Rudge, Mary




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1874  193  2151 (60) 12
1875  213  2139 (56) 0
1876  223  2126 (47) 26
1877  219  2120 (48) 11
1878  241  2101 (48) 28
1879  231  2111 (55) 0
1880  235  2122 (56) 17
1881  254  2128 (64) 0
1882  257  2133 (67) 0
1883  279  2139 (68) 4
1884  303  2137 (71) 0
1885  313  2135 (72) 3
1886  302  2135 (76) 0
1887  317  2135 (78) 0
1888  310  2135 (78) 0
1889  305  2135 (76) 0
1890  332  2135 (72) 11
1891  344  2132 (76) 0
1892  365  2128 (78) 0
1893  363  2125 (78) 0
1894  372  2121 (77) 0
1895  390  2118 (73) 0
1896  387  2114 (68) 12
1897  348  2142 (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