MacLeod, Nicholas




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1885  230  2204 (66) 13
1886  237  2198 (59) 8
1887  245  2194 (53) 10
1888  228  2210 (49) 7
1889  237  2199 (42) 40
1890  263  2194 (57) 0
1891  261  2190 (67) 0
1892  286  2185 (73) 0
1893  288  2181 (77) 1
1894  281  2189 (80) 0
1895  281  2197 (82) 0
1896  257  2204 (82) 0
1897  251  2212 (80) 0
1898  257  2220 (77) 0
1899  251  2228 (72) 0
1900  240  2236 (64) 7
1901  232  2243 (61) 22

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: MacLeod, Nicholas Menelaus  
Born: 8 Feb. 1870
Died: 27 Sep. 1965
 
Notes:
The Minneapolis Tribune of 23 Feb. 1900 (p.5) has 'N.M. McLeod'.
 
References
Books
   Davies, Samuel Lipschütz, page 91
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 261
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 276, 577
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (2nd ed.), page 72
   Winter, A Chess Omnibus, page 79
Periodicals
   [ACMa], Aug. 1899, page 66
   [ACMa], Sep. 1899, page 117
   [MiTr], vol. 33, no. 279, 23 Feb. 1900, page 5
   [SPG], vol. 23, no. 55, 24 Feb. 1900, page 5
Web
   Cohen, David.  [Canadian Chess Timeline]
   Cohen, David.  [Canadian Chess: Champions - Closed]
   Cohen, David.  [Canadian Chess: Nicholas M. MacLeod]
   Sericano, C.  [New York 1889]
   Winter, Edward.  [Chess Prodigies]
   Winter, Edward.  [CN 3812. Chess prodigies]
   Wright, Stephen.  [Early Canadian Championships]
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Steinitz, W. - MacLeod, N.M. 1893         (c)     1   -   0
MacLeod, N.M. - Jacobs, C.S. 1901         (f)     4   -   3

Tournament data

Quebec 1885     Quebec Club Tournament     11.5  /  13
Quebec 1886 (1)     13th Canadian Championship Tournament     6  /  8
Montreal 1887     14th Canadian Championship     5  /  8
  MacLeod, N.M. - Barry, G. (1)     0.5 - 1.5    
Quebec and Montreal 1888     15th Canadian Championship     4  /  5
  MacLeod, N.M. - Pope, E.     0.5 - 0.5    
  MacLeod, N.M. - Narraway, J.E.     1 - 0    
New York 1889 (2)     6th American Chess Congress     7.5  /  40
Minneapolis 1900     Minnesota State Tournament - Championship     2.5  /  4
Excelsior 1900 (1)     1st Western Chess Association Tournament (1st USA Open)     4  /  5
Excelsior 1901     2nd Western Chess Association Tournament (2nd USA Open)     13  /  15

Player information updated: 2 Oct. 2022