Schwarz, Jacques




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1872  64  2361 (61) 24
1873  66  2349 (64) 0
1874  68  2337 (63) 0
1875  79  2325 (57) 14
1876  68  2346 (63) 0
1877  62  2367 (66) 0
1878  54  2388 (65) 0
1879  48  2408 (60) 0
1880  44  2429 (51) 7
1881  34  2455 (45) 16
1882  36  2459 (48) 0
1883  38  2462 (41) 32
1884  42  2453 (53) 4
1885  44  2448 (62) 0
1886  46  2443 (66) 0
1887  47  2439 (67) 0
1888  51  2434 (66) 0
1889  45  2429 (61) 0
1890  54  2425 (52) 17
1891  43  2434 (58) 0
1892  42  2444 (60) 0
1893  39  2454 (57) 0
1894  37  2464 (49) 14
1895  42  2442 (45) 15
1896  40  2446 (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