Hooke, George




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1882  176  2220 (61) 11
1883  183  2231 (57) 0
1884  186  2242 (48) 9
1885  139  2300 (41) 22
1886  110  2336 (43) 24
1887  123  2326 (54) 1
1888  135  2313 (61) 1
1889  147  2293 (65) 1
1890  165  2286 (69) 1
1891  150  2295 (70) 2
1892  151  2302 (73) 1
1893  139  2306 (74) 1
1894  138  2309 (76) 3
1895  152  2303 (79) 0
1896  156  2297 (81) 3
1897  173  2279 (86) 1
1898  201  2265 (92) 1
1899  234  2249 (99) 0
1900  259  2233 (104) 0
1901  290  2216 (109) 0
1902  325  2200 (113) 0
1903  354  2184 (117) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Hooke, George Archer  
Born: 28 Feb. 1857
Died: 8 Dec. 1934
 
References
Books
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 178
   Harding, Eminent Victorian Chess Players, page 149
   Hilbert and Lahde, Albert Beauregard Hodges, page 243
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 193, 197
Periodicals
   [CML], vol. 5, no. 3, Nov. 1883, page 67
   [CML], vol. 6, no. 5, Jan. 1885, page 131
   [CPC], vol. 8, no. 214, 6 Aug. 1884, page 62
Web
   Loy, Jim.  [The King Hunt]
   Winter, Edward.  [CN 5217. Blake v Hooke]

Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Hooke, G.A. - Wainwright, G.E. 1885         (f)     7.5   -   6.5

Tournament data

Manchester 1882 (2)     12th Counties Chess Association Meeting - Class II     7.5  /  11
London, England 1884 (3)     City of London Club 3rd Class - Cambridge University Club Match    
  Hooke, G.A. - Keynes, J.N.     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England 1884 (10)     Simpson's Divan Handicap - Section B     2  /  8      odds player in pawn and move class
London, England 1885 (2)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Hooke, G.A. - Plunkett, H.C.     0.5 - 0.5    
Hereford 1885 (1)     15th Counties Chess Association Meeting - Class IA     4.5  /  6
Hereford 1885 (6)     15th Counties Chess Association Meeting - Handicap Tournament    
  Hooke, G.A. - Jacobs, H.L.     0 - 1    
London, England 1886 (1)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Hooke, G.A. - Wayte, W.     1 - 0    
London, England 1886 (7)     2nd British Chess Association Congress - Amateur Championship Tourney     13.5  /  18
London, England 1886 (9)     British Chess Club 2nd Class Tourney     3.5  /  5
London, England 1887 (2)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Hooke, G.A. - Lewis, F.H.     1 - 0    
London, England 1888 (1)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Hooke, G.A. - Ballard, W.R.     1 - 0    
London, England 1889 (3)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Hooke, G.A. - Gattie, W.M.     0 - 1    
London, England 1890 (2)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Hooke, G.A. - Minchin, J.I.     0 - 1    
London, England 1891 (2)     British Chess Club - City of London Club Match    
  Hooke, G.A. - Sonneborn, W.     1 - 0    
London, England 1891 (3)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Hooke, G.A. - Jackson, E.M.     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England 1892 (6)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Hooke, G.A. - Warner, J.H.     1 - 0    
Birmingham 1893     North and South Match    
  Hooke, G.A. - Hollins, F.     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England 1894 (1)     North and South Match    
  Hooke, G.A. - Marriott, A.R.     1 - 0    
London, England 1894 (3)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Hooke, G.A. - Gover, F.F.     1 - 0    
London, England 1894 (6)     City of London Club - Metropolitan Club Match    
  Hooke, G.A. - Lord, F.W.     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England 1896 (1)     City of London Club - Metropolitan Club Match    
  Hooke, G.A. - Bowles, C.W.     1 - 0    
London, England 1896 (2)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Hooke, G.A. - Deighton, F.     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England 1896 (3)     North of the Thames - South of the Thames Match    
  Hooke, G.A. - Trenchard, H.W.     1 - 0    
London, England 1896 (5)     City of London Club - Athenaeum Club Match    
  Hooke, G.A. - Ropes, A.R.     1 - 0    
London, England 1897 (2)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Hooke, G.A. - Gattie, W.M.     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England 1898 (3)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Hooke, G.A. - Richardson, H.A.     1 - 0    
London, England and New York 1903     8th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Hooke, G.A. - Helms, H.     0 - 1    


Player information updated: 6 Aug. 2024