Macdonald, Ronald




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1897  603  2015 (65) 9
1898  559  2054 (62) 4
1899  442  2114 (58) 7
1900  350  2172 (56) 8
1901  287  2219 (56) 8
1902  258  2238 (58) 0
1903  229  2257 (56) 0
1904  211  2276 (47) 16
1905  194  2291 (47) 8
1906  205  2286 (43) 27
1907  234  2281 (59) 0
1908  245  2276 (69) 0
1909  254  2271 (77) 0
1910  254  2266 (83) 0
1911  282  2261 (88) 0
1912  283  2256 (91) 0
1913  296  2251 (93) 0
1914  288  2246 (94) 0
1915  280  2241 (95) 0
1916  294  2236 (94) 0
1917  305  2231 (93) 0
1918  312  2226 (91) 0
1919  329  2222 (87) 0
1920  347  2217 (83) 0
1921  390  2212 (76) 0
1922  408  2207 (68) 0
1923  472  2202 (57) 10
1924  543  2183 (54) 6
1925  627  2167 (53) 7
1926  670  2160 (49) 11
1927  687  2161 (53) 8
1928  708  2161 (58) 7
1929  823  2139 (65) 0
1930  934  2116 (68) 5
1931  1062  2101 (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