Hookham, Henry




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1870  428  1886 (149) 7
1871  456  1894 (145) 0
1872  461  1901 (140) 0
1873  470  1909 (136) 0
1874  486  1917 (131) 0
1875  499  1924 (126) 0
1876  476  1932 (120) 0
1877  440  1940 (114) 0
1878  440  1947 (107) 0
1879  428  1955 (100) 15
1880  453  1954 (100) 0
1881  508  1953 (99) 0
1882  541  1952 (96) 0
1883  575  1951 (92) 0
1884  631  1950 (86) 21
1885  614  1962 (82) 0
1886  588  1974 (76) 0
1887  570  1986 (68) 9
1888  575  1993 (68) 0
1889  553  2001 (65) 5
1890  534  2016 (64) 4
1891  574  2001 (62) 9
1892  673  1970 (61) 8
1893  708  1964 (61) 9
1894  760  1947 (60) 10
1895  791  1925 (60) 11
1896  810  1908 (61) 13
1897  862  1879 (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