Macdonald, Ronald




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1897  605  2014 (65) 9
1898  558  2053 (62) 4
1899  449  2113 (58) 7
1900  350  2171 (56) 8
1901  291  2218 (56) 8
1902  257  2237 (58) 0
1903  231  2256 (56) 0
1904  213  2274 (47) 16
1905  194  2289 (47) 8
1906  209  2284 (43) 27
1907  234  2279 (59) 0
1908  244  2274 (69) 0
1909  255  2269 (77) 0
1910  254  2264 (83) 0
1911  282  2259 (88) 0
1912  284  2255 (91) 0
1913  296  2250 (93) 0
1914  287  2245 (94) 0
1915  281  2240 (95) 0
1916  295  2235 (94) 0
1917  305  2230 (93) 0
1918  313  2225 (91) 0
1919  328  2220 (87) 0
1920  349  2215 (83) 0
1921  396  2210 (76) 0
1922  414  2205 (68) 0
1923  475  2200 (57) 10
1924  553  2181 (54) 6
1925  628  2165 (53) 7
1926  673  2158 (49) 11
1927  695  2159 (53) 8
1928  716  2159 (58) 7
1929  828  2136 (65) 0
1930  938  2114 (68) 5
1931  1074  2099 (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