Holmes, Harry  
  
 
 Ratings 
  
  | Year       | 
  Rank   | 
   Edo    | 
  Dev.   | 
  Games  | 
 
  | 1904  | 
  198  | 
  2283 |  (57) |   10 | 
 
  | 1905  | 
  166  | 
  2307 |  (48) |   10 | 
 
  | 1906  | 
  131  | 
  2333 |  (41) |   19 | 
 
  | 1907  | 
  178  | 
  2303 |  (43) |   12 | 
 
  | 1908  | 
  201  | 
  2298 |  (48) |   1 | 
 
  | 1909  | 
  184  | 
  2313 |  (45) |   18 | 
 
  | 1910  | 
  168  | 
  2321 |  (54) |   2 | 
 
  | 1911  | 
  149  | 
  2340 |  (58) |   2 | 
 
  | 1912  | 
  124  | 
  2349 |  (61) |   10 | 
 
  | 1913  | 
  150  | 
  2328 |  (71) |   0 | 
 
  | 1914  | 
  172  | 
  2307 |  (78) |   0 | 
 
  | 1915  | 
  201  | 
  2286 |  (83) |   0 | 
 
  | 1916  | 
  240  | 
  2265 |  (87) |   0 | 
 
  | 1917  | 
  269  | 
  2244 |  (89) |   0 | 
 
  | 1918  | 
  316  | 
  2223 |  (91) |   0 | 
 
  | 1919  | 
  362  | 
  2202 |  (91) |   0 | 
 
  | 1920  | 
  456  | 
  2180 |  (91) |   0 | 
 
  | 1921  | 
  550  | 
  2159 |  (89) |   0 | 
 
  | 1922  | 
  640  | 
  2138 |  (86) |   0 | 
 
  | 1923  | 
  756  | 
  2117 |  (82) |   9 | 
 
  
Rating table notes
 
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| Biographical data |  
   | Name: Holmes, Harry H.   | 
 
   |    Also known as: Dr. Harry Holmes |  
   | Born: 5 July 1874 | 
 
   | Died: 30 Oct. 1937 | 
 
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   | Notes: | 
 
   | Forster gives name as 'Harry H. Holmes'. No other sources have the middle initial. | 
 
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   | References | 
 
| Books |  
   |    Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 307 | 
 
   |    Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 56 | 
 
   |    England, Liverpool Chess Club, Annual Report 1912, page 4 | 
 
   |    Forster, Amos Burn, page 677, 961 | 
 
   |    Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 177 | 
 
   |    Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 463 | 
 
   |    Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 247, 251 | 
 
   |    Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 112 | 
 
| Web |  
   |    Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - Lancastrians H] | 
 
 
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Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)
 Tournament data 
  | Hastings 1904 (1)     | 
London League - Three Unions Match     | 
   |  |  |    |  |  |  | 
 
   | 
    Holmes, H.H. - Tietjen, A.E.     | 
  0.5 - 0.5     | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Hastings 1904 (6)     | 
1st British Chess Federation Congress - 1st Class Amateur Section C     | 
   4.5  |  /  |  8  | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Manchester 1904     | 
Manchester - Liverpool Club Match     | 
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   | 
    Holmes, H.H. - Lund, H.B.     | 
  1 - 0     | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Southport 1905 (3)     | 
2nd British Chess Federation Congress - First Class, Section A     | 
   7.5  |  /  |  10  | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Ostend 1906 (12)     | 
Ostend Amateur Tournament A     | 
   13  |  /  |  18  | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Liverpool 1906     | 
15th Liverpool Championship     | 
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   | 
    Holmes, H.H. - Burn, A.     | 
  0 - 1     | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | London, England and New York 1907 (1)     | 
9th Anglo-American Cable Match     | 
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   | 
    Holmes, H.H. - Wolbrecht, G.H.     | 
  0.5 - 0.5     | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | London, England 1907 (5)     | 
4th British Chess Federation Congress - Championship     | 
   3.5  |  /  |  11  | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Manchester 1908 (2)     | 
Manchester - Liverpool Club Match     | 
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   | 
    Holmes, H.H. - Coates, C.     | 
  0 - 1     | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | London, England and New York 1909     | 
11th Anglo-American Cable Match     | 
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   | 
    Holmes, H.H. - Stadelman, S.L.     | 
  0.5 - 0.5     | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Scarborough 1909 (5)     | 
6th British Chess Federation Congress - Championship     | 
   3  |  /  |  10  | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Liverpool 1909     | 
Manchester - Liverpool Club Match     | 
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   | 
    Holmes, H.H. - Grundy, J.G.     | 
  1 - 0     | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Leicester 1910     | 
City of London Club - Manchester Club Match     | 
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    Holmes, H.H. - Wainwright, G.E.     | 
  0 - 1     | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Manchester 1910     | 
Manchester - Liverpool Club Match     | 
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   | 
    Holmes, H.H. - Wallwork, C.H.     | 
  1 - 0     | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Liverpool 1911 (1)     | 
Liverpool - North Manchester Match     | 
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    Holmes, H.H. - Yates, F.D.     | 
  0.5 - 0.5     | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Liverpool 1911 (2)     | 
Manchester - Liverpool Club Match     | 
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    Holmes, H.H. - Wahltuch, V.L.     | 
  1 - 0     | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Manchester 1912     | 
Manchester - Liverpool Club Match     | 
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   | 
    Holmes, H.H. - Wahltuch, V.L.     | 
  1 - 0     | 
   |  |  |  | 
 
  | Liverpool 1912     | 
Liverpool Chess Club Championship     | 
   8  |  /  |  9  | 
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  | Liverpool 1923 (1)     | 
Northern Counties Chess Union Congress - Master Tournament     | 
   2  |  /  |  9  | 
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