Houlding, Mary




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1905  909  1910 (62) 11
1906  917  1900 (56) 11
1907  967  1883 (54) 11
1908  1002  1848 (53) 11
1909  1071  1866 (52) 11
1910  1017  1899 (53) 11
1911  1045  1893 (53) 11
1912  1034  1878 (53) 11
1913  1084  1861 (54) 11
1914  1039  1870 (58) 9
1915  980  1855 (65) 0
1916  987  1839 (68) 0
1917  1005  1824 (68) 0
1918  1024  1808 (64) 0
1919  1058  1793 (57) 10
1920  1161  1785 (57) 0
1921  1275  1777 (51) 11
1922  1288  1790 (49) 11
1923  1449  1784 (48) 11
1924  1482  1777 (48) 11
1925  1560  1771 (51) 11
1926  1661  1758 (57) 0
1927  1675  1745 (57) 0
1928  1669  1732 (51) 11
1929  1696  1700 (50) 11
1930  1739  1647 (52) 11
1931  1850  1608 (55) 11
1932  1895  1568 (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