Schwarz, Jacques




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1872  67  2366 (61) 24
1873  71  2353 (64) 0
1874  74  2341 (63) 0
1875  83  2329 (57) 14
1876  72  2350 (63) 0
1877  61  2371 (66) 0
1878  55  2392 (65) 0
1879  48  2412 (60) 0
1880  46  2433 (51) 7
1881  37  2460 (45) 16
1882  36  2463 (48) 0
1883  37  2467 (41) 32
1884  42  2458 (53) 4
1885  43  2453 (61) 0
1886  44  2449 (66) 0
1887  46  2444 (67) 0
1888  51  2440 (66) 0
1889  46  2436 (61) 0
1890  54  2431 (52) 17
1891  43  2441 (58) 0
1892  41  2452 (60) 0
1893  39  2462 (57) 0
1894  37  2472 (49) 14
1895  42  2449 (44) 16
1896  41  2452 (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