Houlding, Mary




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1905  874  1897 (63) 11
1906  887  1887 (57) 11
1907  927  1870 (54) 11
1908  957  1835 (53) 11
1909  1037  1853 (53) 11
1910  978  1886 (53) 11
1911  1008  1880 (53) 11
1912  1001  1864 (53) 11
1913  1039  1847 (54) 11
1914  951  1856 (59) 9
1915  907  1841 (65) 0
1916  903  1825 (68) 0
1917  925  1809 (68) 0
1918  954  1794 (65) 0
1919  979  1778 (57) 10
1920  1064  1770 (57) 0
1921  1159  1762 (51) 11
1922  1148  1774 (49) 11
1923  1285  1768 (48) 11
1924  1353  1761 (49) 11
1925  1393  1753 (51) 11
1926  1483  1740 (57) 0
1927  1513  1726 (57) 0
1928  1498  1713 (52) 11
1929  1498  1680 (51) 11
1930  1546  1627 (52) 11
1931  1628  1588 (55) 11
1932  1654  1548 (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