Schwarz, Adolf




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1864  50  2369 (93) 5
1865  54  2372 (93) 0
1866  56  2375 (93) 0
1867  54  2377 (91) 0
1868  56  2380 (88) 0
1869  53  2383 (84) 0
1870  50  2385 (78) 0
1871  50  2388 (71) 0
1872  46  2391 (61) 0
1873  42  2393 (47) 30
1874  41  2408 (51) 0
1875  36  2423 (48) 20
1876  32  2447 (53) 0
1877  24  2470 (51) 0
1878  21  2494 (42) 28
1879  13  2514 (40) 17
1880  10  2556 (36) 41
1881  16  2525 (44) 0
1882  22  2493 (38) 38
1883  34  2483 (55) 0
1884  36  2473 (66) 0
1885  40  2463 (74) 0
1886  41  2453 (79) 0
1887  46  2443 (83) 0
1888  52  2433 (85) 0
1889  57  2423 (86) 0
1890  65  2413 (86) 0
1891  69  2403 (85) 0
1892  69  2393 (82) 0
1893  74  2383 (77) 0
1894  82  2373 (71) 0
1895  92  2363 (62) 0
1896  96  2353 (49) 14
1897  99  2341 (48) 4
1898  118  2322 (42) 24
1899  122  2322 (50) 0
1900  125  2322 (49) 10
1901  118  2336 (52) 11
1902  117  2337 (56) 10
1903  118  2333 (67) 0
1904  134  2329 (74) 0
1905  145  2326 (78) 0
1906  151  2322 (81) 0
1907  158  2318 (82) 0
1908  172  2314 (81) 0
1909  188  2311 (80) 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
   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
   [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: 19 Aug. 2022