Jacques Schwarz (January 1856 – 13 June 1921) was an

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chess master. Born in

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, he tied for 5–6th at Graz 1880 (

Adolf Schwarz 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). I ...

, Johannes Minckwitz and

Max Weiss Miksa (Max) Weisz (21 July 1857 – 14 March 1927) was an Austrian chess player born in the Kingdom of Hungary. Weiss was born in Sereď. Moving to Vienna, he studied mathematics and physics at the university, and later taught those subjects. Wei ...

won). In 1881, he tied for 7–8th in Berlin (2nd DSB-Kongress, Joseph Henry Blackburne won). In 1883, he took 9th in Nuremberg (3rd DSB-Kongress, Szymon Winawer won). In 1889, he took 3rd in Dessau. In 1890, he tied for 6–7th in Vienna (Kolisch Memorial, Weiss won). In 1893/94, he won ahead of

Georg Marco Georg Marco (29 November 1863 – 29 August 1923) was an Austrian chess player. He was born in Chernivtsi (Cernăuţi), Bukovina (then part of Austria-Hungary). He later settled in Vienna and was secretary of the Viennese Chess Association. I ...

in Vienna. In 1895/96, he took 5th in Vienna ( Carl Schlechter and Weiss won).Chessmetrics Player Profile: Jacques Schwarz
/ref> Schwarz died in

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at age 65.

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