[2] Hoffmann is interviewed in the documentary Bobby Fischer Against the World [3] along with Anthony Saidy, Larry Evans, and Susan Polgar.

His natural tactical flair and strong positional understanding made him a dangerous opponent even to top Grandmasters.

Hoffmann went on to have more than a 50-year chess career, winning hundreds of tournaments and playing against most of the top ranked U.S. Grandmasters as well as many world championship contenders.

His parents had hopes he would become an attorney but Hoffmann had other plans and after a year at Columbia, dropped out to play chess full-time.

[10] In 2015, Hoffmann played a blitz match against IM Jay Bonin billed as the "Gladiator" vs. the "Iron Man".

[14] In 1987 he married long-time girlfriend, chess photographer and actress Eva Veronika Klein and the two were together until her death in 2007.