Houlding, Mary




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1905  904  1902 (63) 11
1906  908  1892 (56) 11
1907  953  1875 (54) 11
1908  991  1841 (53) 11
1909  1062  1859 (53) 11
1910  1013  1892 (53) 11
1911  1041  1887 (53) 11
1912  1024  1872 (53) 11
1913  1076  1855 (54) 11
1914  1028  1865 (58) 9
1915  960  1849 (65) 0
1916  958  1834 (68) 0
1917  979  1819 (68) 0
1918  996  1804 (64) 0
1919  1027  1789 (57) 10
1920  1124  1781 (57) 0
1921  1237  1774 (51) 11
1922  1226  1787 (49) 11
1923  1369  1782 (48) 11
1924  1424  1775 (48) 11
1925  1504  1768 (51) 11
1926  1612  1756 (57) 0
1927  1611  1743 (57) 0
1928  1611  1730 (51) 11
1929  1603  1698 (50) 11
1930  1665  1646 (52) 11
1931  1768  1607 (55) 11
1932  1792  1567 (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