Schwarz, Jacques




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1872  65  2363 (61) 24
1873  70  2351 (64) 0
1874  69  2339 (63) 0
1875  80  2327 (57) 14
1876  69  2348 (63) 0
1877  61  2368 (66) 0
1878  55  2389 (65) 0
1879  49  2410 (60) 0
1880  45  2431 (51) 7
1881  37  2457 (45) 16
1882  36  2460 (48) 0
1883  39  2464 (41) 32
1884  43  2455 (53) 4
1885  44  2450 (62) 0
1886  45  2445 (66) 0
1887  47  2441 (67) 0
1888  51  2436 (66) 0
1889  44  2431 (61) 0
1890  53  2427 (52) 17
1891  43  2437 (58) 0
1892  41  2446 (60) 0
1893  39  2456 (57) 0
1894  37  2466 (49) 14
1895  42  2445 (45) 15
1896  40  2449 (46) 22

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Schwarz, Jacques  
   Also known as: Jakob Schwarz; Josef Schwarz
Born: 27 Sep. 1855
Died: 13 June 1921
 
Notes:
Gaige gives birth between 14-06-1855 and 13-06-1856. Hooper and Whyld give birth c1856. Goldman gives birth year 1856. The chessgames.com web page tentatively identifies Jacques Schwarz as Jakob Schwarz, with exact birth dates used here.
 
References
Books
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 382
   Goldman, Carl Schlechter!, page 526
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 172, 204, 580
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 301
   Zavatarelli, Ignatz Kolisch, page 326
Periodicals
   [OSZ], vol. 1, no. 2, 16 Apr. 1872, page 9, 13
   [OSZ], vol. 4, no. 55, Apr. 1875, page 119
Web
   Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dell'800]
   [Jacques Schwarz]
   [Jakob Jacques Schwarz]

Tournament data

Vienna 1872     Weiner Schachgesellschaft Tournament     39.5  /  46
Vienna 1875 (1)     Wiener Schachclub Winter Tournament     11.5  /  24
Graz 1880     Graz Tournament     3  /  7
Berlin 1881 (1)     2nd German Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier     8.5  /  16
Vienna 1883     Vienna Schachgesellschaft Championship     7  /  14
Nuremberg 1883 (9)     3rd German Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier     9.5  /  18
Vienna 1884     Vienna Handicap Tournament     13.5  /  14
Vienna 1890     1st Kolisch Memorial Tournament     6  /  15
  Schwarz, J. - Marco, G.     1 - 1    
Vienna 1894 (1)     New Vienna Chess Club Winter Tourney     12.5  /  14
Vienna 1895     Vienna Championship     6.5  /  15
Vienna 1896 (1)     Vienna Championship     13  /  22


Player information updated: 17 Jul. 2025