MacLeod, Nicholas




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1885  239  2208 (66) 13
1886  250  2203 (59) 8
1887  256  2199 (53) 10
1888  238  2216 (49) 7
1889  250  2205 (42) 40
1890  265  2201 (57) 0
1891  271  2196 (67) 0
1892  293  2192 (73) 0
1893  302  2188 (77) 1
1894  295  2196 (80) 0
1895  290  2204 (82) 0
1896  265  2212 (81) 0
1897  252  2221 (80) 0
1898  267  2229 (76) 0
1899  263  2237 (71) 0
1900  254  2245 (63) 7
1901  235  2253 (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] (broken)
   Cohen, David.  [Canadian Chess: Champions - Closed] (broken)
   Cohen, David.  [Canadian Chess: Nicholas M. MacLeod] (broken)
   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