Macdonald, Edmund




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1890  206  2252 (88) 11
1891  201  2255 (86) 0
1892  201  2259 (84) 0
1893  191  2262 (80) 1
1894  192  2264 (76) 1
1895  195  2265 (71) 0
1896  190  2266 (63) 0
1897  190  2267 (51) 15
1898  273  2215 (49) 14
1899  290  2210 (57) 0
1900  299  2205 (59) 0
1901  312  2200 (57) 7
1902  340  2188 (56) 5
1903  389  2167 (55) 4
1904  405  2167 (54) 8
1905  388  2178 (56) 0
1906  377  2190 (53) 0
1907  371  2201 (43) 24
1908  404  2191 (50) 0
1909  444  2182 (48) 0
1910  479  2172 (38) 26
1911  477  2181 (35) 27
1912  422  2199 (36) 29
1913  409  2204 (43) 10
1914  394  2197 (49) 0
1915  389  2191 (46) 10
1916  353  2207 (45) 10
1917  351  2206 (46) 7
1918  352  2210 (45) 10
1919  355  2207 (45) 12
1920  389  2201 (47) 5
1921  433  2199 (45) 10
1922  421  2204 (46) 9
1923  505  2190 (49) 0
1924  571  2176 (43) 16
1925  652  2161 (42) 14
1926  709  2150 (47) 0
1927  775  2139 (40) 15
1928  880  2119 (36) 33
1929  1083  2066 (42) 23
1930  1181  2046 (60) 0
1931  1308  2025 (72) 0
1932  1391  2005 (81) 0
1933  1413  1985 (89) 0
1934  1549  1964 (96) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Macdonald, Edmund  
Born: 5 Nov. 1865
Died: 31 Dec. 1937
 
Notes:
Gaige and Di Felice have 'Macdonald, Edmond'; Forster has 'Macdonald, Edmund E.'. McGowan has 'Macdonald, Edmund'. McGowan has also sent me data from his birth record, giving his date of birth as 05-11-1865 and his name as 'Edmund McDonald', but subsequently, including the 1881 census and his death record, he is 'Edmund Macdonald'.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 310
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 330
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 964
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 260
   Harding, Eminent Victorian Chess Players, page 153
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 480, 498, 556
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 247
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 161
Periodicals
   [BCM], vol. 10, no. 7, July 1890, page 265
Web
   McGowan, Alan.  [Edmund Macdonald]
   Sericano, C.  [I tornei di scacchi dal 1900 al 1909]

Tournament data

Cambridge 1890 (3)     Counties Chess Association Meeting - Class II     10.5  /  12
Birmingham 1893     North and South Match    
  Macdonald, E. - Sander, E.J.     1 - 0    
London, England 1894 (1)     North and South Match    
  Macdonald, E. - Hyde, A.H.     1 - 0    
Llandudno 1897 (1)     7th Craigside Tournament     5  /  9
Llandudno 1897 (3)     Llandudno Handicap Tournament - Section B     4  /  6
Llandudno 1898 (1)     8th Craigside Tournament     2.5  /  10
Llandudno 1898 (2)     Llandudno Handicap Tournament - Section A     1  /  4
Glasgow 1901 (2)     18th Scottish Championship     5.5  /  7
Perth, Scotland 1902     19th Scottish Championship     4  /  5
Edinburgh 1903     20th Scottish Championship     2  /  4
Brighton 1904     Brighton Tournament     3  /  8
Edinburgh 1907     24th Scottish Championship     4.5  /  7
London, England 1907 (6)     17th City of London Club Championship     9  /  17
Edinburgh 1910     27th Scottish Championship     5.5  /  9
London, England 1910 (2)     20th City of London Club Championship     7.5  /  17
Glasgow 1911 (2)     8th British Chess Federation Congress - Championship     3  /  11
London, England 1911 (2)     21st City of London Club Championship     7.5  /  16
Edinburgh 1912     29th Scottish Championship     5.5  /  8
  Macdonald, E. - Gibson, W.     0 - 2    
  Macdonald, E. - Wenman, F.P.     0.5 - 1.5    
London, England 1912 (1)     England - Netherlands Team Match    
  Macdonald, E. - Schelfhout, W.A.T.     0.5 - 1.5    
London, England 1912 (2)     22nd City of London Club Championship     10  /  15
London, England 1913 (1)     23rd City of London Club Championship - Preliminary Section A     6  /  10
London, England 1915     City of London Club Championship     3.5  /  10
London, England 1916 (2)     26th City of London Club Championship     6  /  10
London, England 1917 (1)     27th City of London Club Championship     3  /  7
London, England 1918 (1)     28th City of London Club Championship     4  /  6
London, England 1918 (2)     28th City of London Club Championship - Play-off     1.5  /  4
London, England 1919 (1)     29th City of London Club Championship     6.5  /  12
Edinburgh 1920 (1)     33rd Scottish Championship     3  /  5
London, England 1921 (3)     31st City of London Chess Club Championship     5  /  11
London, England 1922 (5)     City of London Club Championship     4.5  /  9
London, England 1924 (1)     English Counties Championship Semi-Final Match: Yorkshire - Surrey    
  Macdonald, E. - Jackson, M.     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England 1924 (2)     City of London Club Championship     6.5  /  15
London, England 1925 (3)     35th City of London Club Championship     5.5  /  14
London, England 1927 (10)     37th City of London Club Championship     6.5  /  15
Hastings 1928 (3)     8th Hastings Christmas Congress - Major Open, Section B     4.5  /  9
London, England 1928 (2)     38th City of London Club Championship     7  /  17
Cheltenham 1928 (2)     West of England Chess Festival - Major Division     4.5  /  7
Hastings 1929 (3)     9th Hastings Christmans Congress - Major Tournament A     1  /  9
London, England 1929 (3)     39th City of London Club Championship     5  /  14
Hastings 1934 (4)     Hastings - Brighton Match    
  Macdonald, E. - Mackenzie, A.J.     0 - 1    

Player information updated: 13 Jun. 2024