Macdonald, Ronald




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1897  559  2019 (65) 9
1898  511  2057 (62) 4
1899  417  2118 (58) 7
1900  316  2175 (56) 8
1901  264  2223 (56) 8
1902  248  2242 (58) 0
1903  229  2261 (56) 0
1904  204  2279 (47) 16
1905  188  2294 (48) 8
1906  199  2289 (43) 27
1907  222  2284 (59) 0
1908  232  2279 (70) 0
1909  246  2274 (77) 0
1910  247  2269 (83) 0
1911  269  2264 (88) 0
1912  273  2258 (91) 0
1913  283  2253 (93) 0
1914  272  2248 (95) 0
1915  266  2243 (95) 0
1916  280  2238 (95) 0
1917  281  2233 (93) 0
1918  292  2228 (91) 0
1919  303  2223 (88) 0
1920  329  2218 (83) 0
1921  360  2212 (77) 0
1922  370  2207 (69) 0
1923  419  2202 (58) 10
1924  507  2185 (56) 6
1925  564  2167 (55) 7
1926  602  2161 (53) 11
1927  606  2162 (61) 0
1928  601  2164 (64) 7
1929  657  2144 (73) 0
1930  744  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