Jewish-British chess player and journalist
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 .[ 1] [ 2]
Publications
Hoffer, L; Zukertort, Johannes, eds. (1879–1896), "Chess Monthly" , reprint catalogue , vol. 1– 17, Moravian chess, archived from the original on 4 July 2007, retrieved 8 October 2010 L. Hoffer, ed. (1908), The Championship Match: Lasker v. Tarrasch , retrieved 8 October 2010 L. Hoffer (1916), Chess , retrieved 8 October 2010
References
^ Calisch, Edward N (1909), "Hoffer as editor of Chess Monthly " , The Jew in English Literature, as Author and as Subject , retrieved 8 October 2010 ^ Giffen, Glenn (16 December 2004), "Chess Monthly editorship and publishing details" , Chess Periodicals , archived from the original on 26 September 2007, retrieved 8 October 2010
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