Hookham, Henry




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1870  424  1880 (149) 7
1871  444  1888 (145) 0
1872  452  1895 (141) 0
1873  458  1903 (136) 0
1874  475  1911 (131) 0
1875  490  1918 (126) 0
1876  464  1926 (120) 0
1877  429  1933 (114) 0
1878  425  1941 (107) 0
1879  405  1948 (100) 15
1880  438  1947 (100) 0
1881  500  1946 (99) 0
1882  529  1945 (96) 0
1883  574  1944 (92) 0
1884  628  1943 (86) 21
1885  616  1955 (82) 0
1886  595  1967 (76) 0
1887  577  1979 (68) 9
1888  568  1985 (68) 0
1889  549  1992 (65) 5
1890  549  2007 (64) 4
1891  582  1992 (62) 9
1892  677  1960 (62) 8
1893  709  1954 (61) 9
1894  743  1936 (60) 10
1895  774  1913 (60) 11
1896  805  1896 (62) 13
1897  858  1868 (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