Macdonald, Ronald




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1897  579  2012 (65) 9
1898  525  2051 (62) 4
1899  424  2111 (58) 7
1900  330  2168 (56) 8
1901  279  2216 (56) 8
1902  254  2235 (58) 0
1903  228  2254 (56) 0
1904  203  2273 (47) 16
1905  190  2288 (47) 8
1906  205  2283 (43) 27
1907  225  2278 (59) 0
1908  236  2273 (70) 0
1909  252  2269 (77) 0
1910  246  2264 (83) 0
1911  274  2259 (88) 0
1912  273  2254 (91) 0
1913  287  2249 (93) 0
1914  273  2244 (95) 0
1915  263  2239 (95) 0
1916  280  2235 (94) 0
1917  283  2230 (93) 0
1918  296  2225 (91) 0
1919  311  2220 (88) 0
1920  335  2215 (83) 0
1921  367  2210 (77) 0
1922  391  2206 (69) 0
1923  449  2201 (58) 10
1924  520  2183 (55) 6
1925  586  2166 (54) 7
1926  624  2159 (52) 11
1927  642  2161 (60) 0
1928  643  2163 (64) 7
1929  734  2143 (72) 0
1930  851  2123 (78) 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
   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
Edinburgh 1928     41st Scottish Championship     6  /  7
Dundee 1930     43rd Scottish Championship     3  /  5

Player information updated: 3 Apr. 2022