Johannes Metger
Number of games in database: 103
Years covered: 1874 to 1907
Overall record: +24 -45 =34 (39.8%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Ruy Lopez (18)      C82 C67 C70 C77 C79  King's Gambit Accepted (4)      C33 C38  Ruy Lopez, Open (4)      C82 C83  Orthodox Defense (4)      D53 D50 D60	With the Black pieces:  French Defense (14)      C11 C14 C01 C02 C00  Ruy Lopez (7)      C67 C65 C66 C61  Giuoco Piano (6)      C50 C54 C53  French (5)      C11 C00 C13  Four Knights (5)      C49  Queen's Pawn Game (4)      D05 A40

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Metger vs Chigorin, 1897 1-0
   Wemmers vs Metger, 1877 0-1
   E Schallopp vs Metger, 1893 0-1
   Metger vs E Varain, 1893 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Leipzig (1877)
   Breslau (1889)
   8th DSB Kongress (1893)
   Berlin (1897)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Kiel 1893 by suenteus po 147
   1893 Kiel Komplett by Calli

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JOHANNES METGER (born Dec-15-1851, died Jan-24-1926) Germany [what is this?] Johannes Metger won the German Master title at Leipzig in 1876. He also won 1st prize in local events like Schwerin 1883, Rostock 1884 and Wismer 1886. He later acted as tournament controller at the 1925 Baden - Baden Tournament. There is a variation in the Four Knights (C47) Game named after him. Wikipedia article: Johannes Metger

page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 103  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. C Schwede vs Metger 1-0 40 1874 Unknown C49 Four Knights 2. E Schallopp vs Metger 1-0 62 1877 Leipzig C11 French 3. Metger vs K Leffmann   ½-½ 24 1877 Leipzig C48 Four Knights 4. Wemmers vs Metger 0-1 23 1877 WSB-11.Kongress C02 French, Advance 5. C T Goering vs Metger   1-0 22 1877 Leipzig C01 French, Exchange 6. Zukertort vs Metger   0-1 43 1877 WSB-11.Kongress A40 Queen's Pawn Game 7. Winawer vs Metger   1-0 28 1877 Leipzig C50 Giuoco Piano 8. Metger vs Paulsen 0-1 58 1877 Leipzig C00 French Defense 9. Metger vs E Flechsig   ½-½ 14 1877 Leipzig D53 Queen's Gambit Declined 10. Metger vs Zukertort   0-1 25 1877 Leipzig C44 King's Pawn Game 11. Metger vs W Paulsen   1-0 41 1877 Leipzig C46 Three Knights 12. Englisch vs Metger   1-0 39 1877 Leipzig D55 Queen's Gambit Declined 13. E Schallopp vs Metger 1-0 57 1877 WSB-11.Kongress C11 French 14. Anderssen vs Metger   ½-½ 66 1877 Leipzig C13 French 15. A W Franke vs Metger 0-1 22 1877 Leipzig C33 King's Gambit Accepted 16. Metger vs A Schwarz 0-1 29 1878 WSB-12.Kongress A13 English 17. Metger vs Wemmers 1-0 19 1878 WSB-12.Kongress C48 Four Knights 18. Paulsen vs Metger 1-0 13 1878 WSB-12.Kongress C45 Scotch Game 19. Anderssen vs Metger   1-0 43 1878 WSB-12.Kongress C14 French, Classical 20. Metger vs J Minckwitz   ½-½ 40 1878 WSB-12.Kongress C49 Four Knights 21. Metger vs A Fritz 1-0 41 1878 WSB-12.Kongress C41 Philidor Defense 22. W Paulsen vs Metger 1-0 21 1878 WSB-12.Kongress A00 Uncommon Opening 23. Burn vs Metger 1-0 31 1887 Frankfurt (Germany) D05 Queen's Pawn Game 24. Schiffers vs Metger   0-1 34 1887 DSB-05.Kongress C01 French, Exchange 25. Metger vs Blackburne   ½-½ 39 1887 DSB-05.Kongress Frankfurt ;HCL 21 C01 French, Exchange  page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 103    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Metger wins | Metger loses

Sep-25-05    Eastfrisian: Johannes Metger was born on Dezember 15, 1850 in Groothusen, near Emden (in East-Friesland, not far from here) and he passed over on January 25, 1926 in Kiel. He was the son of a priest and graduated from the University of Göttingen in phylology and mathematics. He taught then in Leipzig and became member of the famous chessclub "Augustea". Since 1882 he lived and taught in Kiel and became founder and leader (1901 - 1916) of the chessclub "Kieler Schachgesellschaft", which still exists. He was a brilliant chess teacher and among his scholars were such good players as Heinrich Wagner, Alfred Brinckmann, Dr. Oskar Antze, Hugo Süchting and more. Metger also wrote the book "Die Schachschule". Sep-25-05    ovcharka: i heard metger unpin. what is it?? Sep-25-05    Chessical: <ovcharka> In the Four Knights it is moving the Q to e7 then playing Nd8, see: Duras vs Rubinstein, 1907 for example. Sep-27-05    ovcharka: thank you <chessical>. Dec-15-06    BIDMONFA: Johannes Metger METGER, Johannes http://www.bidmonfa.com/metger_joha... _ Dec-15-06    Phony Benoni: Tournament controller at Baden-Baden 1925, eh? Wonder if he was involved in the supposed triple repetition dispute of Reti vs Alekhine, 1925 Dec-15-07    whiteshark: Maybe it was the dispute of Marshall vs K Treybal, 1925 in the second last round. Marshall offered a draw in an inferior position and Treybal accepted it. Grünfeld(!) claimed/remonstrated against this draw and the arbitration panel had to decide... Dec-15-07    whiteshark: Tournament photo <Baden Baden 1925> Metger sitting in the middle. http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/histori... Dec-15-08    brankat: <whiteshark> A beautiful photo. I didn't realize Baden-baden had such a strong field. Just like the first one of 1870, in relative terms. A capable player and, later, a fine author and teacher of chess. R.I.P. Her Metger. Dec-15-10    YoungEd: Perhaps the only player to have an "unpin" named after him! Jul-29-12    Karpova: According to page 29 of the 1926 '(Neue) Wiener Schachzeitung', Metger died of cancer.

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