Herring, Frances




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1903  808  1928 (62) 8
1904  834  1928 (55) 11
1905  859  1932 (53) 10
1906  849  1946 (50) 23
1907  904  1930 (50) 21
1908  895  1931 (53) 11
1909  991  1923 (56) 11
1910  987  1916 (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