Hoffer, Leopold




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1867  111  2281 (136) 2
1868  109  2289 (133) 0
1869  100  2297 (129) 0
1870  92  2305 (125) 0
1871  88  2314 (121) 0
1872  90  2322 (117) 0
1873  85  2330 (112) 0
1874  79  2338 (106) 1
1875  74  2344 (101) 0
1876  74  2349 (95) 2
1877  81  2332 (94) 2
1878  84  2329 (95) 0
1879  82  2327 (96) 0
1880  92  2325 (96) 0
1881  100  2322 (95) 0
1882  106  2320 (93) 0
1883  121  2318 (91) 0
1884  137  2315 (87) 0
1885  138  2313 (82) 0
1886  143  2311 (75) 0
1887  153  2308 (66) 15
1888  149  2305 (70) 2
1889  138  2303 (75) 0
1890  154  2301 (77) 0
1891  152  2300 (78) 4
1892  166  2295 (83) 0
1893  172  2290 (86) 1
1894  171  2290 (89) 1
1895  171  2291 (94) 0
1896  164  2292 (98) 0
1897  160  2293 (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
   [Str], vol. 3, no. 1, 15 Jan. 1869, page 5
   [Str], vol. 3, no. 3, 15 Mar. 1869, page 76
   [Str], vol. 3, no. 4, 15 Apr. 1869, page 101
   [Str], vol. 4, no. 1, 15 Jan. 1870, page 2
   [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: 14 May 2025