Macdonald, Ronald




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1897  602  2015 (65) 9
1898  559  2053 (62) 4
1899  443  2114 (58) 7
1900  350  2171 (56) 8
1901  287  2219 (56) 8
1902  258  2238 (58) 0
1903  229  2257 (56) 0
1904  210  2275 (47) 16
1905  194  2290 (47) 8
1906  205  2285 (43) 27
1907  234  2280 (59) 0
1908  244  2276 (69) 0
1909  253  2271 (77) 0
1910  253  2266 (83) 0
1911  280  2261 (88) 0
1912  283  2256 (91) 0
1913  297  2251 (93) 0
1914  289  2246 (94) 0
1915  284  2241 (95) 0
1916  295  2236 (94) 0
1917  302  2231 (93) 0
1918  309  2226 (91) 0
1919  326  2221 (87) 0
1920  347  2216 (83) 0
1921  383  2211 (76) 0
1922  407  2206 (68) 0
1923  459  2201 (57) 10
1924  540  2182 (54) 6
1925  617  2167 (53) 7
1926  668  2160 (49) 11
1927  685  2160 (53) 8
1928  701  2160 (58) 7
1929  819  2138 (65) 0
1930  927  2116 (68) 5
1931  1051  2100 (75) 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
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 393
   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
Dundee 1927     40th Scottish Championship     6  /  8
Edinburgh 1928     41st Scottish Championship     6  /  7
Dundee 1930     43rd Scottish Championship     3  /  5
Edinburgh 1931     44th Scottish Championship     3  /  5

Player information updated: 31 Jan. 2025