Houlding, Mary




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1905  911  1912 (62) 11
1906  920  1901 (56) 11
1907  967  1885 (54) 11
1908  1003  1850 (53) 11
1909  1076  1868 (52) 11
1910  1018  1901 (53) 11
1911  1050  1895 (53) 11
1912  1046  1880 (53) 11
1913  1107  1863 (54) 11
1914  1053  1872 (58) 9
1915  986  1857 (65) 0
1916  990  1841 (68) 0
1917  1008  1826 (68) 0
1918  1028  1810 (64) 0
1919  1061  1795 (57) 10
1920  1164  1787 (57) 0
1921  1282  1780 (51) 11
1922  1291  1793 (49) 11
1923  1464  1787 (48) 11
1924  1486  1780 (48) 11
1925  1567  1773 (51) 11
1926  1682  1760 (57) 0
1927  1695  1747 (57) 0
1928  1699  1734 (51) 11
1929  1720  1702 (50) 11
1930  1761  1649 (52) 11
1931  1867  1610 (55) 11
1932  1912  1570 (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