Bier, Martin
Ratings
| Year |
Rank |
Edo |
Dev. |
Games |
| 1876 |
8 |
2581 | (73) | 3 |
| 1877 |
8 |
2585 | (62) | 14 |
| 1878 |
11 |
2544 | (55) | 15 |
| 1879 |
17 |
2504 | (48) | 20 |
| 1880 |
37 |
2445 | (50) | 9 |
| 1881 |
50 |
2429 | (55) | 0 |
| 1882 |
59 |
2413 | (54) | 0 |
| 1883 |
69 |
2397 | (48) | 16 |
| 1884 |
96 |
2364 | (53) | 0 |
| 1885 |
118 |
2330 | (52) | 17 |
| 1886 |
128 |
2324 | (64) | 0 |
| 1887 |
130 |
2318 | (73) | 0 |
| 1888 |
138 |
2312 | (79) | 0 |
| 1889 |
133 |
2306 | (84) | 0 |
| 1890 |
146 |
2301 | (87) | 0 |
| 1891 |
154 |
2295 | (89) | 0 |
| 1892 |
169 |
2289 | (90) | 0 |
| 1893 |
173 |
2283 | (90) | 0 |
| 1894 |
178 |
2277 | (88) | 0 |
| 1895 |
191 |
2271 | (86) | 0 |
| 1896 |
193 |
2265 | (82) | 0 |
| 1897 |
204 |
2259 | (77) | 3 |
| 1898 |
216 |
2261 | (76) | 3 |
| 1899 |
216 |
2259 | (80) | 0 |
| 1900 |
217 |
2257 | (83) | 0 |
| 1901 |
221 |
2256 | (84) | 0 |
| 1902 |
235 |
2254 | (83) | 0 |
| 1903 |
240 |
2252 | (81) | 0 |
| 1904 |
263 |
2250 | (78) | 0 |
| 1905 |
275 |
2249 | (73) | 7 |
| 1906 |
278 |
2250 | (78) | 0 |
| 1907 |
285 |
2251 | (81) | 0 |
| 1908 |
288 |
2252 | (83) | 0 |
| 1909 |
298 |
2253 | (83) | 0 |
| 1910 |
282 |
2254 | (82) | 0 |
| 1911 |
292 |
2255 | (79) | 0 |
| 1912 |
286 |
2256 | (75) | 1 |
| 1913 |
273 |
2266 | (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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