Leopold Hoffer

British chess player and journalist
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroBritish chess player and journalist
PlacesUnited Kingdom Great Britain
wasJournalist Chess player Editor
Work fieldJournalism Sports
Gender
Male
Birth1842, Pest, Hungary
Death28 August 1913London, UK (aged 71 years)
The details

Biography

Leopold Hoffer

Leopold Hoffer (1842 in Hungary – 28 August 1913 in England) was an English chess player and journalist.

He left Budapest for Switzerland. From 1867, he lived in Paris, where he won matches against, among others, Ignatz von Kolisch, Samuel Rosenthal and Jules Arnous de Rivière. In 1870, Hoffer emigrated to England, where he spent the remainder of his life.

From 1879-1896, Hoffer was a founder and editor (with Johannes Zukertort) of the magazine Chess Monthly.

Publications

  • Hoffer, L; Zukertort, Johannes, eds. (1879–1896), "Chess Monthly", reprint catalogue, Moravian chess, Vols. 1-17, archived from the original on 2007-07-04, retrieved 8 October 2010
  • L. Hoffer, ed. (1908), The Championship Match: Lasker v. Tarrasch, London: E.A. Michell & Frank Hollings, retrieved 8 October 2010
  • L. Hoffer (1916), Chess (10th ed.), Petersburg: Will H. Lyons; Kentucky, U.S.A: Boone Co, retrieved 8 October 2010
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