Schwarz was born in Galszecs, Hungary which is the former Hungarian name for the town of Secovce, located in southeastern Slovakia. He died in Vienna, Austria. He was active in European tournaments n the mid to late 1800s, but beyond that little is known of him. There was a book on him, Adolf Schwarz: Dedicated to His Seventieth Birthday, July 15, 1916, by Friends and Students, that was published in Germany in 1917.
His opponent in the following game was Wilfried Paulsen (1828-1901, 72 years old), the elder brother of Louis Paulsen. Wilfried was a farmer and a renowned potato breeder.
Potato breeding is a 10- to 12-year, multi-stage process of crossing potato plants to develop new, improved potatoes and focuses on cultivars, traits like disease resistance, high yield, and superior taste.
Chessmetrics puts his highest ever rating at 2520 (Lpios was 2710 in 1862) and in 1870-71 he was ranked #12 in the woeld...not bad! Louis was ranked #1 on 39 different months between the April, 1862 and the July, 1878.
[Event "Wiesbaden"]
[Site ""]
[Date "1880.??.??"]
[Round ""]
[White "Wilfried Paulsen"]
[Black "Adolf Schwarz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Stockfish 18"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[TimeControl "240+1"]
{French Defense, Advance Variation} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 {This Advance
Variation is more ambitious than it looks. White seizes space amd hopes to
launch a quick attack on black's K.} c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 {Black has two main
approaches here. The modern 5...Bd7 or 5...Qb6 piling up pressure om d4.]} f6 {
This rarely played move has a poor reputation, but it can lead to double-edged
positions.} 6. Bd3 Bd7 7. a3 {This serves little purpose. Simply 7.O-O was
reasonable.} Qc7 8. Bf4 Qb6 {An attempt to take advantage of white's last move.
} (8... c4 {is more appropriate.} 9. Bc2 Qb6 10. exf6 gxf6 11. Qc1 O-O-O 12.
O-O {with a sharp position that offers equal chance.}) 9. Qc2 (9. b4 {is
advantageous for white.} c4 10. Bc2 {Black can try 10...g5, 10...g5 or} O-O-O
11. h4 Nh6 12. a4 a5 13. b5 {White has the advantage in the center and on both
flanks. In the game Luetke,J (2299)-Wolf,A (2262) Germany 2003 white
eventually won.}) 9... cxd4 {This opening up the Q-side is to white's
advantage.} (9... g5 {leaves black with a strong initiative after} 10. Bg3 g4
11. Nh4 {and now is the time to play} cxd4 {Black is a P up and after} 12. exf6
Nxf6 {Black is clearly better.}) 10. Bxh7 {This capture of a P is ill advised..
.it opens a file on the K-side. The bland 10.h3 is about all white has.} Nge7 {
Better was 10...O-O-O} 11. Bg6+ Kd8 12. Bd3 Rc8 {White's situation is
difficult. His K is not safe anywhere.} 13. Qe2 g5 14. Bg3 Bg7 (14... Nf5 {
would have really kept the pressure on white. For examle, if} 15. Bxf5 exf5 16.
h3 (16. exf6 f4 {Black is winning.}) 16... f4 17. Bh2 g4 {Black's attack will
prove decisive}) 15. b4 {White does not sense the lurking danger.} (15. exf6 {
This may look bad because it opens up lines on the K-side, but white has
sufficient pieces available to defend his K.} Bxf6 16. O-O Nf5 17. Be5 Nxe5 18.
Nxe5) 15... dxc3 16. exf6 Bxf6 {Unlike the position afte 16...Bxf6 in the
above variation black has access to the d4 square which makes a huge
difference.} 17. Ne5 Nd4 {Black's domination of the board is overwhelming.} 18.
Qg4 c2 19. O-O c1=Q 20. Nf7+ (20. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 21. Bf1 Bb5 {wraps it up.}) 20...
Ke8 21. Nxh8 Bb5 22. Nc3 Qxc3 23. Bxb5+ Qxb5 {White resigned.} 0-1
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