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Hoffer, Leopold

Ratings Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games  1867  96  2250 (137) 2 1868  90  2258 (134) 0 1869  84  2266 (131) 0 1870  80  2275 (127) 0 1871  76  2283 (123) 0 1872  74  2291 (119) 0 1873  74  2299 (114) 0 1874  68  2307 (108) 1 1875  69  2315 (103) 0 1876  65  2322 (97) 2 1877  71  2306 (95) 2 1878  71  2304 (96) 0 1879  74  2302 (97) 0 1880  83  2300 (97) 0 1881  94  2298 (96) 0 1882  108  2296 (94) 0 1883  117  2294 (91) 0 1884  120  2292 (88) 0 1885  134  2290 (83) 0 1886  137  2289 (76) 0 1887  144  2287 (68) 15 1888  157  2273 (73) 1 1889  169  2270 (78) 0 1890  182  2267 (81) 0 1891  182  2264 (83) 4 1892  198  2252 (89) 0 1893  220  2239 (93) 1 1894  229  2229 (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