Houlding, Mary




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1905  901  1902 (63) 11
1906  905  1891 (56) 11
1907  952  1875 (54) 11
1908  984  1840 (53) 11
1909  1060  1858 (53) 11
1910  1005  1892 (53) 11
1911  1033  1886 (53) 11
1912  1017  1871 (53) 11
1913  1059  1854 (54) 11
1914  994  1864 (58) 9
1915  952  1848 (65) 0
1916  949  1833 (68) 0
1917  967  1818 (68) 0
1918  984  1803 (64) 0
1919  1015  1787 (57) 10
1920  1108  1780 (57) 0
1921  1201  1773 (51) 11
1922  1200  1786 (49) 11
1923  1341  1780 (48) 11
1924  1403  1773 (48) 11
1925  1476  1767 (51) 11
1926  1548  1754 (57) 0
1927  1574  1742 (57) 0
1928  1553  1729 (51) 11
1929  1561  1697 (50) 11
1930  1617  1644 (52) 11
1931  1726  1605 (55) 11
1932  1755  1566 (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