Hookham, Henry




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1870  429  1884 (149) 7
1871  458  1892 (145) 0
1872  463  1899 (141) 0
1873  474  1907 (136) 0
1874  486  1914 (131) 0
1875  499  1922 (126) 0
1876  476  1930 (120) 0
1877  441  1937 (114) 0
1878  441  1945 (107) 0
1879  427  1953 (100) 15
1880  455  1952 (100) 0
1881  510  1950 (99) 0
1882  541  1949 (96) 0
1883  579  1948 (92) 0
1884  633  1947 (86) 21
1885  620  1959 (82) 0
1886  593  1971 (76) 0
1887  574  1983 (68) 9
1888  570  1989 (68) 0
1889  547  1996 (65) 5
1890  544  2011 (64) 4
1891  584  1995 (62) 9
1892  680  1964 (62) 8
1893  718  1957 (61) 9
1894  764  1939 (60) 10
1895  799  1917 (60) 11
1896  817  1899 (62) 13
1897  869  1871 (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