Hoffer, Leopold




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1867  109  2275 (136) 2
1868  107  2284 (133) 0
1869  98  2292 (129) 0
1870  91  2300 (125) 0
1871  88  2308 (121) 0
1872  91  2316 (117) 0
1873  84  2324 (112) 0
1874  77  2332 (106) 1
1875  72  2337 (101) 0
1876  71  2343 (95) 2
1877  82  2325 (94) 2
1878  84  2323 (95) 0
1879  81  2321 (96) 0
1880  89  2318 (96) 0
1881  98  2316 (95) 0
1882  105  2314 (93) 0
1883  122  2311 (91) 0
1884  132  2309 (87) 0
1885  135  2307 (82) 0
1886  139  2304 (75) 0
1887  148  2302 (66) 15
1888  148  2299 (70) 2
1889  136  2297 (75) 0
1890  151  2296 (77) 0
1891  149  2294 (78) 4
1892  162  2289 (83) 0
1893  164  2284 (86) 1
1894  165  2285 (89) 1
1895  166  2286 (94) 0
1896  161  2287 (98) 0
1897  157  2288 (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