Michael Hoffer

Michael John Hoffer (born March 28, 1957) is an American chess player, coach of several National and State Champions, international journalist, analyst, and undefeated correspondence champion. 1989 TCC North American Champion. Undefeated correspondence record with 61 wins & 9 draws. He won clear first place in all ten events in which he participated. His work has been published in: New In Chess Yearbook (Games and analysis), The Chess Connection (Chief columnist & games editor), Chess International, The Chess Correspondent, Florida Chess News. Chess Life 's Alex Dunne proclaimed Hoffer & Yasser Seirawan as the top two analysts/chess journalists in America. He received critical acclaim for his interview with former World Champion Boris Spassky. Article written in Chess Life Magazine about his winning the 1989 TCC North American Championship. Mr. Hoffer is the founder of Hoffer's Chess Academy, based in the Tampa Bay Area.
Notable Games
Eckert, Doug D. - Hoffer, Michael, TCC Championship cr. 1989
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Nd3 f5 11.Bd2 Nf6 12.f3 f4 13.g4!? h5 14.g5 Nh7 15.h4 Nxg5 16.hxg5 Nf5 17.Rf2 Qxg5+ 18.Rg2 Ng3 19.Nf2 Qf6 20.Bf1 g5 21.Rh2 Qg6!N 22.Bh3 Bxh3 23.Rxh3 Rf7 24.Ne2 g4 25.fxg4 hxg4 26.Rxg3 fxg3 27.Nxg3 Rf3 28.Nfh1! Raf8 29.Qe2 Qh7 30.Rf1 Bh6 31.Bxh6 Qxh6 32.Nf5 Qf4 33.Rxf3 gxf3 34.Qe1 Kf7 35.Nhg3 Rh8 36.Ne3! Ke8! 37.Nef1 Qg4 38.Kf2 Qh3 39.Ke3 Qg2 40.Qf2 a5 41.b3 b6 42.a3 Rh4! 43.b4 a4 44.c5? dxc5 45.bxc5 Qxf2+ 46.Kxf2 b5! 47.Ne3 Rh2+ 48.Kxf3 Ra2 49.Ngf5 Rxa3 50.d6 Kd7 51.dxc7 Kxc7 52.Ke2 Ra2+ 53.Kd3 Kc6 54.Ng4 a3 55.Nxe5+ Kxc5 56.Nd7+ Kc6 0-1
Duliba, Edward - Hoffer, Michael, US Ch. Prelim. cr. 1992
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 0-0 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Nge2 a6 8.Qd2 Rb8 9.h4 h5 10.0-0-0 b5 11.Bh6 e5 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.d5 Na5 14.Ng3 Bd7!N 15.cxb5 axb5 16.Qg5?! b4 17.Nb1 c6! 18.dxc6 Qc7! 19.Nd2 Qxc6+ 20.Kb1 b3 21.axb3 Rxb3!? 22.Nxb3 Nxb3 23.Rd3 Qa4 24.Rxd6 Rc8 25.Ra6 Qd4! 26.Be2 Nd2+ 27.Ka1 Rc6 28.Ra2 Rc2! 29.Bb5 Be6 30.Nf5+ Bxf5 31.exf5 Nb3+ 32.Kb1 Rd2 33.Re1 Rd1+ 34.Kc2 Rxe1 35.Kxb3 Re3+ 36.Kc2 Nd5! 37.f6+ Kh7 38.Ra4 Qc5+ 39.Bc4 Re2+ 40.Kb1 Qg1+ 41.Ka2 Nc3+ 0-1
Hoffer, Michael - Garcia, Gildardo, Internet 2006
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.Nb3 a5 15.Be3 a4 16.Nbd2 Re8 17.a3! Bd7 18.Bd3 Qb8!?N 19.b4! axb3 20.Qxb3 Na5?! 21.Qb2 Bd8 22.dxe5 dxe5 23.Rab1 Qd6 24.Bxb5 Bxb5 25.Qxb5 Qxa3?! 26.Bc5 Qa2 27.Ra1 Qe6 28.Nc4 Nd7 29.Nxa5 Rb8 30.Qc6 1-0

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