Hoffer, Leopold




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1867  109  2275 (136) 2
1868  102  2283 (133) 0
1869  96  2291 (129) 0
1870  87  2299 (125) 0
1871  89  2307 (121) 0
1872  88  2315 (117) 0
1873  82  2323 (112) 0
1874  73  2331 (106) 1
1875  70  2336 (101) 0
1876  70  2341 (95) 2
1877  79  2324 (94) 2
1878  81  2322 (95) 0
1879  79  2319 (96) 0
1880  87  2317 (96) 0
1881  96  2314 (95) 0
1882  106  2312 (93) 0
1883  121  2309 (91) 0
1884  129  2307 (87) 0
1885  134  2304 (82) 0
1886  141  2302 (75) 0
1887  148  2300 (66) 15
1888  151  2297 (70) 2
1889  144  2296 (75) 0
1890  151  2295 (77) 0
1891  152  2293 (78) 4
1892  164  2289 (83) 0
1893  165  2284 (86) 1
1894  165  2284 (89) 1
1895  168  2285 (94) 0
1896  163  2286 (98) 0
1897  156  2287 (101) 5

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Hoffer, Leopold  
   Also known as: Lipót Hoffer; Lipót Hofenreich
Born: 1842
Died: 28 Aug. 1913
 
Notes:
Name sometimes given as 'Hofer' and sometimes as 'Hoffer' in La Stratégie (1867); in other sources always 'Hoffer'. Barcza says he was born in 1839; Gaige gives his year of birth as 1842.
 
References
Books
   Barcza, Magyar Sakktörténet, Vol.1, page 143, 233, 80+
   Cornil, Le Café de la Régence, page 126
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1747-1900, page 108
   Féry d'Esclands, Congrès des Échecs 1867, page 308, lxii, lxxxv
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 961
   Forster, Negele and Tischbierek, Emanuel Lasker, Vol.I, page 111
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 175
   Goldman, Carl Schlechter!, page 524
   Golombek, Golombek's Encyclopedia, page 142
   Harding, Eminent Victorian Chess Players, page 169
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 187, 218, 375, 488
   Harding, Steinitz in London, page 302
   Hilbert, Writings in Chess History, page 560
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 146
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (2nd ed.), page 175
   Renette and Zavatarelli, Neumann, Hirschfeld and Suhle, page 314, 372
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 12, 147, 154
Periodicals
   [ILN], vol. 57, no. 1610, 27 Aug. 1870, page 227
   [NBSZ], vol. 5, no. 12, Dec. 1868, page 368
   [NBSZ], vol. 6, no. 7, July 1869, page 213
   [Str], vol. 1, no. 5, 15 May 1867, page 112
   [Str], vol. 1, no. 8, 15 Aug. 1867, page 178
   [Str], vol. 1, no. 9, 15 Sep. 1867, page 209
   [SZ], vol. 26, no. 2, Feb. 1871, page 39
Web
   Sarah.  [Cast of Characters]
   Sarah.  [Tarrasch & Hoffer vs. Pillsbury & Dadian]
   Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dell'800]
   Winter, Edward.  [CN 4756. Census information]
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Hoffer, L. - Ensor, F.S. 1877         (f)     0   -   2      Hoffer, L. gave odds of pawn and move
Hirschfeld, P.M. - Hoffer, L. 1891         (c)     1.5   -   1.5
Hoffer, L. - Salvioli, C. 1897         (c)     2   -   1
Hoffer, L. - Dalla Rosa, G. 1897         (c)     2   -   0

Tournament data

Paris 1867 (2)     International Chess Congress - Tournoi de la Régence    
  Hoffer, L. - Villafranca     2 - 0    
London, England 1874 (9)     City of London Club - Bermondsey Club Match    
  Hoffer, L. - Barker (1)     1 - 0          Hoffer, L. gave odds of a knight
London, England 1876 (17)     Saint George's - West End Club Match    
  Hoffer, L. - Minchin, J.I.     2 - 0    
London, England 1887 (3)     British Chess Club Handicap     11  /  15      odds player in pawn and two moves class
London, England 1888 (2)     British Chess Club - Saint George's Club Match    
  Hoffer, L. - Wayte, W.     0 - 1    
Paris 1888 (3)     British Chess Club - Paris Cercle des Echecs Match    
  Hoffer, L. - Chaseray, C.E.     1 - 0    
London, England 1891 (2)     British Chess Club - City of London Club Match    
  Hoffer, L. - Loman, R.J.     0.5 - 0.5    
Birmingham 1893     North and South Match    
  Hoffer, L. - Jones, H. (1)     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England 1894 (1)     North and South Match    
  Hoffer, L. - Owen, J.     0.5 - 0.5    

Player information updated: 6 Oct. 2024