San Francisco Mechanics

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IM John Donaldson 

Stats as of Dec 2009
Rating	2390
MVP Pts	2.5
Lifetime Score	7.5/15 (50%)
Performance Rating	2447
Date of Birth	1958

Awards/Records

Co-Winner Game of the Week, Week 2, 2005

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2008 Interview by WFM Elizabeth Vicary
2007 Interview by Dana Mackenzie
Wikipedia Page

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2009 Games: (2.0/3)

Week 1: IM John Donaldson (SF) vs FM Michael Lee (SEA)  1/2-1/2
Week 7: IM John Donaldson (SF) vs IM Dionisio Aldama (ARZ)  1/2-1/2
Week 8: IM Lev Milman (QNS) vs IM John Donaldson (SF)  0-1
2009 MVP Points: 4
2009 Performance Rating: 2589


2008 Games: (0.0/2)

Week 3: IM John Donaldson (SF) vs GM Julio Becerra (MIA)  0-1
Week 7: FM Slava Mikhailuk (SEA) vs IM John Donaldson (SF)  1-0
2008 MVP Points: (-7)
2008 Performance Rating: 2139


2007 Games: (3.5/5)

Week 4: FM John Readey (SEA) vs IM John Donaldson (SF)  0-1
Week 5: IM John Donaldson (SF) vs FM Todd Andrews (TEN)  1-0
Week 6: NM Denys Shmelov (BOS) vs IM John Donaldson (SF)  1/2-1/2
Week 8: FM Oleg Zaikov (CAR) vs IM John Donaldson (SF)  1/2-1/2
Week 9: IM John Donaldson (SF) vs FM Loren Schmidt (SEA)  1/2-1/2
2007 MVP Points: 8.5
2007 Performance Rating: 2528


2005 Games: (2.0/5)

Week 2: IM John Donaldson (SF) vs GM Alejandro Ramirez (DAL)  1/2-1/2  (Game of the Week! - annotated by both players)     article
Week 3: IM John Donaldson (SF) vs NM Gregory Braylovsky (NY)  0-1
Week 4: IM John Donaldson (SF) vs GM Julio Becerra (MIA)  1/2-1/2
Week 5: IM Eugene Perelshteyn (BOS) vs IM John Donaldson (SF)  1-0
Week 8: IM Richard Costigan (PHI) vs IM John Donaldson (SF)  0-1
2005 MVP Points: (-3)
2005 Performance Rating: 2407

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