Johann Berger
Chess Player
1845 – 1933
Who was Johann Berger?
Johann Nepomuk Berger was an Austrian chess master, theorist, endgame study composer, author and editor.
In September 1870, he won the first tournament in the Austro-Hungarian Empire at Graz. In 1875, he won a match against Alexander Wittek in Graz, and drew a match with Paul Lipke at Eisenach 1896.
He tied for 5-6th at Graz 1880; tied for 9-10th at Berlin 1881; took fourth at Nuremberg 1883; tied for 11-12th at Hamburg 1885; tied for 5-6th at Frankfurt 1887; took tenth at Breslau 1889; tied for 4-5th at Graz 1890; tied for 8-9th at Leipzig 1894.
He took eighth place at Cologne 1898; tied for 7-10th at Munich 1900; tied for 6-7th at Coburg 1904; took sixth at Barmen 1905; tied for 7-8th at Vienna 1907; tied for 16-18th in the Carlsbad 1907 chess tournament, and took fifteenth in the Vienna 1908 chess tournament.
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- Born
- Apr 11, 1845
Graz - Nationality
- Austria
- Lived in
- Graz
- Died
- Oct 17, 1933
Graz
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on July 23, 2013
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