Houlding, Mary




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1905  882  1896 (63) 11
1906  888  1886 (57) 11
1907  927  1869 (54) 11
1908  959  1834 (53) 11
1909  1039  1852 (53) 11
1910  984  1885 (53) 11
1911  1014  1879 (53) 11
1912  1006  1864 (53) 11
1913  1045  1847 (54) 11
1914  966  1856 (59) 9
1915  923  1840 (65) 0
1916  930  1825 (68) 0
1917  939  1809 (68) 0
1918  966  1794 (65) 0
1919  991  1778 (57) 10
1920  1084  1770 (57) 0
1921  1175  1762 (51) 11
1922  1172  1775 (49) 11
1923  1307  1769 (48) 11
1924  1377  1761 (49) 11
1925  1425  1754 (51) 11
1926  1515  1740 (57) 0
1927  1545  1727 (57) 0
1928  1514  1713 (52) 11
1929  1515  1681 (51) 11
1930  1564  1627 (52) 11
1931  1649  1588 (55) 11
1932  1666  1549 (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