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Donaldson, John

Ratings Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games  1837  24  2162 (132) 1 1838  28  2181 (130) 0 1839  31  2200 (127) 0 1840  34  2219 (125) 0 1841  37  2238 (122) 0 1842  43  2257 (118) 0 1843  47  2276 (114) 0 1844  45  2295 (110) 0 1845  46  2315 (105) 0 1846  48  2334 (99) 5 1847  42  2358 (93) 5 1848  38  2385 (85) 0 1849  34  2413 (76) 3 1850  30  2432 (70) 0 1851  29  2452 (61) 0 1852  18  2471 (47) 49 1853  20  2465 (58) 0 1854  15  2459 (64) 0 1855  16  2453 (66) 1 1856  18  2455 (67) 0 1857  24  2458 (65) 1 1858  22  2478 (61) 0 1859  16  2497 (52) 38 1860  29  2460 (62) 0 1861  39  2422 (68) 0 1862  48  2384 (72) 3 1863  53  2358 (78) 0 1864  67  2332 (82) 0 1865  81  2307 (85) 0 1866  93  2281 (86) 2 1867  95  2274 (90) 0 1868  103  2268 (94) 1 1869  108  2252 (99) 0 1870  116  2236 (103) 0 1871  135  2220 (106) 0 1872  147  2204 (109) 2 Rating table notes

Biographical data Name: Donaldson, John      Also known as: Rev. John Donaldson; Delta Born: 27 Mar. 1817 Died: 19 Apr. 1892   Notes: Not to be confused with James Donaldson, who played in the London-Edinburgh correspondence match in the 1820s.   References Books    Chess Association, Manchester 1857 Report, page 5, 10, 14, 40    Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 96    Harding, Eminent Victorian Chess Players, page 143    Löwenthal and Medley, Chess Congress of 1862, page lxviii, xxvi    Löwenthal and Medley, Transactions of the BCA, 1868-1869, page 13    Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 149, 192    Staunton, The Chess Tournament, page lx    Whyld, English Tournaments, page 9    Williams, Souvenir of the Bristol Club, page 140 Periodicals    [BLL], 1863, page supp.2    [CPC], vol. 12, no. 9, Sep. 1851, page 282    [CPC], vol. 13, no. 7, July 1852, page 210    [CPC], vol. 1, no. 10, Oct. 1853, page 313    [CPC], vol. 3, no. 3, Mar. 1855, page 103    [CPM], vol. 2, no. 4, Apr. 1866, page 109    [CPM], vol. 3, no. 8, 1 Aug. 1867, page 252    [CW], vol. 2, no. 4, June 1866, page 110    [Era], vol. 24, no. 1243, 20 July 1862, page 5    [Fld], 24 May 1873    [ILN], vol. 11, no. 273, 24 July 1847, page 59    [ILN], vol. 21, no. 567, 3 July 1852, page 11    [ILN], vol. 21, no. 570, 24 July 1852, page 59    [ILN], vol. 67, no. 1878, 7 Aug. 1875, page 143    [ILN], vol. 69, no. 1945, 4 Nov. 1876, page 446    [NR], vol. 1, no. 10, Oct. 1860, page 316    [NYC], 28 Sep. 1867    [SZ], vol. 10, no. 5, May 1855, page 162    [WP], vol. 6, no. 1, 1 May 1873, page 2 Web    Sericano, C.  [Gerolamo Tassinari]

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Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

de la Bourdonnais, L.C.M. - Donaldson, Jo. 1837	(c)	1	-	0	de la Bourdonnais, L.C.M. gave odds of a rook
Donaldson, Ja. - Donaldson, Jo. 1846	(c)	3	-	2
Bell, J.G. - Donaldson, Jo. 1847	(f)	3	-	2
Evans, W.D. - Donaldson, Jo. 1849	(c)	0.5	-	0.5
Harrwitz, D. - Donaldson, Jo. 1849	(c)	1	-	1
Staunton, H. - Donaldson, Jo. 1852 (1)	(c)	8.5	-	6.5	Staunton, H. gave odds of pawn and two moves
Staunton, H. - Donaldson, Jo. 1852 (2)	(c)	1	-	0
Lowenthal, J.J. - Donaldson, Jo. 1852	(c)	15	-	15
Donaldson, Jo. - Bell, H.G. 1852	(c)	1.5	-	1.5
Donaldson, Jo. - Reid (3) 1853	(c)	1	-	0	Donaldson, Jo. gave odds of a rook
Tassinari, G. - Donaldson, Jo. 1855	(c)	0.5	-	0.5
Salmon, G. - Donaldson, Jo. 1857	(c)	1	-	0
Donaldson, Jo. - Gordon, T. 1859	(c)	10	-	8
Harrwitz, D. - Donaldson, Jo. 1859	(c)	10.5	-	9.5
Dubois, S. - Donaldson, Jo. 1862	(c)	2	-	0
Anderssen (offhand) - Donaldson, Jo. 1862	(c)	0.5	-	0.5
Donaldson, Jo. - Fraser, Ja.C. 1868	(c)	1	-	0
Donaldson, Jo. - Murray, A.K. 1872	(c)	1	-	1	Donaldson, Jo. gave odds of pawn and move
Donaldson, Jo. - James (1) 1877	(c)	1	-	0

Tournament data

Glasgow and Dundee 1866	Dundee - Glasgow Club Match
	Donaldson, Jo. - Fraser, G.B.	0 - 2

Player information updated: 2 Oct. 2023