Houlding, Mary




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1905  923  1916 (62) 11
1906  928  1906 (56) 11
1907  974  1889 (54) 11
1908  1018  1855 (53) 11
1909  1086  1873 (52) 11
1910  1036  1906 (53) 11
1911  1059  1900 (53) 11
1912  1056  1884 (53) 11
1913  1114  1868 (54) 11
1914  1068  1877 (58) 9
1915  993  1861 (65) 0
1916  994  1846 (68) 0
1917  1011  1830 (68) 0
1918  1033  1815 (64) 0
1919  1067  1799 (57) 10
1920  1170  1792 (57) 0
1921  1287  1784 (51) 11
1922  1303  1797 (49) 11
1923  1474  1791 (48) 11
1924  1494  1784 (48) 11
1925  1576  1778 (51) 11
1926  1690  1765 (57) 0
1927  1709  1752 (57) 0
1928  1717  1739 (51) 11
1929  1740  1707 (50) 11
1930  1773  1654 (52) 11
1931  1882  1615 (55) 11
1932  1938  1575 (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