Houlding, Mary




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1905  798  1911 (64) 11
1906  822  1901 (58) 11
1907  850  1885 (56) 11
1908  870  1849 (55) 11
1909  942  1865 (55) 11
1910  881  1895 (56) 11
1911  944  1884 (59) 0
1912  929  1874 (56) 11
1913  950  1859 (57) 11
1914  875  1869 (61) 9
1915  825  1855 (69) 0
1916  826  1840 (73) 0
1917  838  1826 (75) 0
1918  870  1811 (75) 0
1919  879  1797 (72) 0
1920  979  1782 (67) 0
1921  1048  1768 (59) 11
1922  997  1772 (59) 0
1923  1106  1775 (53) 11
1924  1176  1775 (51) 11
1925  1181  1773 (53) 11
1926  1212  1764 (59) 0
1927  1213  1756 (60) 0
1928  1153  1747 (56) 11
1929  1115  1722 (57) 11
1930  1147  1681 (66) 0
1931  985  1639 (70) 0
1932  983  1598 (72) 11

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Houlding, Mary Mills  
   Also known as: Mrs. Mary Mills Houlding; née Palmer
Born: May 1850
Died: 19 Feb. 1940
 
References
Books
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 180
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 252, 254
   Winter, Kings, Commoners and Knaves, page 438
Web
   Sarah.  [The Ladies' Chess Club: Middle Years]
   Saunders, John.  [Chess Snippet No.2 Grace Moore Curling (née Ellis)]
   Winter, Edward.  [CN 4500. Mrs Houlding]
   Winter, Edward.  [CN 4512. Mrs Houlding]
   Wright, Stephen.  [Women's Chess in Canada]

Tournament data

Southport 1905 (2)     British Ladies' Championship     8  /  11
Shrewsbury 1906 (2)     British Ladies' Championship     7.5  /  11
London, England 1907 (1)     British Ladies' Championship     8  /  11
Tunbridge Wells 1908 (3)     British Ladies' Championship     4  /  11
Scarborough 1909 (1)     British Ladies' Championship     6  /  11
Oxford 1910 (1)     British Ladies' Championship     9  /  11
Richmond 1912 (4)     British Ladies' Championship     7  /  11
Cheltenham 1913 (3)     10th British Chess Federation Congress - British Ladies' Championship     6  /  11
Chester 1914 (3)     British Ladies' Championship     10  /  11
Malvern 1921 (1)     British Ladies' Championship     4.5  /  11
Portsmouth 1923 (1)     British Ladies' Championship     5.5  /  11
Southport 1924 (3)     17th British Chess Federation Congress - Ladies' Championship     5  /  11
Stratford-upon-Avon 1925 (2)     British Ladies' Championship     6  /  11
Tenby 1928 (3)     British Ladies' Championship     6.5  /  11
Ramsgate 1929 (3)     British Ladies' Championship     6  /  11
London, England 1932 (8)     British Ladies' Championship     1  /  11

Player information updated: 22 Jul. 2021