MacLeod, Nicholas




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1885  221  2203 (66) 13
1886  221  2198 (59) 8
1887  233  2194 (53) 10
1888  216  2210 (49) 7
1889  223  2199 (42) 40
1890  252  2195 (57) 0
1891  257  2191 (67) 0
1892  280  2186 (73) 0
1893  284  2182 (77) 1
1894  276  2190 (80) 0
1895  273  2198 (82) 0
1896  251  2206 (82) 0
1897  247  2213 (80) 0
1898  255  2221 (77) 0
1899  246  2229 (72) 0
1900  235  2237 (64) 7
1901  228  2245 (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], Aug. 1899, page 66
   [ACMa], 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