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Hoffer, Leopold

Ratings Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games  1867  93  2256 (138) 2 1868  90  2265 (135) 0 1869  83  2273 (131) 0 1870  78  2282 (127) 0 1871  74  2290 (123) 0 1872  74  2299 (119) 0 1873  75  2307 (114) 0 1874  70  2316 (108) 1 1875  71  2323 (103) 0 1876  66  2331 (97) 2 1877  74  2316 (95) 2 1878  69  2316 (96) 0 1879  72  2316 (97) 0 1880  79  2316 (97) 0 1881  86  2316 (95) 0 1882  95  2316 (94) 0 1883  113  2316 (91) 0 1884  113  2316 (87) 0 1885  120  2316 (82) 0 1886  118  2316 (75) 0 1887  125  2316 (66) 15 1888  126  2314 (70) 2 1889  126  2314 (75) 0 1890  130  2314 (77) 0 1891  136  2314 (78) 4 1892  144  2309 (83) 0 1893  152  2305 (86) 1 1894  154  2305 (89) 1 1895  150  2306 (94) 0 1896  151  2307 (98) 0 1897  142  2308 (101) 5 Rating table notes

Biographical data Name: Hoffer, Leopold      Also known as: Lipót Hofenreich Born: 1842 Died: 28 Aug. 1913   Notes: Name sometimes given as 'Hofer' and sometimes as 'Hoffer' in La Stratégie (1867).   References Books    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    Golombek, Golombek's Encyclopedia, page 142    Harding, Eminent Victorian Chess Players, page 169    Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 187, 218, 375, 488    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, 27 Aug. 1870, page 227    [Str], vol. 1, 15 May 1867, page 112    [Str], vol. 1, 15 Aug. 1867, page 178    [Str], vol. 1, 15 Sep. 1867, page 209 Web    Sarah.  [Cast of Characters]    Sarah.  [Tarrasch & Hoffer vs. Pillsbury & Dadian]    Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dell'800]    Winter, Edward.  [CN 4756. Census information]

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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 (3)	City of London Club - Bermondsey Club Match
	Hoffer, L. - Barker (1)	1 - 0				Hoffer, L. gave odds of a knight
London, England 1876 (11)	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: 1 Nov. 2020