Macdonald, Ronald




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1897  509  2015 (65) 9
1898  457  2053 (63) 4
1899  385  2117 (59) 7
1900  303  2177 (57) 8
1901  248  2226 (57) 8
1902  230  2246 (59) 0
1903  213  2266 (56) 0
1904  188  2286 (48) 16
1905  172  2302 (48) 8
1906  185  2298 (43) 27
1907  202  2293 (59) 0
1908  207  2289 (70) 0
1909  221  2284 (78) 0
1910  224  2279 (84) 0
1911  245  2275 (88) 0
1912  254  2270 (91) 0
1913  265  2265 (94) 0
1914  256  2261 (95) 0
1915  245  2256 (95) 0
1916  258  2252 (95) 0
1917  256  2247 (94) 0
1918  263  2242 (91) 0
1919  272  2238 (88) 0
1920  295  2233 (84) 0
1921  305  2228 (78) 0
1922  313  2224 (70) 0
1923  333  2219 (59) 10
1924  396  2203 (57) 6
1925  420  2189 (56) 7
1926  428  2188 (55) 11
1927  407  2199 (65) 0
1928  379  2211 (71) 7

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Macdonald, Ronald 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'.
 
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
   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

Player information updated: 5 May 2020