Macdonald, Ronald




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1897  572  2014 (65) 9
1898  515  2052 (62) 4
1899  421  2112 (58) 7
1900  324  2170 (56) 8
1901  273  2218 (56) 8
1902  250  2237 (58) 0
1903  232  2255 (56) 0
1904  210  2274 (47) 16
1905  192  2289 (47) 8
1906  207  2284 (43) 27
1907  224  2279 (59) 0
1908  235  2274 (70) 0
1909  253  2269 (77) 0
1910  250  2264 (83) 0
1911  276  2259 (88) 0
1912  279  2254 (91) 0
1913  290  2249 (93) 0
1914  280  2244 (95) 0
1915  268  2239 (95) 0
1916  286  2234 (95) 0
1917  288  2229 (93) 0
1918  299  2224 (91) 0
1919  316  2219 (88) 0
1920  339  2214 (83) 0
1921  383  2209 (77) 0
1922  399  2204 (69) 0
1923  445  2199 (58) 10
1924  528  2181 (55) 6
1925  598  2164 (54) 7
1926  629  2158 (53) 11
1927  652  2159 (61) 0
1928  653  2161 (64) 7
1929  740  2141 (72) 0
1930  843  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