Houlding, Mary




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1905  843  1906 (63) 11
1906  857  1896 (57) 11
1907  889  1879 (54) 11
1908  912  1844 (53) 11
1909  987  1862 (53) 11
1910  922  1895 (53) 11
1911  963  1889 (54) 11
1912  951  1873 (54) 11
1913  968  1856 (55) 11
1914  892  1865 (59) 9
1915  849  1849 (65) 0
1916  853  1834 (68) 0
1917  866  1818 (68) 0
1918  897  1802 (65) 0
1919  906  1787 (58) 10
1920  996  1779 (58) 0
1921  1067  1771 (52) 11
1922  1012  1783 (50) 11
1923  1132  1777 (49) 11
1924  1202  1770 (49) 11
1925  1230  1763 (52) 11
1926  1271  1751 (58) 0
1927  1281  1738 (58) 0
1928  1263  1725 (53) 11
1929  1215  1693 (52) 11
1930  1250  1640 (53) 11
1931  1164  1602 (56) 11
1932  1185  1563 (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