Macdonald, Edmund




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1890  203  2250 (87) 11
1891  198  2254 (86) 0
1892  200  2257 (84) 0
1893  189  2261 (80) 1
1894  191  2262 (76) 1
1895  194  2263 (71) 0
1896  187  2264 (63) 0
1897  189  2264 (51) 15
1898  263  2212 (49) 14
1899  284  2208 (57) 0
1900  286  2203 (59) 0
1901  304  2198 (57) 7
1902  334  2186 (56) 5
1903  383  2165 (55) 4
1904  397  2166 (54) 8
1905  384  2177 (56) 0
1906  375  2189 (53) 0
1907  369  2200 (43) 24
1908  400  2190 (50) 0
1909  441  2181 (48) 0
1910  461  2171 (38) 26
1911  465  2180 (35) 27
1912  410  2198 (36) 29
1913  395  2203 (43) 10
1914  375  2196 (49) 0
1915  369  2190 (46) 10
1916  341  2206 (46) 10
1917  336  2205 (46) 7
1918  331  2209 (45) 10
1919  348  2206 (45) 12
1920  376  2200 (47) 5
1921  417  2198 (46) 10
1922  410  2203 (46) 9
1923  476  2189 (49) 0
1924  547  2175 (43) 16
1925  614  2160 (43) 14
1926  663  2149 (47) 0
1927  732  2138 (40) 15
1928  818  2118 (36) 33
1929  999  2067 (42) 23
1930  1096  2047 (60) 0
1931  1189  2027 (72) 0
1932  1266  2007 (81) 0
1933  1293  1987 (89) 0
1934  1419  1967 (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