Macdonald, Ronald




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1897  583  2013 (65) 9
1898  528  2051 (62) 4
1899  426  2111 (58) 7
1900  329  2169 (56) 8
1901  280  2217 (56) 8
1902  256  2236 (58) 0
1903  229  2254 (56) 0
1904  206  2273 (47) 16
1905  189  2288 (47) 8
1906  203  2284 (43) 27
1907  229  2279 (59) 0
1908  237  2274 (70) 0
1909  251  2269 (77) 0
1910  246  2264 (83) 0
1911  275  2259 (88) 0
1912  273  2255 (91) 0
1913  292  2250 (93) 0
1914  275  2245 (95) 0
1915  271  2240 (95) 0
1916  283  2235 (94) 0
1917  286  2230 (93) 0
1918  296  2225 (91) 0
1919  311  2221 (88) 0
1920  336  2216 (83) 0
1921  369  2211 (77) 0
1922  395  2206 (69) 0
1923  452  2201 (58) 10
1924  527  2184 (55) 6
1925  597  2166 (54) 7
1926  634  2160 (52) 11
1927  648  2162 (60) 0
1928  649  2163 (64) 7
1929  744  2143 (72) 0
1930  860  2123 (78) 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
   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
Edinburgh 1928     41st Scottish Championship     6  /  7
Dundee 1930     43rd Scottish Championship     3  /  5

Player information updated: 3 Apr. 2022