Macdonald, Donald




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1865  359  1754 (160) 6
1866  400  1758 (157) 0
1867  382  1762 (153) 0
1868  394  1767 (150) 9
1869  401  1772 (146) 0
1870  454  1777 (142) 0
1871  496  1783 (137) 0
1872  502  1788 (133) 0
1873  535  1793 (127) 0
1874  569  1799 (122) 0
1875  602  1804 (116) 0
1876  575  1810 (109) 0
1877  526  1815 (102) 0
1878  523  1820 (94) 12
1879  520  1822 (96) 0
1880  547  1824 (98) 0
1881  613  1826 (98) 0
1882  662  1827 (97) 0
1883  718  1829 (96) 0
1884  797  1831 (93) 1
1885  748  1840 (91) 0
1886  729  1850 (88) 0
1887  682  1859 (84) 9
1888  704  1847 (86) 0
1889  694  1835 (87) 0
1890  751  1823 (87) 0
1891  768  1812 (85) 0
1892  812  1800 (82) 1
1893  837  1792 (78) 1
1894  862  1791 (73) 8
1895  841  1811 (73) 11
1896  858  1795 (80) 0
1897  892  1778 (85) 0
1898  881  1761 (89) 0
1899  920  1745 (92) 0
1900  939  1728 (93) 0
1901  977  1712 (93) 7

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Macdonald, Donald Francis  
Born: 22 Jan. 1832
Died: 8 Aug. 1910
 
Notes:
The Evening Journal (Adelaide) of 5 Jun. 1878 and 4 Sep. 1878 have 'D.F. McDonald'. The Australian Chess Annual of 1896 has 'D.R. Macdonald' on p.35, but 'Donald Francis Macdonald' on p.64. Gaige gives date of birth as 22-12-1832; the South Australian Register of 24 Mar. 1894 (p.7) and his obituary in the Adelaide Observer of 20 Aug. 1910 (p.50) give date of birth as 22-01-1832.
 
References
Books
   Bignold, Australian Chess Annual, page 35, 59, 64, 68
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 260
Periodicals
   [AO], vol. 67, no. 5294, 20 Aug. 1910, page 50
   [EJA], vol. 10, no. 2867, 5 June 1878, page 2
   [EJA], vol. 10, no. 2943, 4 Sep. 1878, page 3
   [SAR], vol. 59, no. 14777, 24 Mar. 1894, page 7
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Macdonald, D.F. - Bird, J. 1865         (f)     5   -   1
Macdonald, D.F. - Lamport, T.W. 1868         (f)     6   -   3

Tournament data

Adelaide 1878 (1)     Adelaide Handicap Tournament     5  /  12
Sydney and Adelaide 1884     4th New South Wales - South Australia Telegraphic Match    
  Macdonald, D.F. - Russell, G.A.     0 - 1    
Adelaide 1887 (2)     Australian Jubilee Congress - Minor Tournament     7  /  9
Melbourne and Adelaide 1892     Victoria - South Australia Telegraphic Match    
  Macdonald, D.F. - Hall, G.B.     0 - 1    
Sydney and Adelaide 1893     5th New South Wales - South Australia Telegraphic Match    
  Macdonald, D.F. - Scott, P.M.     0 - 1    
Adelaide 1894     1st South Australia Championship     1  /  8
Adelaide 1895 (2)     2nd South Australia Championship     5  /  10
Sydney and Adelaide 1895     New South Wales - South Australia Telegraphic Match    
  Macdonald, D.F. - Hirst, R.     0.5 - 0.5    
Adelaide 1901 (1)     5th South Australia Championship     1  /  7

Player information updated: 1 Feb. 2023