Schwarz, Adolf




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1864  50  2376 (93) 5
1865  50  2379 (93) 0
1866  52  2381 (93) 0
1867  52  2384 (91) 0
1868  52  2386 (88) 0
1869  52  2389 (84) 0
1870  49  2392 (78) 0
1871  49  2394 (71) 0
1872  46  2397 (61) 0
1873  43  2399 (47) 30
1874  41  2414 (51) 0
1875  37  2429 (48) 20
1876  32  2453 (53) 0
1877  24  2476 (51) 0
1878  18  2500 (42) 28
1879  14  2522 (40) 17
1880  10  2561 (35) 48
1881  15  2528 (44) 0
1882  22  2496 (38) 38
1883  29  2485 (55) 0
1884  32  2475 (66) 0
1885  38  2464 (74) 0
1886  38  2454 (79) 0
1887  45  2443 (83) 0
1888  52  2433 (85) 0
1889  53  2422 (86) 0
1890  62  2411 (86) 0
1891  71  2401 (85) 0
1892  72  2390 (82) 0
1893  77  2380 (77) 0
1894  86  2369 (71) 0
1895  97  2359 (62) 0
1896  103  2348 (49) 14
1897  105  2336 (48) 4
1898  128  2318 (42) 24
1899  129  2321 (49) 0
1900  126  2323 (48) 10
1901  112  2339 (51) 11
1902  109  2342 (56) 10
1903  112  2336 (66) 0
1904  129  2331 (73) 0
1905  143  2326 (78) 0
1906  151  2320 (81) 0
1907  161  2315 (82) 0
1908  176  2310 (81) 0
1909  202  2304 (79) 12

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Schwarz, Adolf  
Born: 31 Oct. 1836
Died: 25 Oct. 1910
 
Notes:
Gaige has another Adolf Schwarz born around 1863. The Chess Player's Chronicle of Apr. 1874 (p.55) has 'Adolph Schwartz'. Gaige has date of death as 25-10-1910; Barcza has 27-10-1910.
 
References
Books
   Barcza, Magyar Sakktörténet, Vol.1, page 151, 223, 80+
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 316
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachturniere, page 286
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachzweikämpfe, page 94
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 382
   Goldman, Carl Schlechter!, page 526
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 96, 580
   Harding, Steinitz in London, page 214
   Hilbert, Emil Kemeny, page 312
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 301
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 123
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 242
   Urcan, Chess Fathering a Nation, page 6
Periodicals
   [CPC], vol. 4, no. 2, Apr. 1874, page 55
   [DSZ], vol. 28, no. 1, Jan. 1873, page 15
   [ILN], vol. 70, no. 1967, 24 Mar. 1877, page 287
   [ILN], vol. 70, no. 1975, 19 May 1877, page 479
   [ILN], vol. 71, no. 2001, 17 Nov. 1877, page 487
   [OSZ], vol. 1, no. 4, 16 May 1872, page 29
   [OSZ], vol. 1, no. 17, 1 Dec. 1872, page 132
   [Sph], vol. 1, no. 15, 15 Nov. 1865, page 233
   [SZ], vol. 19, no. 6, June 1864, page 199
   [WP], vol. 6, no. 4, 1 Aug. 1873, page 66
   [WSZ], vol. 4, no. 12, Dec. 1901, page 222
Web
   Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dell'800]

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

Discart, F.F. - Schwarz, A. 1864         (c)     2.5   -   2.5
Schwarz, A. - Minckwitz, J. 1878         (f)     5   -   4
Schwarz, A. - Meitner, P. 1878         (f)     3.5   -   6.5
Paulsen, L. - Schwarz, A. 1879         (f)     5   -   2
Schwarz, A. - Winawer, S.A. 1880         (f)     3   -   1
Schwarz, A. - Albin, A. 1897         (f)     2.5   -   1.5

Tournament data

Vienna 1873 (2)     Vienna International Tournament     10.5  /  30
Vienna 1875 (1)     Wiener Schachclub Winter Tournament     18.5  /  24
Vienna 1875 (2)     Vienna Championship     1.5  /  6
Frankfurt 1878     12th West German Chess Congress     7.5  /  9
Leipzig 1879     1st German Chess Federation Tournament     6  /  10
Vienna 1880     Vienna Club Championship     7  /  12
  Schwarz, A. - Fahndrich, H.     2.5 - 1.5    
Wiesbaden 1880 (1)     Wiesbaden Meisterturnier     11  /  15
Braunschweig 1880 (1)     13th West German Chess Congress - Meisterturnier     6  /  9
  Schwarz, A. - Wemmers, C.     1 - 0    
  Schwarz, A. - Minckwitz, J.     1 - 0    
Graz 1880     Graz Tournament     4.5  /  7
  Schwarz, A. - Minckwitz, J.     1 - 1    
  Schwarz, A. - Weiss, M.     1.5 - 0.5    
Vienna 1882 (1)     Vienna Chess Club Tournament     5  /  9
Vienna 1882 (2)     Vienna International Tournament     11  /  29
Vienna 1896 (4)     Vienna Tournament     6.5  /  14
Vienna 1898 (2)     Vienna Chess Club Tournament     6  /  16
Vienna 1898 (3)     Kaiser Jubiläumsturnier     0.5  /  8
Vienna 1900     2nd Kolisch Memorial Tournament     3.5  /  11
Vienna 1901 (2)     Vienna Chess Club Winter Tourney - Amateur Group     9  /  11
Vienna 1902 (2)     Vienna Amateur Tourney     6.5  /  10
Vienna 1909 (1)     Vienna Amateur Tournament     9.5  /  12


Player information updated: 17 Jul. 2025