Bier, Martin
Ratings
| Year |
Rank |
Edo |
Dev. |
Games |
| 1876 |
8 |
2584 | (73) | 3 |
| 1877 |
8 |
2588 | (62) | 14 |
| 1878 |
10 |
2547 | (55) | 15 |
| 1879 |
17 |
2507 | (48) | 20 |
| 1880 |
37 |
2448 | (50) | 9 |
| 1881 |
51 |
2432 | (55) | 0 |
| 1882 |
59 |
2416 | (54) | 0 |
| 1883 |
68 |
2400 | (48) | 16 |
| 1884 |
96 |
2367 | (53) | 0 |
| 1885 |
117 |
2333 | (52) | 17 |
| 1886 |
130 |
2328 | (64) | 0 |
| 1887 |
131 |
2322 | (73) | 0 |
| 1888 |
139 |
2316 | (79) | 0 |
| 1889 |
134 |
2310 | (84) | 0 |
| 1890 |
150 |
2304 | (87) | 0 |
| 1891 |
154 |
2299 | (89) | 0 |
| 1892 |
169 |
2293 | (90) | 0 |
| 1893 |
175 |
2287 | (90) | 0 |
| 1894 |
180 |
2281 | (88) | 0 |
| 1895 |
195 |
2275 | (86) | 0 |
| 1896 |
195 |
2270 | (82) | 0 |
| 1897 |
205 |
2264 | (77) | 3 |
| 1898 |
217 |
2266 | (76) | 3 |
| 1899 |
218 |
2264 | (80) | 0 |
| 1900 |
220 |
2263 | (83) | 0 |
| 1901 |
222 |
2261 | (84) | 0 |
| 1902 |
234 |
2260 | (83) | 0 |
| 1903 |
242 |
2258 | (81) | 0 |
| 1904 |
262 |
2256 | (78) | 0 |
| 1905 |
277 |
2255 | (73) | 7 |
| 1906 |
277 |
2256 | (78) | 0 |
| 1907 |
285 |
2257 | (81) | 0 |
| 1908 |
288 |
2259 | (83) | 0 |
| 1909 |
296 |
2260 | (83) | 0 |
| 1910 |
283 |
2261 | (82) | 0 |
| 1911 |
294 |
2262 | (79) | 0 |
| 1912 |
287 |
2263 | (75) | 1 |
| 1913 |
276 |
2273 | (71) | 11 |
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |
| Name: Bier, Martin |
| Born: 1 Apr. 1854 |
| Died: 7 Aug. 1934 |
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| Notes: |
| Gaige and Di Felice have 'Bier, Max'; Harding has 'Bier, Martin', as do the transcripts of the Chronik des Hamberger Schachklubs. Chessgames.com has Martin Bier aka Max Bier. |
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| References |
| Books |
| Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 300 |
| Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 37 |
| Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 203, 571 |
| Langmann, Chronik des Hamburger Schachklubs, page 152 |
| Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 28 |
| Web |
| Sericano, C. [Maestri di scacchi dell'800] |
| [Martin Bier] |
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Tournament data
| Hamburg 1876 |
Hamburg Club Tournament |
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Bier, M. - Nachman, M. |
1 - 0 |
| | | |
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Bier, M. - Alexander, A. |
1 - 0 |
| | | |
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Bier, M. - Fles |
1 - 0 |
| | | |
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Bier, M. - Nissen, A. (1) |
1 - 0 |
| | | |
| Hamburg 1877 (1) |
Hamburg Club Tournament - Group I |
13.5 | / | 14 |
| | | |
| Hamburg 1878 (1) |
Hamburg Club Tournament I |
12 | / | 14 |
| | | |
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Bier, M. - Alexander, A. |
0 - 1 |
| | | |
| Leipzig 1879 |
1st German Chess Federation Tournament |
6.5 | / | 11 |
| | | |
| Wesselburen 1879 |
Wesselburen Tournament |
8.5 | / | 9 |
| | | |
| Braunschweig 1880 (1) |
13th West German Chess Congress - Meisterturnier |
3 | / | 9 |
| | | |
| Nuremberg 1883 (9) |
3rd German Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier |
7 | / | 16 |
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| Hamburg 1885 (6) |
4th German Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier |
3.5 | / | 17 |
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| Altona 1897 |
1st Lower Elbe Chess Federation Tournament |
1 | / | 3 |
| | | |
| Elmshorn 1898 |
2nd Lower Elbe Chess Federation Congress |
1.5 | / | 3 |
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| Hamburg 1905 (2) |
Hamburg Tournament |
2 | / | 7 |
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| Kiel 1912 |
Copenhagen Club - Lower Elbe Chess Federation Match |
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Bier, M. - Mortensen, E. |
0.5 - 0.5 |
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| Hamburg 1913 |
Hamburg City Championship |
7 | / | 11 |
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| Player information updated: 20 Sept. 2025 |
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