About Leopold Hoffer
Lived 1842 – 1913 (aged 70–71). Leopold Hoffer was a British and Austrian journalist, chess player and editor.
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.
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Who was Leopold Hoffer?
British chess player and journalist
When was Leopold Hoffer born?
Leopold Hoffer was born in 1842 in Pest.
When did Leopold Hoffer die?
Leopold Hoffer died on 28 August 1913 in London.
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Leopold Hoffer was a journalist, chess player and editor.
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Leopold Hoffer was British and Austrian.
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