Hooke, George




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1882  182  2225 (60) 11
1883  187  2236 (57) 0
1884  188  2247 (48) 9
1885  143  2304 (41) 22
1886  108  2340 (43) 24
1887  120  2330 (54) 1
1888  135  2317 (61) 1
1889  142  2297 (65) 1
1890  160  2289 (69) 1
1891  151  2298 (71) 2
1892  145  2305 (73) 1
1893  139  2310 (74) 1
1894  141  2312 (76) 3
1895  153  2306 (79) 0
1896  156  2299 (81) 3
1897  173  2282 (86) 1
1898  205  2268 (92) 1
1899  237  2251 (99) 0
1900  267  2234 (104) 0
1901  298  2218 (109) 0
1902  334  2201 (113) 0
1903  368  2185 (116) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Hooke, George Archer  
Born: 28 Feb. 1857
Died: 8 Dec. 1934
 
References
Books
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 178
   Harding, Eminent Victorian Chess Players, page 149
   Hilbert and Lahde, Albert Beauregard Hodges, page 243
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 193, 197
Periodicals
   [CML], vol. 5, no. 3, Nov. 1883, page 67
   [CML], vol. 6, no. 5, Jan. 1885, page 131
   [CPC], vol. 8, no. 214, 6 Aug. 1884, page 62
Web
   Loy, Jim.  [The King Hunt]
   Winter, Edward.  [CN 5217. Blake v Hooke]

Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Hooke, G.A. - Wainwright, G.E. 1885         (f)     7.5   -   6.5

Tournament data

Manchester 1882 (2)     12th Counties Chess Association Meeting - Class II     7.5  /  11
London, England 1884 (3)     City of London Club 3rd Class - Cambridge University Club Match    
  Hooke, G.A. - Keynes, J.N.     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England 1884 (10)     Simpson's Divan Handicap - Section B     2  /  8      odds player in pawn and move class
London, England 1885 (2)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Hooke, G.A. - Plunkett, H.C.     0.5 - 0.5    
Hereford 1885 (1)     15th Counties Chess Association Meeting - Class IA     4.5  /  6
Hereford 1885 (6)     15th Counties Chess Association Meeting - Handicap Tournament    
  Hooke, G.A. - Jacobs, H.L.     0 - 1    
London, England 1886 (1)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Hooke, G.A. - Wayte, W.     1 - 0    
London, England 1886 (7)     2nd British Chess Association Congress - Amateur Championship Tourney     13.5  /  18
London, England 1886 (9)     British Chess Club 2nd Class Tourney     3.5  /  5
London, England 1887 (2)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Hooke, G.A. - Lewis, F.H.     1 - 0    
London, England 1888 (1)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Hooke, G.A. - Ballard, W.R.     1 - 0    
London, England 1889 (3)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Hooke, G.A. - Gattie, W.M.     0 - 1    
London, England 1890 (2)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Hooke, G.A. - Minchin, J.I.     0 - 1    
London, England 1891 (2)     British Chess Club - City of London Club Match    
  Hooke, G.A. - Sonneborn, W.     1 - 0    
London, England 1891 (3)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Hooke, G.A. - Jackson, E.M.     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England 1892 (6)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Hooke, G.A. - Warner, J.H.     1 - 0    
Birmingham 1893     North and South Match    
  Hooke, G.A. - Hollins, F.     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England 1894 (1)     North and South Match    
  Hooke, G.A. - Marriott, A.R.     1 - 0    
London, England 1894 (3)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Hooke, G.A. - Gover, F.F.     1 - 0    
London, England 1894 (6)     City of London Club - Metropolitan Club Match    
  Hooke, G.A. - Lord, F.W.     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England 1896 (1)     City of London Club - Metropolitan Club Match    
  Hooke, G.A. - Bowles, C.W.     1 - 0    
London, England 1896 (2)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Hooke, G.A. - Deighton, F.     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England 1896 (3)     North of the Thames - South of the Thames Match    
  Hooke, G.A. - Trenchard, H.W.     1 - 0    
London, England 1896 (5)     City of London Club - Athenaeum Club Match    
  Hooke, G.A. - Ropes, A.R.     1 - 0    
London, England 1897 (2)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Hooke, G.A. - Gattie, W.M.     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England 1898 (3)     City of London - Saint George's Club Match    
  Hooke, G.A. - Richardson, H.A.     1 - 0    
London, England and New York 1903     8th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Hooke, G.A. - Helms, H.     0 - 1    


Player information updated: 6 Aug. 2024