Schwarz, Jacques




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1872  67  2362 (61) 24
1873  69  2351 (64) 0
1874  73  2339 (63) 0
1875  82  2327 (57) 14
1876  72  2348 (63) 0
1877  61  2369 (66) 0
1878  55  2390 (65) 0
1879  46  2411 (60) 0
1880  44  2432 (51) 7
1881  36  2458 (45) 16
1882  35  2462 (48) 0
1883  35  2465 (41) 32
1884  40  2456 (53) 4
1885  40  2451 (62) 0
1886  39  2447 (66) 0
1887  43  2442 (67) 0
1888  49  2438 (66) 0
1889  45  2433 (61) 0
1890  53  2429 (52) 17
1891  41  2439 (58) 0
1892  39  2448 (60) 0
1893  38  2458 (57) 0
1894  37  2468 (49) 14
1895  42  2445 (44) 16
1896  40  2448 (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 (1)     Vienna Championship     6.5  /  15
Vienna 1895 (8)     New Vienna Club - 6th Gruppenturnier    
  Schwarz, J. - Halprin, A.     0.5 - 0.5    
Vienna 1896 (1)     Vienna Championship     13  /  22


Player information updated: 24 Feb. 2026