Herring, Frances




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1903  821  1933 (62) 8
1904  843  1933 (55) 11
1905  866  1937 (53) 10
1906  854  1952 (50) 23
1907  907  1935 (50) 21
1908  904  1936 (53) 11
1909  1000  1929 (56) 11
1910  996  1922 (62) 11

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Herring, Frances Dunn  
   Also known as: Mrs. Frances Dunn Herring; née Gwilliam
Born: 4 Apr. 1857
Died: 22 July 1943
 
References
Books
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 171
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 247, 248, 249
Web
   Sarah.  [The Ladies' Chess Club: Middle Years]
   Saunders, John.  [Chess Snippet No.2 Grace Moore Curling (née Ellis)]
   Saunders, John.  [Tournament: 1st British Championship]
   Saunders, John.  [Tournament: 3rd British Championship (won by Atkins)]
   [British Champions 1904 - present]

Tournament data

Plymouth 1903 (4)     Southern Counties Chess Union Congress - Class II, Section B     3  /  8
Hastings 1904 (2)     British Ladies' Championship     7.5  /  11
Southport 1905 (2)     British Ladies' Championship     6.5  /  10
Ostend 1906 (15)     Ostend Tournament - Ladies' Section     10  /  12
Shrewsbury 1906 (2)     British Ladies' Championship     9  /  11
Ostend 1907 (7)     Ostend Ladies' Tournament     7  /  10
London, England 1907 (1)     British Ladies' Championship     8  /  11
Tunbridge Wells 1908 (3)     British Ladies' Championship     8  /  11
Scarborough 1909 (1)     British Ladies' Championship     7.5  /  11
Oxford 1910 (1)     British Ladies' Championship     7.5  /  11

Player information updated: 17 Jul. 2025