Houlding, Mary




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1905  908  1906 (62) 11
1906  917  1896 (56) 11
1907  967  1879 (54) 11
1908  1000  1845 (53) 11
1909  1068  1863 (52) 11
1910  1013  1896 (53) 11
1911  1047  1890 (53) 11
1912  1033  1874 (53) 11
1913  1083  1857 (54) 11
1914  1035  1867 (58) 9
1915  978  1851 (65) 0
1916  980  1835 (68) 0
1917  1000  1820 (68) 0
1918  1021  1804 (64) 0
1919  1053  1789 (57) 10
1920  1155  1781 (57) 0
1921  1262  1774 (51) 11
1922  1272  1786 (49) 11
1923  1436  1781 (48) 11
1924  1462  1773 (48) 11
1925  1544  1767 (51) 11
1926  1650  1754 (57) 0
1927  1658  1741 (57) 0
1928  1652  1728 (51) 11
1929  1670  1696 (50) 11
1930  1708  1643 (52) 11
1931  1835  1604 (55) 11
1932  1869  1564 (62) 11

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Houlding, Mary Mills  
   Also known as: Mrs. Mary Mills Houlding; née Palmer
Born: 24 Sep. 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]
   [Mary Mills Houlding]

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
Glasgow 1911 (4)     British Ladies' Championship     8.5  /  11
Richmond, London 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
Hastings 1919 (3)     British Ladies Chess Championship     4.5  /  10
Malvern 1921 (1)     British Ladies' Championship     4.5  /  11
London, England 1922 (4)     British Chess Federation Women's Open Tournament     5.5  /  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
Scarborough 1930 (3)     British Ladies Championship     3.5  /  11
Worcester, England 1931 (3)     British Ladies Championship     4.5  /  11
London, England 1932 (9)     British Ladies' Championship     1  /  11

Player information updated: 17 Jul. 2025