Johner, Paul




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1904  250  2254 (49) 17
1905  138  2328 (45) 0
1906  63  2401 (29) 65
1907  74  2382 (27) 61
1908  62  2405 (29) 45
1909  62  2411 (35) 24
1910  58  2420 (38) 13
1911  56  2428 (33) 38
1912  73  2404 (38) 17
1913  54  2427 (46) 0
1914  37  2451 (43) 18
1915  33  2461 (50) 0
1916  29  2471 (50) 7
1917  25  2486 (52) 11
1918  23  2491 (55) 0
1919  21  2496 (54) 0
1920  18  2500 (45) 16
1921  21  2493 (46) 0
1922  27  2486 (35) 31
1923  17  2531 (38) 21
1924  17  2538 (38) 16
1925  19  2525 (37) 24
1926  25  2473 (38) 18
1927  27  2468 (42) 0
1928  29  2464 (32) 43
1929  50  2436 (34) 30
1930  72  2415 (44) 7
1931  120  2388 (50) 0
1932  152  2361 (48) 15
1933  188  2343 (56) 0
1934  233  2325 (58) 0
1935  294  2307 (55) 0
1936  333  2289 (47) 26

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Johner, Paul Ferdinand  
Born: 10 Sep. 1887
Died: 25 Oct. 1938
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 308
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 327
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 82
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1936-1940, page 358
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 195
   Goldman, Carl Schlechter!, page 524
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 447, 576
   Hilbert, Walter Penn Shipley, page 355
   McGowan, Kurt Richter, page 187, 362
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 124
Web
   Gorodin, Dmitry.  [On the background of international chess tournaments in Switzerland]
   [Paul Johner]
   [Swiss Chess Federation: Hall of Fame]

Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Tartakover, S.G. - Johner, P.F. 1906         (f)     4   -   1
Fox, A.W. - Johner, P.F. 1906         (f)     4.5   -   3.5
Spielmann, R. - Johner, P.F. 1907         (f)     2.5   -   0.5
Spielmann, R. - Johner, P.F. 1909         (f)     7.5   -   1.5
Johner, P.F. - Rosenfeld, Her. 1909         (f)     7.5   -   2.5

Tournament data

Coburg 1904 (2)     14th German Chess Federation Congress - Hauptturnier A     5  /  17
New York 1906 (1)     Manhattan Club Championship     9.5  /  12
Ostend 1906 (1)     Ostend Tournament - First Stage, Section A - Section B     6  /  9
Ostend 1906 (4)     Ostend Tournament - Second Stage, Section B - Section D     2  /  6
Ostend 1906 (6)     Ostend Tournament - Third Stage, Section B - Section C     0.5  /  4
Ostend 1906 (8)     Ostend Tournament - Fourth Stage, Section B     0.5  /  3
Nuremberg 1906 (3)     15th German Chess Federation Congress - Hauptturnier, Section 2     8.5  /  9
Nuremberg 1906 (7)     15th German Chess Federation Congress - Hauptturnier Final     6  /  9
New York 1907 (1)     Manhattan Club Championship     6  /  7
New York 1907 (2)     New York State Chess Association Championship    
  Johner, P.F. - Ettlinger, A.K.     1 - 0    
Ostend 1907 (1)     Ostend Amateur Tournament     13  /  18
Schaffhausen 1907     Swiss Chess Union - Torneo Principale A     3.5  /  5
Ostend 1907 (3)     Ostend Master Tournament     1.5  /  7
Carlsbad 1907     Carlsbad Tournament     4.5  /  20
Vienna 1908     Vienna Tournament     7.5  /  19
Dusseldorf 1908 (1)     16th German Chess Federation Congress - Master Tournament     7.5  /  15
Berlin 1908     Berlin Club Tournament     6.5  /  11
Zurich 1909     19th Swiss Championship     3.5  /  5
New York 1910 (1)     Manhattan Club Championship     10  /  12
New York 1910 (4)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Johner, P.F. - Voigt, H.G.     0 - 1    
New York 1911 (1)     New York Tournament     6.5  /  12
Philadelphia 1911 (4)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Johner, P.F. - Shipley, W.P.     1 - 0    
Carlsbad 1911     Carlsbad Tournament     10.5  /  25
Pistyan 1912     Pistyan Tournament     4.5  /  17
Baden bei Wien 1914     Baden bei Wien Gambit Tournament     9.5  /  18
Copenhagen 1916 (1)     Nordic Chess Congress - Championship     5  /  7
Berlin 1917     Berlin Tournament     9.5  /  11
Berlin and The Hague 1920     Berlin - Holland Telegraph Match    
  Johner, P.F. - Marchand, M.     1 - 0    
Goteborg 1920 (2)     Göteborg Tournament - Section B     11  /  15
Pistyan 1922 (1)     Breyer Memorial Master Tournament     8.5  /  18
Teplitz-Schönau 1922 (1)     1st Congress of the German Chess Federation in Czechoslovakia - Master Tournament     4  /  13
Scheveningen 1923     Netherland Chess Federation Congress - Match Tournament     8.5  /  10
Trieste 1923 (1)     Trieste Master Tournament     9.5  /  11
Copenhagen 1924 (1)     Nordic Chess Congress - Master Tournament     8  /  10
Berlin 1924 (3)     Berlin Tournament     4  /  6
Zurich 1925     29th Swiss Chess Association Championship     10  /  11
Debrecen 1925 (1)     Debrecen Master Tournament     8.5  /  13
Dresden 1926 (2)     Dresden Chess Club 50 Year Jubilee Congress     3.5  /  9
Berlin 1926 (1)     Berlin Tournament     3.5  /  9
Berlin 1928 (1)     Berlin Tournament     7.5  /  13
Basel 1928     32nd Swiss Chess Association Championship     8.5  /  11
Dortmund 1928     6th Westphalian Chess Federation Tournament     5  /  8
Berlin 1928 (8)     Berlin Tournament     5.5  /  11
Carlsbad 1929     Carlsbad Tournament     9  /  21
Berlin 1929 (2)     Berlin Tournament     5  /  9
Lausanne 1930     34th Swiss Chess Association Championship     5.5  /  7
Bern 1932 (2)     International Tournament     7  /  15
Lucerne 1936     39th Swiss Championship     5  /  9
Munich 1936     Unofficial Olympiad     7  /  17


Player information updated: 17 Jul. 2025