Houlding, Mary




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1905  911  1901 (63) 11
1906  917  1891 (56) 11
1907  965  1874 (54) 11
1908  1000  1840 (53) 11
1909  1070  1858 (53) 11
1910  1017  1891 (53) 11
1911  1046  1886 (53) 11
1912  1030  1871 (53) 11
1913  1084  1854 (54) 11
1914  1037  1863 (58) 9
1915  975  1848 (65) 0
1916  974  1833 (68) 0
1917  996  1818 (68) 0
1918  1018  1803 (64) 0
1919  1051  1788 (57) 10
1920  1150  1780 (57) 0
1921  1255  1773 (51) 11
1922  1261  1786 (49) 11
1923  1413  1781 (48) 11
1924  1450  1774 (48) 11
1925  1523  1767 (51) 11
1926  1636  1755 (57) 0
1927  1644  1742 (57) 0
1928  1638  1729 (51) 11
1929  1631  1697 (50) 11
1930  1686  1645 (52) 11
1931  1794  1606 (55) 11
1932  1827  1566 (62) 11

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Houlding, Mary Mills  
   Also known as: Mrs. Mary Mills Houlding; née Palmer
Born: 24 Sep. 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]
   [Mary Mills Houlding]

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: 17 Jul. 2025