Macdonald, Ronald




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1897  606  2018 (65) 9
1898  555  2056 (62) 4
1899  448  2116 (58) 7
1900  350  2174 (56) 8
1901  289  2222 (56) 8
1902  257  2240 (58) 0
1903  229  2259 (56) 0
1904  212  2278 (47) 16
1905  196  2292 (47) 8
1906  208  2287 (43) 27
1907  231  2282 (59) 0
1908  242  2277 (69) 0
1909  259  2272 (77) 0
1910  254  2267 (83) 0
1911  278  2262 (88) 0
1912  280  2258 (91) 0
1913  293  2253 (93) 0
1914  286  2248 (94) 0
1915  282  2243 (95) 0
1916  294  2238 (94) 0
1917  309  2233 (93) 0
1918  315  2228 (91) 0
1919  329  2223 (87) 0
1920  354  2218 (83) 0
1921  393  2213 (76) 0
1922  422  2208 (68) 0
1923  486  2203 (57) 10
1924  560  2184 (54) 6
1925  636  2168 (53) 7
1926  680  2160 (49) 11
1927  698  2161 (53) 8
1928  722  2161 (58) 7
1929  846  2139 (65) 0
1930  965  2117 (68) 5
1931  1094  2101 (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