- Johannes Metger
Johannes Metger (
15 December 1850 ,Groothusen -24 January 1926 ,Kiel ) was a Germanchess master.He tied for 2nd-4th at Cologne 1877 (the 11th WDSB-Congress,
Johannes Zukertort won), took 9th at Leipzig 1877 (the 3rd MDSB-Congress,Louis Paulsen won), took 7th at Frankfurt 1878 (the 12th WDSB-Congress, Paulsen won), and won in local tournaments at Schwerin 1883, Rostock 1884, and Wismer 1886. [ [http://www.chessgames.com Chess Games Database ] ]He tied for 14-16th at Frankfurt 1887 (the 5th
DSB Congress ,George Henry Mackenzie won), took 6th at Nuremberg 1888 (Siegbert Tarrasch won), took 12th at Breslau 1889 (the 6th DSB-Congress, Tarrasch won), tied for 4-6th at Kiel 1893 (the 8th DSB-Congress,Curt von Bardeleben andCarl August Walbrodt won), took 12th at Berlin 1897 (Rudolf Charousek won), won at Altona 1897 ("Quadrangular"), took 3rd at Kiel 1900 ("Quadrangular"), shared 1st at Kiel 1901 ("Quadrangular"), and tied for 23-24th at Ostend 1907 (Ossip Bernstein andAkiba Rubinstein won). [http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's "Chess Tournament Crosstables", An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01]His name is attached to the Metger Variation in the
Four Knights Game (C47).He is an author of "Die Schachschule" (Leipzig 1886), and "Der achte Kongress des Deutschen Schachbundes" (Leipzig 1894). [Litmanowicz, Władysław & Giżycki, Jerzy (1986, 1987). "Szachy od A do Z". Wydawnictwo Sport i Turystyka Warszawa. ISBN 83-217-2481-7 (1. A-M), ISBN 83-217-2745-x (2. N-Z)]
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