3]
Berger was the first Austrian to win an important international correspondence tournament the Monde Illustré 1889-1892, and he did so with the remarkable result of +45 –0 =3.
He was editor of Deutsche Schachzeitung and author of Das Schachproblem und dessen Kunstgerechte Darstellung (Leipzig 1884), Theorie und Praxis der Endspiele (Leipzig 1890), Problemen, Studien und Partien (Leipzig 1914).[4]
References
- ^ http://www.logicalchess.com/info/history/1800-1899.html
- ^ http://db.chessmetrics.com/CM2/PlayerProfile.asp?Params=199510SSSSS3S011041000000141000000000002410100
- ^ http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables, An Electronic Editon, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01
- ^ Litmanowicz, Władysław & Giżycki, Jerzy (1986, 1987). Szachy od A do Z. Wydawnictwo Sport i Turystyka Warszawa. ISBN 83-217-2481-7 (1. A-M), ISBN 83-217-2745-x (2. N-Z)