Macdonald, Ronald




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1897  603  2014 (65) 9
1898  559  2052 (62) 4
1899  445  2113 (58) 7
1900  349  2170 (56) 8
1901  289  2218 (56) 8
1902  260  2237 (58) 0
1903  230  2256 (56) 0
1904  213  2275 (47) 16
1905  195  2289 (47) 8
1906  211  2285 (43) 27
1907  233  2280 (59) 0
1908  245  2275 (69) 0
1909  256  2270 (77) 0
1910  254  2265 (83) 0
1911  283  2260 (88) 0
1912  284  2255 (91) 0
1913  297  2250 (93) 0
1914  288  2245 (94) 0
1915  282  2240 (95) 0
1916  295  2235 (94) 0
1917  307  2230 (93) 0
1918  315  2225 (91) 0
1919  329  2220 (87) 0
1920  350  2215 (83) 0
1921  395  2210 (76) 0
1922  415  2205 (68) 0
1923  478  2200 (57) 10
1924  552  2181 (54) 6
1925  628  2165 (53) 7
1926  671  2158 (49) 11
1927  690  2159 (53) 8
1928  710  2159 (58) 7
1929  825  2137 (65) 0
1930  934  2114 (68) 5
1931  1068  2099 (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