Houlding, Mary




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1905  874  1898 (63) 11
1906  887  1888 (57) 11
1907  924  1871 (54) 11
1908  954  1836 (53) 11
1909  1035  1854 (53) 11
1910  975  1886 (53) 11
1911  1006  1880 (53) 11
1912  999  1865 (53) 11
1913  1038  1848 (54) 11
1914  947  1857 (59) 9
1915  904  1841 (65) 0
1916  897  1825 (68) 0
1917  921  1810 (68) 0
1918  952  1794 (65) 0
1919  974  1778 (57) 10
1920  1059  1770 (57) 0
1921  1153  1762 (52) 11
1922  1144  1775 (49) 11
1923  1275  1769 (48) 11
1924  1341  1761 (49) 11
1925  1385  1753 (51) 11
1926  1473  1740 (57) 0
1927  1502  1726 (57) 0
1928  1485  1712 (52) 11
1929  1483  1680 (51) 11
1930  1531  1626 (52) 11
1931  1605  1587 (55) 11
1932  1626  1547 (62) 11

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Houlding, Mary Mills  
   Also known as: Mrs. Mary Mills Houlding; née Palmer
Born: May 1850
Died: 19 Feb. 1940
 
References
Books
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 180
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 252, 254
   Winter, Kings, Commoners and Knaves, page 438
Web
   Sarah.  [The Ladies' Chess Club: Middle Years]
   Saunders, John.  [Chess Snippet No.2 Grace Moore Curling (née Ellis)]
   Winter, Edward.  [CN 4500. Mrs Houlding]
   Winter, Edward.  [CN 4512. Mrs Houlding]
   Wright, Stephen.  [Women's Chess in Canada]

Tournament data

Southport 1905 (2)     British Ladies' Championship     8  /  11
Shrewsbury 1906 (2)     British Ladies' Championship     7.5  /  11
London, England 1907 (1)     British Ladies' Championship     8  /  11
Tunbridge Wells 1908 (3)     British Ladies' Championship     4  /  11
Scarborough 1909 (1)     British Ladies' Championship     6  /  11
Oxford 1910 (1)     British Ladies' Championship     9  /  11
Glasgow 1911 (4)     British Ladies' Championship     8.5  /  11
Richmond 1912 (4)     British Ladies' Championship     7  /  11
Cheltenham 1913 (3)     10th British Chess Federation Congress - British Ladies' Championship     6  /  11
Chester 1914 (3)     British Ladies' Championship     10  /  11
Hastings 1919 (3)     British Ladies Chess Championship     4.5  /  10
Malvern 1921 (1)     British Ladies' Championship     4.5  /  11
London, England 1922 (4)     British Chess Federation Women's Open Tournament     5.5  /  11
Portsmouth 1923 (1)     British Ladies' Championship     5.5  /  11
Southport 1924 (3)     17th British Chess Federation Congress - Ladies' Championship     5  /  11
Stratford-upon-Avon 1925 (2)     British Ladies' Championship     6  /  11
Tenby 1928 (3)     British Ladies' Championship     6.5  /  11
Ramsgate 1929 (3)     British Ladies' Championship     6  /  11
Scarborough 1930 (3)     British Ladies Championship     3.5  /  11
Worcester, England 1931 (3)     British Ladies Championship     4.5  /  11
London, England 1932 (9)     British Ladies' Championship     1  /  11

Player information updated: 16 Nov. 2022