Macdonald, Ronald




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1897  578  2012 (65) 9
1898  522  2051 (62) 4
1899  424  2111 (58) 7
1900  331  2168 (56) 8
1901  276  2216 (56) 8
1902  252  2235 (58) 0
1903  233  2254 (56) 0
1904  205  2273 (47) 16
1905  191  2287 (47) 8
1906  209  2283 (43) 27
1907  225  2278 (59) 0
1908  234  2273 (70) 0
1909  252  2268 (77) 0
1910  248  2263 (83) 0
1911  273  2258 (88) 0
1912  273  2253 (91) 0
1913  286  2248 (93) 0
1914  272  2243 (95) 0
1915  264  2238 (95) 0
1916  280  2234 (95) 0
1917  288  2229 (93) 0
1918  296  2224 (91) 0
1919  310  2219 (88) 0
1920  337  2214 (83) 0
1921  368  2209 (77) 0
1922  391  2204 (69) 0
1923  438  2199 (58) 10
1924  517  2182 (55) 6
1925  585  2164 (54) 7
1926  620  2158 (52) 11
1927  637  2159 (61) 0
1928  639  2161 (64) 7
1929  730  2141 (72) 0
1930  835  2121 (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