Macdonald, Edmund
Ratings
| Year |
Rank |
Edo |
Dev. |
Games |
| 1890 |
199 |
2251 | (88) | 11 |
| 1891 |
196 |
2255 | (86) | 0 |
| 1892 |
198 |
2258 | (84) | 0 |
| 1893 |
188 |
2262 | (80) | 1 |
| 1894 |
184 |
2263 | (76) | 1 |
| 1895 |
185 |
2264 | (71) | 0 |
| 1896 |
185 |
2266 | (63) | 0 |
| 1897 |
185 |
2267 | (51) | 15 |
| 1898 |
263 |
2214 | (49) | 14 |
| 1899 |
283 |
2209 | (57) | 0 |
| 1900 |
284 |
2204 | (59) | 0 |
| 1901 |
302 |
2199 | (57) | 7 |
| 1902 |
334 |
2187 | (56) | 5 |
| 1903 |
381 |
2165 | (55) | 4 |
| 1904 |
396 |
2166 | (54) | 8 |
| 1905 |
385 |
2177 | (56) | 0 |
| 1906 |
375 |
2188 | (53) | 0 |
| 1907 |
369 |
2199 | (43) | 24 |
| 1908 |
396 |
2190 | (50) | 0 |
| 1909 |
436 |
2180 | (48) | 0 |
| 1910 |
459 |
2171 | (38) | 26 |
| 1911 |
464 |
2180 | (35) | 27 |
| 1912 |
411 |
2198 | (36) | 29 |
| 1913 |
392 |
2202 | (43) | 10 |
| 1914 |
377 |
2196 | (49) | 0 |
| 1915 |
369 |
2189 | (46) | 10 |
| 1916 |
343 |
2205 | (46) | 10 |
| 1917 |
339 |
2204 | (46) | 7 |
| 1918 |
334 |
2208 | (45) | 10 |
| 1919 |
349 |
2205 | (45) | 12 |
| 1920 |
386 |
2199 | (47) | 5 |
| 1921 |
418 |
2197 | (46) | 10 |
| 1922 |
411 |
2202 | (46) | 9 |
| 1923 |
473 |
2188 | (49) | 0 |
| 1924 |
548 |
2174 | (43) | 16 |
| 1925 |
617 |
2160 | (43) | 14 |
| 1926 |
659 |
2150 | (47) | 0 |
| 1927 |
727 |
2140 | (40) | 15 |
| 1928 |
796 |
2122 | (36) | 33 |
| 1929 |
955 |
2076 | (42) | 23 |
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |
| Name: Macdonald, Edmund |
| Born: 5 Nov. 1865 |
| Died: 31 Dec. 1937 |
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| 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'. |
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| 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] |
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Tournament data
| Cambridge 1890 (3) |
Counties Chess Association Meeting - Class II |
10.5 | / | 12 |
| | | |
| Birmingham 1893 |
North and South Match |
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Macdonald, E. - Sander, E.J. |
1 - 0 |
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| London, England 1894 (1) |
North and South Match |
| | | | | | |
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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 |
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| Glasgow 1901 (2) |
18th Scottish Championship |
5.5 | / | 7 |
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| Perth, Scotland 1902 |
19th Scottish Championship |
4 | / | 5 |
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| Edinburgh 1903 |
20th Scottish Championship |
2 | / | 4 |
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| Brighton 1904 |
Brighton Tournament |
3 | / | 8 |
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| Edinburgh 1907 |
24th Scottish Championship |
4.5 | / | 7 |
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| London, England 1907 (6) |
17th City of London Club Championship |
9 | / | 17 |
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| 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 |
| | | |
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Macdonald, E. - Wenman, F.P. |
0.5 - 1.5 |
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| London, England 1912 (1) |
England - Netherlands Team Match |
| | | | | | |
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Macdonald, E. - Schelfhout, W.A.T. |
0.5 - 1.5 |
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| London, England 1912 (2) |
22nd City of London Club Championship |
10 | / | 15 |
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| London, England 1913 (1) |
23rd City of London Club Championship - Preliminary Section A |
6 | / | 10 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| London, England 1919 (1) |
29th City of London Club Championship |
6.5 | / | 12 |
| | | |
| Edinburgh 1920 (1) |
33rd Scottish Championship |
3 | / | 5 |
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| London, England 1921 (3) |
31st City of London Chess Club Championship |
5 | / | 11 |
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| London, England 1922 (5) |
City of London Club Championship |
4.5 | / | 9 |
| | | |
| London, England 1924 (1) |
English Counties Championship Semi-Final Match: Yorkshire - Surrey |
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Macdonald, E. - Jackson, M. |
0.5 - 0.5 |
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| 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 |
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| London, England 1927 (10) |
37th City of London Club Championship |
6.5 | / | 15 |
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| Hastings 1928 (3) |
8th Hastings Christmas Congress - Major Open, Section B |
4.5 | / | 9 |
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| London, England 1928 (2) |
38th City of London Club Championship |
7 | / | 17 |
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| Cheltenham 1928 (2) |
West of England Chess Festival - Major Division |
4.5 | / | 7 |
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| Hastings 1929 (3) |
9th Hastings Christmans Congress - Major Tournament A |
1 | / | 9 |
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| London, England 1929 (3) |
39th City of London Club Championship |
5 | / | 14 |
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| Player information updated: 3 Apr. 2022 |
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