Waight, Henry




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1876  550  1872 (83) 7
1877  531  1858 (83) 2
1878  544  1851 (85) 0
1879  545  1843 (86) 0
1880  579  1836 (86) 0
1881  650  1829 (84) 0
1882  716  1822 (81) 3
1883  764  1821 (79) 2
1884  839  1827 (77) 2
1885  795  1822 (77) 0
1886  817  1817 (75) 0
1887  782  1812 (71) 2
1888  793  1812 (67) 12
1889  796  1801 (78) 0
1890  830  1791 (87) 1
1891  833  1784 (95) 0
1892  894  1776 (102) 0
1893  942  1769 (108) 0
1894  991  1761 (114) 0
1895  1005  1754 (119) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Waight, Henry Hoyer  
Born: 9 Jan. 1835
Died: 3 July 1901
 
Notes:
Gaige gives birth date '09-01-1835?' and death date '1894+'. Steve Mann gives birth date as 1834-1835, baptism date as 17-05-1835 and death date as 03-07-1901. Staunton lists a 'Henry Waite' as a member of the Standing Committee for the London Congress of 1862 in the Illustrated London News (22 Feb. 1862, p.204).
 
References
Books
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 971
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 455
Periodicals
   [BCM], vol. 4, no. 12, Dec. 1884, page 440
   [BCM], vol. 14, no. 5, May 1894, page 194
   [WP], vol. 9, no. 2, 1 June 1876, page 26
Web
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - 1883: Yorkshire v Lancashire]
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - 1895: YCCC 10th Annual Tournament]
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - Henry Hoyer Waight]
   [West Yorkshire v. Tyne and Tees-Side]

Tournament data

Halifax, Yorkshire 1876 (1)     Bradford - Halifax Club Match    
  Waight, H.H. - Petty, J.     1 - 1    
Halifax, Yorkshire 1876 (3)     West Yorkshire Chess Association - 2nd Class Tournament    
  Waight, H.H. - Gaunt, E.     1 - 0    
  Waight, H.H. - Shaw, W. (1)     0.5 - 0.5    
Halifax, Yorkshire 1876 (6)     West Yorkshire Chess Association - 5th Tournament    
  Waight, H.H. - Moorhouse, Jo.     1 - 0    
  Waight, H.H. - Sadd, W.E.     1 - 0    
  Waight, H.H. - Field, T.W.     0 - 1    
Halifax, Yorkshire 1877     Bradford - Halifax Club Match    
  Waight, H.H. - Petty, J.     0.5 - 1.5    
Leeds 1882 (3)     Leeds - Halifax Club Match    
  Waight, H.H. - Mills, D.Y.     0 - 1    
Halifax, Yorkshire 1882     Leeds - Halifax Club Match    
  Waight, H.H. - Mills, D.Y.     0 - 2    
Leeds 1883 (1)     Lancashire - Yorkshire County Match    
  Waight, H.H. - von Zabern, T.     0 - 2    
Bradford 1884 (4)     Bradford - Halifax Club Match    
  Waight, H.H. - Onions, G.F.     0.5 - 0.5    
Manchester 1884     Lancashire - Yorkshire County Match    
  Waight, H.H. - Ferguson, G.     0.5 - 0.5    
Sheffield 1887     Sheffield - Halifax Match    
  Waight, H.H. - Huntsman, E.J.     0 - 1    
Bradford 1887 (2)     Lancashire - Yorkshire County Match    
  Waight, H.H. - Wright, G.W.     0.5 - 0.5    
Bradford 1888 (2)     British Chess Association Amateur Championship     3.5  /  12
Harrogate 1888     Tyneside and Tees-Side - West Yorkshire Match    
  Waight, H.H. - Watson, J.S.     1 - 0    
Liverpool 1890 (1)     Bradford - Liverpool Club Match    
  Waight, H.H. - Rutherford, W.W.     0 - 1    
Halifax, Yorkshire 1895     10th Yorkshire County Chess Club Meeting - Class A    
  Waight, H.H. - Elson, F.     0 - 1    


Player information updated: 5 Jan. 2023