CHESS PLAYER

Adolf Schwarz

1836 - 1910

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Adolf Schwarz (31 October 1836, Gálszécs, Hungary, now Sečovce, Slovakia – 25 October 1910, Vienna) was an Austro-Hungarian chess master. He took 10th in the Vienna 1873 chess tournament (Wilhelm Steinitz and Joseph Henry Blackburne won). In 1878, he took 2nd, behind Louis Paulsen, in Frankfurt. In 1879, he took 3rd in Leipzig (1st DSB-Congress, Berthold Englisch won). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Adolf Schwarz is the 192nd most popular chess player (down from 175th in 2019), the 221st most popular biography from Slovakia and the 3rd most popular Slovak Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Adolf Schwarz ranks 192 out of 461. Before him are Vitaly Tseshkovsky, Nick de Firmian, Ivan Sokolov, George Koltanowski, Zoltán Ribli, and Vladimirs Petrovs. After him are Ian Nepomniachtchi, Boris Gulko, Amos Burn, Clarice Benini, Max Weiss, and Leonid Shamkovich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1836, Adolf Schwarz ranks 76. Before him are Jay Gould, Emil Hartmann, Greene Vardiman Black, Remigio Morales Bermúdez, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, and Pablo Arosemena. After him are Justiniano Borgoño, Joseph Smit, Walter Besant, and Russell A. Alger. Among people deceased in 1910, Adolf Schwarz ranks 99. Before him are Heinrich Caro, Andrea Costa, Joaquim Nabuco, Léon Delagrange, Boyd Alexander, and Melville Fuller. After him are Nikolaos Deligiannis, Johan Vaaler, Octave Chanute, Julius Kühn, Antonín Slavíček, and Emīls Dārziņš.

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In Slovakia

Among people born in Slovakia, Adolf Schwarz ranks 221 out of 418. Before him are Ján Čapkovič (1948), Béla Szepes (1903), Ján Kubiš (1952), Timrava (1867), Ľudovít Fulla (1902), and Koloman Sokol (1902). After him are Róbert Vittek (1982), Mirka Federer (1978), Vincent Lukáč (1954), Max Weiss (1857), Ľudovít Ódor (1976), and Vladimír Weiss (1989).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Slovakia

Among chess players born in Slovakia, Adolf Schwarz ranks 3. Before him are Richard Réti (1889), and Ignatz Kolisch (1837). After him are Max Weiss (1857), Herman Steiner (1905), and Ľubomír Ftáčnik (1957).

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