Hookham, Henry




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1870  421  1880 (149) 7
1871  444  1888 (145) 0
1872  451  1895 (141) 0
1873  458  1903 (136) 0
1874  474  1910 (131) 0
1875  490  1918 (126) 0
1876  463  1925 (120) 0
1877  428  1933 (114) 0
1878  424  1940 (107) 0
1879  402  1948 (100) 15
1880  435  1947 (100) 0
1881  497  1946 (99) 0
1882  526  1945 (96) 0
1883  572  1944 (92) 0
1884  625  1943 (86) 21
1885  613  1954 (82) 0
1886  593  1966 (76) 0
1887  576  1978 (68) 9
1888  566  1985 (68) 0
1889  549  1991 (65) 5
1890  549  2006 (64) 4
1891  580  1991 (62) 9
1892  675  1959 (62) 8
1893  696  1953 (61) 9
1894  734  1935 (60) 10
1895  765  1913 (60) 11
1896  795  1895 (62) 13
1897  848  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