Adolf Stern (25 December 1849, Grünstadt, Rhineland-Palatinate – 24 August 1907, Mannheim) was a German chess master.
Born into a merchant Jewish family, he was the second child of Jacob Stern and Babette Caroline.
At the beginning of his chess career, he participated in Baden-Baden 1870 chess tournament, playing only four games (scoring 1½/4) because of Franco-Prussian War (as a Bavarian reservist, he fought in the war).
In September 1871 he took second place, behind Samuel Mieses, in Bad Ems.
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