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Hoffer, Leopold

Ratings Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games  1867  96  2254 (138) 2 1868  92  2263 (135) 0 1869  84  2271 (131) 0 1870  79  2280 (127) 0 1871  75  2288 (123) 0 1872  74  2296 (119) 0 1873  75  2305 (114) 0 1874  71  2313 (108) 1 1875  72  2321 (103) 0 1876  68  2329 (97) 2 1877  74  2314 (95) 2 1878  72  2314 (96) 0 1879  74  2313 (97) 0 1880  79  2313 (96) 0 1881  88  2313 (95) 0 1882  96  2313 (94) 0 1883  115  2313 (91) 0 1884  120  2313 (87) 0 1885  124  2312 (82) 0 1886  122  2312 (75) 0 1887  129  2312 (66) 15 1888  133  2310 (70) 2 1889  132  2309 (75) 0 1890  137  2309 (77) 0 1891  143  2308 (78) 4 1892  150  2304 (83) 0 1893  159  2299 (86) 1 1894  158  2300 (89) 1 1895  155  2301 (94) 0 1896  155  2302 (98) 0 1897  145  2303 (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