Metger, Johannes




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1877  72  2350 (58) 16
1878  73  2350 (59) 9
1879  73  2359 (67) 0
1880  77  2369 (72) 0
1881  77  2378 (75) 0
1882  74  2387 (76) 0
1883  72  2396 (75) 0
1884  68  2405 (72) 0
1885  59  2415 (66) 0
1886  55  2424 (58) 0
1887  52  2433 (44) 20
1888  57  2424 (44) 10
1889  47  2433 (44) 17
1890  53  2432 (55) 0
1891  50  2431 (60) 0
1892  53  2430 (60) 0
1893  51  2429 (57) 8
1894  49  2430 (61) 0
1895  49  2431 (61) 0
1896  45  2432 (56) 0
1897  46  2433 (47) 20
1898  55  2415 (56) 0
1899  68  2396 (59) 0
1900  86  2377 (57) 9
1901  92  2371 (60) 3
1902  105  2358 (64) 0
1903  115  2345 (63) 3
1904  110  2351 (65) 0
1905  113  2357 (63) 0
1906  109  2363 (57) 0
1907  99  2369 (46) 28

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Metger, Johannes Ad. M.  
   Also known as: H. Metger
Born: 15 Dec. 1851
Died: 24 Jan. 1926
 
Notes:
Feenstra Kuiper, Golombek, and Goldman have birth year 1850; Hooper and Whyld (1st ed.) have birth year 1850, but correct it to 1851 in their 2nd edition. Brother of H. Metger.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 311
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachturniere, page 273
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 391, 965
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 279
   Goldman, Carl Schlechter!, page 525
   Golombek, Golombek's Encyclopedia, page 198
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 251, 578
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 19, 213
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (2nd ed.), page 258
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 174
Periodicals
   [DSZ], vol. 28, no. 11, Nov. 1873, page 321
   [DSZ], vol. 28, no. 12, Dec. 1873, page 353
Web
   Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dell'800]
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Metger, J.A.M. - Antze, O.H.A. 1900         (f)     2.5   -   0.5

Tournament data

Leipzig 1877     Leipzig Tournament     3.5  /  11
Cologne 1877     11th West German Chess Congress     3  /  5
Frankfurt 1878     12th West German Chess Congress     4  /  9
Frankfurt 1887 (4)     5th German Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier     8.5  /  20
Nuremberg 1888 (1)     2nd Bavarian Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier     3  /  10
Breslau 1889 (3)     6th German Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier     7.5  /  17
Kiel 1893 (1)     8th German Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier     4.5  /  8
Altona 1897     1st Lower Elbe Chess Federation Tournament     2.5  /  3
Berlin 1897 (7)     Berliner Schachgesellschaft 70th Anniversary Congress - Meisterturnier     7  /  17
Kiel and Brackrade 1900     Kiel Tournament     1.5  /  3
Eimsbuttel 1900 (1)     4th Lower Elbe Chess Federation Congress - Master Tournament     1.5  /  3
Kiel 1901     5th Lower Elbe Chess Federation Congress     2.5  /  3
Hamburg 1903     7th Lower Elbe Chess Federation Tournament     1  /  3
Ostend 1907 (3)     Ostend Master Tournament     11  /  28

Player information updated: 17 Jul. 2025