Houlding, Mary




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1905  861  1898 (63) 11
1906  877  1888 (57) 11
1907  908  1871 (54) 11
1908  942  1836 (53) 11
1909  1020  1854 (53) 11
1910  959  1886 (53) 11
1911  988  1881 (53) 11
1912  984  1865 (53) 11
1913  1012  1848 (54) 11
1914  935  1857 (59) 9
1915  895  1841 (65) 0
1916  892  1826 (68) 0
1917  909  1810 (68) 0
1918  944  1794 (65) 0
1919  961  1779 (57) 10
1920  1052  1771 (57) 0
1921  1135  1763 (52) 11
1922  1134  1775 (49) 11
1923  1266  1769 (49) 11
1924  1334  1762 (49) 11
1925  1378  1754 (51) 11
1926  1452  1741 (57) 0
1927  1488  1727 (57) 0
1928  1463  1714 (52) 11
1929  1462  1681 (51) 11
1930  1505  1628 (52) 11
1931  1553  1589 (55) 11
1932  1579  1549 (62) 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
Glasgow 1911 (4)     British Ladies' Championship     8.5  /  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
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: 16 Nov. 2022