Waight, Henry




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1876  534  1869 (83) 7
1877  510  1855 (83) 2
1878  523  1847 (85) 0
1879  517  1839 (86) 0
1880  557  1832 (86) 0
1881  642  1824 (84) 0
1882  707  1816 (81) 3
1883  760  1815 (79) 2
1884  833  1820 (77) 2
1885  788  1815 (77) 0
1886  813  1810 (75) 0
1887  775  1806 (71) 2
1888  777  1806 (67) 12
1889  765  1796 (78) 0
1890  819  1786 (87) 1
1891  826  1778 (95) 0
1892  888  1771 (102) 0
1893  927  1764 (109) 0
1894  959  1756 (114) 0
1895  966  1749 (119) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Waight, Henry Hoyer  
Born: 9 Jan. 1835
Died: 3 July 1901
 
Notes:
Gaige gives birth date '09-01-1835?' and death date '1894+'. Steve Mann gives birth date as 1834-1835, baptism date as 17-05-1835 and death date as 03-07-1901. Staunton lists a 'Henry Waite' as a member of the Standing Committee for the London Congress of 1862 in the Illustrated London News (22 Feb. 1862, p.204).
 
References
Books
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 971
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 455
Periodicals
   [BCM], vol. 4, no. 12, Dec. 1884, page 440
   [BCM], vol. 14, no. 5, May 1894, page 194
   [WP], vol. 9, no. 2, 1 June 1876, page 26
Web
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - 1883: Yorkshire v Lancashire]
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - 1895: YCCC 10th Annual Tournament]
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - Henry Hoyer Waight]
   [West Yorkshire v. Tyne and Tees-Side]

Tournament data

Halifax, Yorkshire 1876 (1)     Bradford - Halifax Club Match    
  Waight, H.H. - Petty, J.     1 - 1    
Halifax, Yorkshire 1876 (3)     West Yorkshire Chess Association - 2nd Class Tournament    
  Waight, H.H. - Gaunt, E.     1 - 0    
  Waight, H.H. - Shaw, W. (1)     0.5 - 0.5    
Halifax, Yorkshire 1876 (6)     West Yorkshire Chess Association - 5th Tournament    
  Waight, H.H. - Moorhouse, Jo.     1 - 0    
  Waight, H.H. - Sadd, W.E.     1 - 0    
  Waight, H.H. - Field, T.W.     0 - 1    
Halifax, Yorkshire 1877     Bradford - Halifax Club Match    
  Waight, H.H. - Petty, J.     0.5 - 1.5    
Leeds 1882 (3)     Leeds - Halifax Club Match    
  Waight, H.H. - Mills, D.Y.     0 - 1    
Halifax, Yorkshire 1882     Leeds - Halifax Club Match    
  Waight, H.H. - Mills, D.Y.     0 - 2    
Leeds 1883 (1)     Lancashire - Yorkshire County Match    
  Waight, H.H. - von Zabern, T.     0 - 2    
Bradford 1884 (4)     Bradford - Halifax Club Match    
  Waight, H.H. - Onions, G.F.     0.5 - 0.5    
Manchester 1884     Lancashire - Yorkshire County Match    
  Waight, H.H. - Ferguson, G.     0.5 - 0.5    
Sheffield 1887     Sheffield - Halifax Match    
  Waight, H.H. - Huntsman, E.J.     0 - 1    
Bradford 1887 (2)     Lancashire - Yorkshire County Match    
  Waight, H.H. - Wright, G.W.     0.5 - 0.5    
Bradford 1888 (2)     British Chess Association Amateur Championship     3.5  /  12
Harrogate 1888     Tyneside and Tees-Side - West Yorkshire Match    
  Waight, H.H. - Watson, J.S.     1 - 0    
Liverpool 1890 (1)     Bradford - Liverpool Club Match    
  Waight, H.H. - Rutherford, W.W.     0 - 1    
Halifax, Yorkshire 1895     10th Yorkshire County Chess Club Meeting - Class A    
  Waight, H.H. - Elson, F.     0 - 1    


Player information updated: 5 Jan. 2023