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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 .
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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 , 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
References
^
Calisch, Edward N (1909),
"Hoffer as editor of Chess Monthly " ,
The Jew in English Literature, as Author and as Subject , Richmond, Virginia: The Bell Book and Stationery Co, p. 197, 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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