Martin Bier

Martin (Max) Bier (1 April 1854 – August 1934) was a German chess master.

He won at Wesselburen 1879, took 4th at Leipzig 1879 (the 1st DSB Congress, Berthold Englisch won),[1] took 7th at Braunschweig 1880
(the 13th WDSB Kongress, Louis Paulsen won),[2] tied for 13-14th at Nuremberg
1883 (the 3rd DSB-Congress, Szymon Winawer won),[3] took 18th at Hamburg 1885 (the
4th DSB-Congress, Isidor Gunsberg won),[4] took 7th at Hamburg 1905 (Paul Saladin
Leonhardt won), and shared 4th at Hamburg 1913 (Paul
Krüger won).[5]

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(Germania) 1°Congresso degli Scacchi Tedeschi, 14/20 luglio 1879

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4°Congresso degli scacchi tedeschi

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Ratings

Year

Rank

Edo

Dev.

Games

1879

34

2426

(54)

20

1880

49

2392

(53)

9

1881

58

2388

(57)

0

1882

61

2384

(56)

0

1883

70

2380

(49)

16

1884

90

2351

(54)

0

1885

106

2321

(52)

17

1886

112

2315

(65)

0

1887

119

2309

(73)

0

1888

125

2303

(80)

0

1889

129

2296

(84)

0

1890

137

2290

(87)

0

1891

143

2284

(89)

0

1892

155

2278

(90)

0

1893

162

2271

(90)

0

1894

163

2265

(89)

0

1895

168

2259

(87)

0

1896

175

2253

(83)

0

1897

179

2246

(78)

3

1898

182

2247

(77)

3

1899

188

2243

(81)

0

1900

185

2239

(84)

0

1901

192

2235

(85)

0

1902

205

2231

(85)

0

1903

214

2227

(83)

0

1904

228

2222

(80)

0

1905

235

2218

(75)

7

1906

243

2215

(81)

0

1907

251

2212

(84)

0

1908

252

2209

(86)

0

1909

260

2206

(87)

0

1910

248

2203

(87)

0

1911

253

2200

(86)

0

1912

227

2197

(83)

0

1913

177

2193

(79)

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Rating table
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