Leopold Hoffer

Biography:

Leopold Hoffer 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 of the magazine Chess Monthly.