Macdonald, Ronald




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1897  611  2022 (65) 9
1898  569  2061 (62) 4
1899  454  2121 (58) 7
1900  350  2179 (56) 8
1901  289  2227 (56) 8
1902  257  2245 (58) 0
1903  228  2264 (56) 0
1904  213  2283 (47) 16
1905  200  2298 (47) 8
1906  208  2294 (43) 27
1907  230  2289 (59) 0
1908  247  2284 (69) 0
1909  262  2279 (77) 0
1910  259  2274 (83) 0
1911  281  2269 (88) 0
1912  282  2265 (91) 0
1913  300  2260 (93) 0
1914  290  2255 (94) 0
1915  287  2250 (95) 0
1916  299  2245 (94) 0
1917  310  2240 (93) 0
1918  321  2235 (91) 0
1919  334  2231 (87) 0
1920  356  2226 (83) 0
1921  395  2221 (76) 0
1922  423  2216 (68) 0
1923  488  2211 (57) 10
1924  564  2192 (54) 6
1925  640  2177 (52) 7
1926  684  2170 (49) 11
1927  699  2172 (53) 8
1928  727  2173 (58) 7
1929  836  2151 (65) 0
1930  952  2130 (68) 5
1931  1080  2116 (74) 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