Hookham, Henry




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1870  430  1879 (149) 7
1871  455  1887 (145) 0
1872  463  1895 (141) 0
1873  470  1902 (136) 0
1874  481  1910 (131) 0
1875  494  1917 (126) 0
1876  467  1925 (120) 0
1877  432  1932 (114) 0
1878  428  1940 (107) 0
1879  408  1947 (100) 15
1880  441  1946 (100) 0
1881  503  1945 (99) 0
1882  530  1944 (96) 0
1883  575  1943 (92) 0
1884  629  1942 (86) 21
1885  617  1954 (82) 0
1886  595  1966 (76) 0
1887  577  1977 (68) 9
1888  571  1984 (68) 0
1889  548  1991 (65) 5
1890  550  2006 (64) 4
1891  583  1990 (62) 9
1892  679  1959 (62) 8
1893  713  1953 (61) 9
1894  745  1935 (60) 10
1895  776  1912 (60) 11
1896  808  1895 (62) 13
1897  860  1867 (67) 10

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Hookham, Henry  
Born: 22 Oct. 1824
Died: 24 Nov. 1898
 
Notes:
Gaige says born 22?-10-1824. The Sunday Times of 19 Dec. 1858 (p.10) mentions a Hookham playing in London. Was this the New Zealand player of the 1880s and 1890s?
 
References
Books
   Bignold, Australian Chess Annual, page 99, 105, 111
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 178
   Golombek, Golombek's Encyclopedia, page 212
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 216
Periodicals
   [CPC], vol. 2, no. 13, Jan. 1860, page 10
   [ST], no. 1861, 19 Dec. 1858, page 10

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

Hookham, H. - Jacobsen, P.F. 1884         (f)     11   -   10

Tournament data

Christchurch 1870     Canturbury Province Championship     6  /  7
Christchurch 1879     1st New Zealand Championship     10  /  14
  Hookham, H. - Hay, D.R.     1 - 0    
Adelaide 1887 (1)     Australian Jubilee Congress - Major Tournament     3  /  9
Christchurch 1889     2nd New Zealand Championship     2.5  /  5
Dunedin 1890     3rd New Zealand Championship     3.5  /  4
  Hookham, H. - Barnes, R.J.     1 - 0    
Wellington 1891     4th New Zealand Championship     6  /  9
Auckland 1892     5th New Zealand Championship     3.5  /  8
Christchurch 1893     6th New Zealand Championship     6.5  /  9
Dunedin 1894     7th New Zealand Championship     6.5  /  10
Wellington 1895     8th New Zealand Championship     6.5  /  11
Wanganui 1896     9th New Zealand Championship     8  /  13
Christchurch 1897     10th New Zealand Championship     3.5  /  10


Player information updated: 6 Aug. 2024