Macdonald, Ronald




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1897  574  2014 (65) 9
1898  518  2052 (62) 4
1899  422  2113 (58) 7
1900  330  2170 (56) 8
1901  275  2218 (56) 8
1902  254  2237 (58) 0
1903  231  2256 (56) 0
1904  207  2275 (47) 16
1905  192  2290 (47) 8
1906  207  2285 (43) 27
1907  223  2280 (59) 0
1908  233  2275 (70) 0
1909  253  2270 (77) 0
1910  249  2265 (83) 0
1911  274  2260 (88) 0
1912  277  2255 (91) 0
1913  286  2250 (93) 0
1914  276  2245 (95) 0
1915  267  2240 (95) 0
1916  287  2235 (95) 0
1917  288  2230 (93) 0
1918  299  2225 (91) 0
1919  316  2220 (88) 0
1920  340  2215 (83) 0
1921  381  2210 (77) 0
1922  395  2205 (69) 0
1923  445  2200 (58) 10
1924  526  2182 (55) 6
1925  598  2165 (54) 7
1926  627  2159 (53) 11
1927  650  2160 (61) 0
1928  652  2162 (64) 7
1929  740  2142 (72) 0
1930  844  2122 (78) 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
   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
Edinburgh 1928     41st Scottish Championship     6  /  7
Dundee 1930     43rd Scottish Championship     3  /  5

Player information updated: 3 Apr. 2022