Hookham, Henry




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1870  421  1881 (149) 7
1871  444  1888 (145) 0
1872  450  1896 (141) 0
1873  457  1903 (136) 0
1874  473  1911 (131) 0
1875  488  1919 (126) 0
1876  463  1926 (120) 0
1877  426  1934 (114) 0
1878  423  1941 (107) 0
1879  400  1949 (100) 15
1880  434  1948 (100) 0
1881  498  1947 (99) 0
1882  526  1946 (96) 0
1883  571  1944 (92) 0
1884  623  1943 (86) 21
1885  611  1955 (82) 0
1886  586  1967 (76) 0
1887  570  1979 (68) 9
1888  558  1985 (68) 0
1889  541  1992 (65) 5
1890  541  2006 (64) 4
1891  572  1991 (62) 9
1892  658  1959 (62) 8
1893  676  1953 (61) 9
1894  713  1936 (60) 10
1895  752  1913 (60) 11
1896  761  1896 (62) 13
1897  822  1867 (67) 10

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Hookham, Henry  
Born: 22 Oct. 1824
Died: 24 Nov. 1898
 
Notes:
Gaige says born 22?-10-1824. The Sunday Times of 19 Dec. 1858 (p.10) mentions a Hookham playing in London. Was this the New Zealand player of the 1880s and 1890s?
 
References
Books
   Bignold, Australian Chess Annual, page 99, 105, 111
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 178
   Golombek, Golombek's Encyclopedia, page 212
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 216
Periodicals
   [CPC], vol. 2, no. 13, Jan. 1860, page 10
   [ST], no. 1861, 19 Dec. 1858, page 10

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

Hookham, H. - Jacobsen, P.F. 1884         (f)     11   -   10

Tournament data

Christchurch 1870     Canturbury Province Championship     6  /  7
Christchurch 1879     1st New Zealand Championship     10  /  14
  Hookham, H. - Hay, D.R.     1 - 0    
Adelaide 1887 (1)     Australian Jubilee Congress - Major Tournament     3  /  9
Christchurch 1889     2nd New Zealand Championship     2.5  /  5
Dunedin 1890     3rd New Zealand Championship     3.5  /  4
  Hookham, H. - Barnes, R.J.     1 - 0    
Wellington 1891     4th New Zealand Championship     6  /  9
Auckland 1892     5th New Zealand Championship     3.5  /  8
Christchurch 1893     6th New Zealand Championship     6.5  /  9
Dunedin 1894     7th New Zealand Championship     6.5  /  10
Wellington 1895     8th New Zealand Championship     6.5  /  11
Wanganui 1896     9th New Zealand Championship     8  /  13
Christchurch 1897     10th New Zealand Championship     3.5  /  10


Player information updated: 6 Aug. 2024