Houlding, Mary




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1905  869  1896 (63) 11
1906  883  1886 (57) 11
1907  915  1869 (54) 11
1908  947  1834 (53) 11
1909  1025  1852 (53) 11
1910  968  1885 (53) 11
1911  1003  1879 (53) 11
1912  995  1863 (53) 11
1913  1029  1846 (54) 11
1914  943  1855 (59) 9
1915  897  1839 (65) 0
1916  894  1824 (68) 0
1917  915  1808 (68) 0
1918  945  1792 (65) 0
1919  961  1777 (57) 10
1920  1052  1769 (57) 0
1921  1137  1761 (52) 11
1922  1134  1773 (49) 11
1923  1267  1767 (49) 11
1924  1335  1759 (49) 11
1925  1379  1752 (51) 11
1926  1454  1738 (57) 0
1927  1491  1725 (57) 0
1928  1473  1711 (52) 11
1929  1464  1678 (51) 11
1930  1508  1625 (52) 11
1931  1556  1586 (55) 11
1932  1584  1547 (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