Macdonald, Ronald




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1897  611  2018 (65) 9
1898  559  2056 (62) 4
1899  452  2117 (58) 7
1900  350  2174 (56) 8
1901  289  2222 (56) 8
1902  257  2241 (58) 0
1903  229  2260 (56) 0
1904  214  2279 (47) 16
1905  200  2293 (47) 8
1906  208  2289 (43) 27
1907  232  2284 (59) 0
1908  244  2279 (69) 0
1909  260  2274 (77) 0
1910  257  2269 (83) 0
1911  282  2264 (88) 0
1912  280  2259 (91) 0
1913  296  2254 (93) 0
1914  289  2249 (94) 0
1915  284  2244 (95) 0
1916  296  2239 (94) 0
1917  309  2234 (93) 0
1918  318  2229 (91) 0
1919  333  2224 (87) 0
1920  356  2219 (83) 0
1921  396  2214 (76) 0
1922  427  2209 (68) 0
1923  489  2204 (57) 10
1924  564  2186 (54) 6
1925  645  2170 (53) 7
1926  693  2162 (49) 11
1927  714  2163 (53) 8
1928  735  2163 (58) 7
1929  857  2141 (65) 0
1930  968  2119 (68) 5
1931  1099  2103 (75) 5

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Macdonald, Ronald William Cadell  
   Also known as: Dr. Macdonald
Born: 4 July 1868
Died: 26 Jan. 1942
 
Notes:
Harding gives name as 'Dr. R. Codell MacDonald'. Gaige gives 'Macdonald, Ronald Cadell'. McGowan sent me a birth record giving his full name as 'Ronald William Cadell Macdonald'. Hi is usually known in chess literature as R.C. Macdonald.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 310
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 330
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 393
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 260
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 375, 432, 577
   Hilbert, Napier, page 241
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 239
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 162
Web
   Harding, Tim.  [Sir George Thomas: The Early Years], page 6
   McGowan, Alan.  [Dr Ronald Cadell Macdonald]
   Sericano, C.  [I tornei di scacchi dal 1900 al 1909]

Tournament data

Glasgow 1897     14th Scottish Championship     3  /  9
Edinburgh 1898     15th Scottish Championship     1.5  /  4
Stirling 1899     16th Scottish Championship     4.5  /  7
Dundee 1900     17th Scottish Championship     5  /  6
  Macdonald, R.C. - Mills, D.Y.     0 - 2    
Glasgow 1901 (2)     18th Scottish Championship     6  /  7
  Macdonald, R.C. - Mills, D.Y.     1 - 0    
Dundee 1904     21st Scottish Championship     4.5  /  5
Hastings 1904 (3)     1st British Chess Federation Congress - Championship     4  /  11
Stirling 1905     22nd Scottish Championship     8  /  8
Glasgow 1906     23rd Scottish Championship     6  /  7
  Macdonald, R.C. - Mackenzie, A.J.     1 - 1    
Ostend 1906 (12)     Ostend Amateur Tournament A     8.5  /  18
Glasgow 1923     36th Scottish Championship     6  /  7
  Macdonald, R.C. - Gibson, W.     1 - 2    
Dundee 1924     37th Scottish Championship     5  /  7
Glasgow 1925     38th Scottish Championship     5.5  /  7
Edinburgh 1926 (1)     19th British Chess Federation Congress - Championship     4  /  11
Dundee 1927     40th Scottish Championship     6  /  8
Edinburgh 1928     41st Scottish Championship     6  /  7
Dundee 1930     43rd Scottish Championship     3  /  5
Edinburgh 1931     44th Scottish Championship     3  /  5

Player information updated: 31 Jan. 2025