Rudge, Mary




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1874  187  2164 (60) 12
1875  202  2153 (56) 0
1876  206  2142 (47) 26
1877  200  2138 (48) 11
1878  224  2120 (47) 28
1879  209  2130 (55) 0
1880  218  2141 (56) 17
1881  242  2145 (63) 0
1882  244  2149 (67) 0
1883  268  2152 (68) 4
1884  293  2149 (71) 0
1885  302  2146 (72) 3
1886  296  2145 (76) 0
1887  307  2144 (78) 0
1888  307  2143 (78) 0
1889  304  2142 (76) 0
1890  327  2140 (72) 11
1891  340  2137 (76) 0
1892  354  2134 (78) 0
1893  356  2131 (79) 0
1894  367  2128 (77) 0
1895  378  2125 (74) 0
1896  378  2122 (68) 12
1897  336  2151 (70) 18

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Rudge, Mary  
   Also known as: Miss Mary Rudge
Born: 6 Feb. 1842
Died: Dec. 1919
 
Notes:
Gaige says born 1845, but Harding reports that 1842 is correct. John Richards also gives 1842; Forster gives 1845. A 'Mary R.' sent correct solutions to chess problems in the Home Circle in 1850 (24 Aug. 1850, p.128; 31 Aug. 1850, p.144; 14 Sept. 1850, p.176). Could this have been the 8-year-old Mary Rudge?
 
References
Books
   Burt, Bristol Chess Club, page 20
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 108, 968
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 365
   Harding, Eminent Victorian Chess Players, page 153
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 258, 293
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 230
   Winter, Chess Facts and Fables, page 212
Periodicals
   [CPC], vol. 3, no. 12, Dec. 1873, page 376
   [CPC], vol. 4, no. 1, Feb. 1874, page 27
   [Fld], 24 June 1876
   [ILN], vol. 71, no. 1988, 18 Aug. 1877, page 167
   [ILN], vol. 71, no. 2002, 24 Nov. 1877, page 511
Web
   Burt, John.  [The Bristol Chess Club]
   Harding, Tim.  [The first lady champion, Miss Mary Rudge]
   Harding, Tim.  [The First Women's Championship: The Decisive Rounds], page 11
   Harding, Tim.  [The First Women's International Tournament], page 3
   Harding, Tim.  [The House of the Setting Sun], page 11
   Richards, John.  [Mary Rudge: Bristol's World Chess Champion]
   Richards, John.  [Remembering Mary Rudge]
   Sericano, C.  [Londra, torneo femminile 1897]

Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Thorold, E. - Rudge, Ms. M. 1876         (f)     4   -   8      Thorold, E. gave odds of a knight
Thorold, E. - Rudge, Ms. M. 1877         (f)     3   -   8      Thorold, E. gave odds of a knight
Thorold, E. - Rudge, Ms. M. 1878         (f)     10   -   10      Thorold, E. gave odds of a knight
Thorold, E. - Rudge, Ms. M. 1880         (f)     5   -   12      Thorold, E. gave odds of a knight

Tournament data

Birmingham 1874 (3)     5th Counties Chess Association Meeting - 2nd Class     9.5  /  12
Birmingham 1874 (4)     5th Counties Chess Association Meeting - Handicap    
  Rudge, Ms. M. - Collins, W. (1)     1 - 0          Rudge, Ms. M. gave odds of pawn and two moves
  Rudge, Ms. M. - Burn, A.     0 - 1          Burn, A. gave odds of pawn and move
Cheltenham 1876 (2)     7th Counties Chess Association Meeting - 2nd Class     10.5  /  15
Grantham 1878 (2)     2nd Lincoln County Chess Association Meeting - 2nd Class     5.5  /  8
Clifton 1883     Bath - Bristol and Clifton Club Match    
  Rudge, Ms. M. - Hathaway (1)     1.5 - 0.5    
Bath 1883     Bath - Bristol and Clifton Club Match    
  Rudge, Ms. M. - Rumboll, A.     1 - 1    
Bristol 1885     Bath - Bristol and Clifton Club Match    
  Rudge, Ms. M. - Hill, F.A. (1)     1 - 0    
Hereford 1885 (6)     15th Counties Chess Association Meeting - Handicap Tournament    
  Rudge, Ms. M. - Rumboll, A.     1 - 0          Rumboll, A. gave odds of pawn and move
  Rudge, Ms. M. - Burt, J.N. (1)     0 - 1          Burt, J.N. (1) gave odds of pawn and move
Clifton 1888 (1)     Bristol and Clifton - City Chess and Draughts Club Match    
  Rudge, Ms. M. - Brown, C.E.     1 - 0    
Cambridge 1890 (3)     Counties Chess Association Meeting - Class II     9.5  /  12
Clifton 1896 (2)     Southern Counties Congress - Class II     6.5  /  9
  Rudge, Ms. M. - Stevenson, A.L.     2 - 1    
London, England 1897 (3)     1st International Women's Tournament     17.5  /  18


Player information updated: 5 Jan. 2023