Macdonald, Ronald




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1897  614  2018 (65) 9
1898  569  2056 (62) 4
1899  455  2117 (58) 7
1900  350  2174 (56) 8
1901  290  2222 (56) 8
1902  255  2241 (58) 0
1903  231  2259 (56) 0
1904  214  2278 (47) 16
1905  200  2293 (47) 8
1906  211  2289 (43) 27
1907  231  2284 (59) 0
1908  246  2279 (69) 0
1909  261  2274 (77) 0
1910  259  2269 (83) 0
1911  282  2264 (88) 0
1912  285  2260 (91) 0
1913  302  2255 (93) 0
1914  291  2250 (94) 0
1915  288  2245 (95) 0
1916  302  2240 (94) 0
1917  314  2235 (93) 0
1918  323  2230 (91) 0
1919  334  2226 (87) 0
1920  358  2221 (83) 0
1921  398  2216 (76) 0
1922  427  2211 (68) 0
1923  487  2206 (57) 10
1924  567  2188 (54) 6
1925  644  2172 (52) 7
1926  687  2165 (49) 11
1927  701  2167 (53) 8
1928  728  2168 (58) 7
1929  843  2146 (65) 0
1930  956  2125 (68) 5
1931  1083  2111 (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