Macdonald, Ronald




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1897  607  2014 (65) 9
1898  558  2053 (62) 4
1899  448  2113 (58) 7
1900  351  2171 (56) 8
1901  290  2218 (56) 8
1902  256  2237 (58) 0
1903  228  2256 (56) 0
1904  213  2274 (47) 16
1905  193  2289 (47) 8
1906  209  2284 (43) 27
1907  231  2279 (59) 0
1908  244  2274 (69) 0
1909  255  2269 (77) 0
1910  250  2264 (83) 0
1911  279  2259 (88) 0
1912  283  2254 (91) 0
1913  294  2249 (93) 0
1914  286  2244 (94) 0
1915  279  2239 (95) 0
1916  293  2234 (94) 0
1917  305  2229 (93) 0
1918  314  2224 (91) 0
1919  329  2219 (87) 0
1920  350  2214 (83) 0
1921  391  2209 (76) 0
1922  413  2204 (68) 0
1923  476  2199 (57) 10
1924  554  2180 (54) 6
1925  630  2164 (53) 7
1926  674  2157 (49) 11
1927  696  2158 (53) 8
1928  719  2158 (58) 7
1929  832  2136 (65) 0
1930  943  2113 (68) 5
1931  1079  2098 (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