Rudge, Mary  
  
 
 Ratings 
  
  | Year       | 
  Rank   | 
   Edo    | 
  Dev.   | 
  Games  | 
 
  | 1874  | 
  208  | 
  2153 |  (60) |   12 | 
 
  | 1875  | 
  233  | 
  2141 |  (56) |   0 | 
 
  | 1876  | 
  243  | 
  2128 |  (47) |   26 | 
 
  | 1877  | 
  239  | 
  2121 |  (48) |   11 | 
 
  | 1878  | 
  264  | 
  2102 |  (48) |   28 | 
 
  | 1879  | 
  242  | 
  2112 |  (55) |   0 | 
 
  | 1880  | 
  249  | 
  2123 |  (56) |   17 | 
 
  | 1881  | 
  274  | 
  2128 |  (63) |   0 | 
 
  | 1882  | 
  274  | 
  2132 |  (67) |   0 | 
 
  | 1883  | 
  294  | 
  2137 |  (67) |   4 | 
 
  | 1884  | 
  320  | 
  2135 |  (71) |   0 | 
 
  | 1885  | 
  326  | 
  2132 |  (72) |   3 | 
 
  | 1886  | 
  320  | 
  2133 |  (76) |   0 | 
 
  | 1887  | 
  331  | 
  2133 |  (77) |   0 | 
 
  | 1888  | 
  320  | 
  2133 |  (77) |   0 | 
 
  | 1889  | 
  320  | 
  2134 |  (76) |   0 | 
 
  | 1890  | 
  346  | 
  2134 |  (72) |   11 | 
 
  | 1891  | 
  353  | 
  2131 |  (76) |   0 | 
 
  | 1892  | 
  376  | 
  2128 |  (78) |   0 | 
 
  | 1893  | 
  381  | 
  2124 |  (78) |   0 | 
 
  | 1894  | 
  392  | 
  2121 |  (77) |   0 | 
 
  | 1895  | 
  406  | 
  2118 |  (73) |   0 | 
 
  | 1896  | 
  401  | 
  2115 |  (68) |   12 | 
 
  | 1897  | 
  367  | 
  2143 |  (70) |   18 | 
 
  
Rating table notes
 
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| Biographical data |  
   | Name: Rudge, Mary   | 
 
   |    Also known as: Miss Mary Rudge |  
   | Born: 6 Feb. 1842 | 
 
   | Died: Dec. 1919 | 
 
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   | Notes: | 
 
   | Gaige says born 1845, but Harding reports that 1842 is correct. John Richards also gives 1842; Forster gives 1845. A 'Mary R.' sent correct solutions to chess problems in the Home Circle in 1850 (24 Aug. 1850, p.128; 31 Aug. 1850, p.144; 14 Sept. 1850, p.176). Could this have been the 8-year-old Mary Rudge? | 
 
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   | References | 
 
| Books |  
   |    Burt, Bristol Chess Club, page 20 | 
 
   |    Forster, Amos Burn, page 108, 968 | 
 
   |    Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 365 | 
 
   |    Harding, Eminent Victorian Chess Players, page 153 | 
 
   |    Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 258, 293 | 
 
   |    Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 230 | 
 
   |    Winter, Chess Facts and Fables, page 212 | 
 
| Periodicals |  
   |    [ArCM], vol. 1, no. 1, June 1872, page 10 | 
 
   |    [CPC], vol. 3, no. 12, Dec. 1873, page 376 | 
 
   |    [CPC], vol. 4, no. 1, Feb. 1874, page 27 | 
 
   |    [Fld], 24 June 1876 | 
 
   |    [ILN], vol. 71, no. 1988, 18 Aug. 1877, page 167 | 
 
   |    [ILN], vol. 71, no. 2002, 24 Nov. 1877, page 511 | 
 
| Web |  
   |    Burt, John.  [The Bristol Chess Club] | 
 
   |    Harding, Tim.  [The first lady champion, Miss Mary Rudge] | 
 
   |    Harding, Tim.  [The First Women's Championship: The Decisive Rounds], page 11 | 
 
   |    Harding, Tim.  [The First Women's International Tournament], page 3 | 
 
   |    Harding, Tim.  [The House of the Setting Sun], page 11 | 
 
   |    Richards, John.  [Mary Rudge: Bristol's World Chess Champion] | 
 
   |    Richards, John.  [Remembering Mary Rudge] | 
 
   |    Sericano, C.  [Londra, torneo femminile 1897] | 
 
 
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Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)
  | Thorold, E. - Rudge, Ms. M. 1876     | 
      (f)     | 
  4 |    -    | 8 | 
       Thorold, E. gave odds of a knight  | 
 
  | Thorold, E. - Rudge, Ms. M. 1877     | 
      (f)     | 
  3 |    -    | 8 | 
       Thorold, E. gave odds of a knight  | 
 
  | Thorold, E. - Rudge, Ms. M. 1878     | 
      (f)     | 
  10 |    -    | 10 | 
       Thorold, E. gave odds of a knight  | 
 
  | Thorold, E. - Rudge, Ms. M. 1880     | 
      (f)     | 
  5 |    -    | 12 | 
       Thorold, E. gave odds of a knight  | 
 
 
 Tournament data 
  | Birmingham 1874 (3)     | 
5th Counties Chess Association Meeting - 2nd Class     | 
   9.5  |  /  |  12  | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Birmingham 1874 (4)     | 
5th Counties Chess Association Meeting - Handicap     | 
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   | 
    Rudge, Ms. M. - Collins, W. (1)     | 
  1 - 0     | 
   |  |  | 
       Rudge, Ms. M. gave odds of pawn and two moves  | 
 
   | 
    Rudge, Ms. M. - Burn, A.     | 
  0 - 1     | 
   |  |  | 
       Burn, A. gave odds of pawn and move  | 
 
  | Cheltenham 1876 (2)     | 
7th Counties Chess Association Meeting - 2nd Class     | 
   10.5  |  /  |  15  | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Grantham 1878 (2)     | 
2nd Lincoln County Chess Association Meeting - 2nd Class     | 
   5.5  |  /  |  8  | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Clifton 1883     | 
Bath - Bristol and Clifton Club Match     | 
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   | 
    Rudge, Ms. M. - Hathaway, C. (1)     | 
  1.5 - 0.5     | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Bath 1883     | 
Bath - Bristol and Clifton Club Match     | 
   |  |  |    |  |  |  | 
 
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    Rudge, Ms. M. - Rumboll, A.     | 
  1 - 1     | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Bristol 1885     | 
Bath - Bristol and Clifton Club Match     | 
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   | 
    Rudge, Ms. M. - Hill, F.A.     | 
  1 - 0     | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Hereford 1885 (6)     | 
15th Counties Chess Association Meeting - Handicap Tournament     | 
   |  |  |    |  |  |  | 
 
   | 
    Rudge, Ms. M. - Rumboll, A.     | 
  1 - 0     | 
   |  |  | 
       Rumboll, A. gave odds of pawn and move  | 
 
   | 
    Rudge, Ms. M. - Burt, J.N. (1)     | 
  0 - 1     | 
   |  |  | 
       Burt, J.N. (1) gave odds of pawn and move  | 
 
  | Clifton 1888 (1)     | 
Bristol and Clifton - City Chess and Draughts Club Match     | 
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    Rudge, Ms. M. - Brown, C.E.     | 
  1 - 0     | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Cambridge 1890 (3)     | 
Counties Chess Association Meeting - Class II     | 
   9.5  |  /  |  12  | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Clifton 1896 (2)     | 
Southern Counties Congress - Class II     | 
   6.5  |  /  |  9  | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
   | 
    Rudge, Ms. M. - Stevenson, A.L.     | 
  2 - 1     | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | London, England 1897 (3)     | 
1st International Women's Tournament     | 
   17.5  |  /  |  18  | 
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