Hookham, Henry




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1870  427  1884 (149) 7
1871  456  1892 (145) 0
1872  461  1899 (141) 0
1873  471  1907 (136) 0
1874  484  1915 (131) 0
1875  497  1922 (126) 0
1876  475  1930 (120) 0
1877  439  1937 (114) 0
1878  438  1945 (107) 0
1879  425  1953 (100) 15
1880  453  1952 (100) 0
1881  508  1951 (99) 0
1882  539  1950 (96) 0
1883  577  1948 (92) 0
1884  631  1947 (86) 21
1885  615  1959 (82) 0
1886  592  1971 (76) 0
1887  571  1983 (68) 9
1888  569  1989 (68) 0
1889  547  1996 (65) 5
1890  545  2011 (64) 4
1891  582  1995 (62) 9
1892  680  1964 (62) 8
1893  714  1957 (61) 9
1894  752  1939 (60) 10
1895  787  1917 (60) 11
1896  810  1900 (62) 13
1897  860  1871 (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