Houlding, Mary




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1905  883  1897 (63) 11
1906  889  1887 (56) 11
1907  929  1870 (54) 11
1908  959  1835 (53) 11
1909  1038  1853 (53) 11
1910  984  1886 (53) 11
1911  1013  1880 (53) 11
1912  1003  1865 (53) 11
1913  1042  1848 (54) 11
1914  969  1857 (59) 9
1915  927  1841 (65) 0
1916  932  1826 (68) 0
1917  945  1810 (68) 0
1918  968  1795 (65) 0
1919  998  1779 (57) 10
1920  1091  1772 (57) 0
1921  1183  1764 (51) 11
1922  1192  1776 (49) 11
1923  1319  1770 (48) 11
1924  1386  1763 (49) 11
1925  1436  1756 (51) 11
1926  1520  1742 (57) 0
1927  1551  1729 (57) 0
1928  1522  1716 (52) 11
1929  1522  1683 (51) 11
1930  1573  1630 (52) 11
1931  1661  1592 (55) 11
1932  1679  1552 (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, London 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