Macdonald, Ronald




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1897  549  2011 (65) 9
1898  498  2049 (63) 4
1899  417  2112 (59) 7
1900  332  2172 (57) 8
1901  271  2223 (56) 8
1902  248  2244 (59) 0
1903  217  2264 (56) 0
1904  198  2285 (48) 16
1905  179  2300 (48) 8
1906  192  2296 (43) 27
1907  208  2291 (59) 0
1908  215  2286 (70) 0
1909  226  2281 (78) 0
1910  231  2276 (83) 0
1911  257  2271 (88) 0
1912  264  2265 (91) 0
1913  282  2260 (93) 0
1914  268  2255 (95) 0
1915  258  2250 (95) 0
1916  275  2245 (95) 0
1917  273  2239 (93) 0
1918  284  2234 (91) 0
1919  296  2229 (88) 0
1920  318  2224 (83) 0
1921  347  2219 (77) 0
1922  350  2213 (69) 0
1923  396  2208 (58) 10
1924  466  2191 (56) 6
1925  511  2174 (55) 7
1926  539  2168 (53) 11
1927  553  2171 (61) 0
1928  523  2174 (64) 7
1929  544  2154 (72) 0
1930  589  2135 (78) 5

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Macdonald, Ronald 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'.
 
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
   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: 27 Apr. 2021