Houlding, Mary




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1905  847  1902 (63) 11
1906  860  1892 (57) 11
1907  895  1875 (54) 11
1908  922  1840 (53) 11
1909  996  1858 (53) 11
1910  937  1891 (53) 11
1911  971  1885 (53) 11
1912  967  1869 (53) 11
1913  994  1852 (55) 11
1914  912  1861 (59) 9
1915  876  1845 (65) 0
1916  877  1830 (68) 0
1917  892  1814 (68) 0
1918  924  1799 (65) 0
1919  934  1783 (57) 10
1920  1022  1775 (57) 0
1921  1101  1767 (52) 11
1922  1085  1780 (49) 11
1923  1189  1774 (49) 11
1924  1261  1766 (49) 11
1925  1277  1759 (51) 11
1926  1335  1746 (57) 0
1927  1352  1732 (58) 0
1928  1317  1719 (52) 11
1929  1316  1686 (51) 11
1930  1338  1633 (53) 11
1931  1290  1594 (56) 11
1932  1322  1555 (63) 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