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Hoffer, Leopold

Ratings Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games  1867  97  2248 (137) 2 1868  91  2256 (134) 0 1869  84  2264 (131) 0 1870  80  2272 (127) 0 1871  76  2280 (123) 0 1872  74  2288 (118) 0 1873  75  2296 (114) 0 1874  68  2304 (108) 1 1875  70  2312 (103) 0 1876  65  2319 (97) 2 1877  71  2303 (95) 2 1878  71  2301 (96) 0 1879  74  2299 (97) 0 1880  83  2297 (97) 0 1881  94  2295 (96) 0 1882  106  2293 (94) 0 1883  116  2291 (91) 0 1884  119  2289 (88) 0 1885  133  2287 (83) 0 1886  138  2285 (76) 0 1887  142  2283 (68) 15 1888  150  2270 (73) 1 1889  161  2267 (78) 0 1890  173  2263 (81) 0 1891  179  2260 (83) 4 1892  194  2248 (89) 0 1893  213  2236 (93) 1 1894  218  2225 (99) 1 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    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

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
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: 23 Aug. 2019