Hookham, Henry




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1870  431  1882 (149) 7
1871  458  1890 (145) 0
1872  462  1897 (141) 0
1873  473  1905 (136) 0
1874  487  1912 (131) 0
1875  499  1920 (126) 0
1876  477  1928 (120) 0
1877  439  1935 (114) 0
1878  439  1943 (107) 0
1879  422  1950 (100) 15
1880  444  1949 (100) 0
1881  507  1948 (99) 0
1882  536  1947 (96) 0
1883  573  1946 (92) 0
1884  629  1945 (86) 21
1885  613  1957 (82) 0
1886  589  1968 (76) 0
1887  567  1980 (68) 9
1888  565  1987 (68) 0
1889  546  1993 (65) 5
1890  544  2008 (64) 4
1891  583  1992 (62) 9
1892  679  1961 (62) 8
1893  714  1954 (61) 9
1894  752  1937 (60) 10
1895  786  1914 (60) 11
1896  812  1897 (62) 13
1897  862  1868 (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