Schwarz, Adolf




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1864  49  2375 (93) 5
1865  51  2378 (94) 0
1866  52  2380 (93) 0
1867  53  2382 (91) 0
1868  55  2385 (88) 0
1869  51  2387 (84) 0
1870  45  2390 (79) 0
1871  47  2392 (71) 0
1872  44  2395 (61) 0
1873  41  2397 (47) 30
1874  40  2412 (52) 0
1875  36  2427 (48) 20
1876  31  2449 (53) 0
1877  23  2472 (52) 0
1878  18  2495 (42) 28
1879  14  2515 (40) 17
1880  12  2556 (36) 41
1881  16  2525 (44) 0
1882  23  2493 (38) 38
1883  33  2482 (55) 0
1884  37  2472 (66) 0
1885  41  2462 (74) 0
1886  41  2451 (79) 0
1887  46  2441 (83) 0
1888  52  2431 (85) 0
1889  56  2420 (86) 0
1890  66  2410 (86) 0
1891  71  2399 (85) 0
1892  70  2389 (82) 0
1893  75  2379 (77) 0
1894  81  2368 (71) 0
1895  92  2358 (62) 0
1896  99  2348 (49) 14
1897  98  2336 (48) 4
1898  121  2318 (42) 24
1899  121  2320 (50) 0
1900  121  2322 (48) 10
1901  114  2338 (51) 11
1902  109  2341 (56) 10
1903  113  2335 (66) 0
1904  128  2330 (73) 0
1905  144  2324 (78) 0
1906  150  2319 (81) 0
1907  160  2313 (82) 0
1908  175  2308 (81) 0
1909  198  2302 (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
   [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
   [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     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
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: 8 Jan. 2024