MacLeod, Nicholas




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1885  240  2206 (66) 13
1886  246  2200 (59) 8
1887  252  2196 (53) 10
1888  233  2212 (49) 7
1889  242  2202 (42) 40
1890  262  2197 (57) 0
1891  265  2193 (67) 0
1892  289  2189 (73) 0
1893  296  2185 (77) 1
1894  294  2193 (80) 0
1895  290  2202 (81) 0
1896  262  2210 (81) 0
1897  251  2219 (80) 0
1898  262  2227 (76) 0
1899  260  2236 (71) 0
1900  249  2244 (63) 7
1901  231  2252 (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], vol. 3, no. 2, Aug. 1899, page 66
   [ACMa], vol. 3, no. 3, 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] (broken)
   Cohen, David.  [Canadian Chess: Champions - Closed] (broken)
   Cohen, David.  [Canadian Chess: Nicholas M. MacLeod] (broken)
   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