MacLeod, Nicholas




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1885  231  2205 (66) 13
1886  241  2199 (59) 8
1887  246  2195 (53) 10
1888  230  2211 (49) 7
1889  238  2200 (42) 40
1890  264  2196 (57) 0
1891  264  2192 (67) 0
1892  292  2188 (73) 0
1893  296  2183 (77) 1
1894  289  2192 (80) 0
1895  282  2200 (82) 0
1896  261  2208 (81) 0
1897  252  2216 (80) 0
1898  262  2225 (77) 0
1899  258  2233 (71) 0
1900  248  2241 (64) 7
1901  230  2249 (61) 22

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: MacLeod, Nicholas Menelaus  
Born: 8 Feb. 1870
Died: 27 Sep. 1965
 
Notes:
The Minneapolis Tribune of 23 Feb. 1900 (p.5) has 'N.M. McLeod'.
 
References
Books
   Davies, Samuel Lipschütz, page 91
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 261
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 276, 577
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (2nd ed.), page 72
   Winter, A Chess Omnibus, page 79
Periodicals
   [ACMa], vol. 3, no. 2, Aug. 1899, page 66
   [ACMa], vol. 3, no. 3, Sep. 1899, page 117
   [MiTr], vol. 33, no. 279, 23 Feb. 1900, page 5
   [SPG], vol. 23, no. 55, 24 Feb. 1900, page 5
Web
   Cohen, David.  [Canadian Chess Timeline]
   Cohen, David.  [Canadian Chess: Champions - Closed]
   Cohen, David.  [Canadian Chess: Nicholas M. MacLeod]
   Sericano, C.  [New York 1889]
   Winter, Edward.  [Chess Prodigies]
   Winter, Edward.  [CN 3812. Chess prodigies]
   Wright, Stephen.  [Early Canadian Championships]
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Steinitz, W. - MacLeod, N.M. 1893         (c)     1   -   0
MacLeod, N.M. - Jacobs, C.S. 1901         (f)     4   -   3

Tournament data

Quebec 1885     Quebec Club Tournament     11.5  /  13
Quebec 1886 (1)     13th Canadian Championship Tournament     6  /  8
Montreal 1887     14th Canadian Championship     5  /  8
  MacLeod, N.M. - Barry, G. (1)     0.5 - 1.5    
Quebec and Montreal 1888     15th Canadian Championship     4  /  5
  MacLeod, N.M. - Pope, E.     0.5 - 0.5    
  MacLeod, N.M. - Narraway, J.E.     1 - 0    
New York 1889 (2)     6th American Chess Congress     7.5  /  40
Minneapolis 1900     Minnesota State Tournament - Championship     2.5  /  4
Excelsior 1900 (1)     1st Western Chess Association Tournament (1st USA Open)     4  /  5
Excelsior 1901     2nd Western Chess Association Tournament (2nd USA Open)     13  /  15

Player information updated: 2 Oct. 2022