Macdonald, Ronald




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1897  578  2014 (65) 9
1898  527  2052 (62) 4
1899  424  2112 (58) 7
1900  329  2170 (56) 8
1901  278  2218 (56) 8
1902  255  2237 (58) 0
1903  229  2256 (56) 0
1904  206  2275 (47) 16
1905  191  2290 (47) 8
1906  206  2285 (43) 27
1907  225  2280 (59) 0
1908  236  2275 (70) 0
1909  253  2270 (77) 0
1910  247  2265 (83) 0
1911  274  2261 (88) 0
1912  273  2256 (91) 0
1913  287  2251 (93) 0
1914  273  2246 (95) 0
1915  264  2241 (95) 0
1916  281  2236 (94) 0
1917  286  2231 (93) 0
1918  297  2226 (91) 0
1919  311  2222 (88) 0
1920  334  2217 (83) 0
1921  366  2212 (77) 0
1922  392  2207 (69) 0
1923  444  2202 (58) 10
1924  517  2184 (55) 6
1925  584  2167 (54) 7
1926  624  2160 (52) 11
1927  640  2162 (60) 0
1928  642  2164 (64) 7
1929  731  2144 (72) 0
1930  851  2124 (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