Neil McDonald
CountryEngland
Born (1967-01-21) 21 January 1967
Gravesend, Kent, England
TitleGrandmaster (1996)
FIDE rating2407 (January 2024)
Peak rating2500 (July 1996)

Neil McDonald[1] (born 21 January 1967) is an English chess grandmaster and chess writer.

Chess career

As an English Chess Federation coach[2] he has trained many of the country's strongest junior players and was Head Coach of the English Chess Federation team at the Greece World Schools Championship in 2013.[3] He regularly escorts blind and partially sighted chess players to international World Championship events.

McDonald authored the French Defence monthly updates on chesspublishing.com from October 1999 until March 2009,[4] 1 e4 ... updates from November 2009 until January 2010,[5] 1 e4 ... from June 2014 until February 2015[6] and returned to 1 e4 ... in March 2017 until January 2018.[7]

He became an International Master in 1986 and was awarded the Grandmaster title in 1996.

McDonald obtained his FIDE Trainer qualification in 2016.[8]

Bibliography

The Chess Press Year ISBN
Opening Guides: Dutch Leningrad1997ISBN 978-1-901259-03-2
Batsford Books Year ISBN
Planning (Think Like a Chess Master)1995ISBN 978-0-7134-7573-9
Winning With the Kalashnikov1995ISBN 978-0-7134-7576-0
Mastering the French (with Andrew Harley)1997ISBN 978-0-7134-5716-2
The King's Gambit: A Modern View1998ISBN 978-0-7134-8451-9
Mastering Chess Tactics2002ISBN 978-0-7134-8772-5
The Sveshnikov Sicilian2003ISBN 978-0-7134-8581-3
Mastering Checkmates2003ISBN 978-0-7134-8774-9
The Benko Gambit Revealed2004ISBN 978-0-7134-8868-5
Chess: The Art of Logical Thinking2004ISBN 978-0-7134-8894-4
The Sicilian Bb5 Revealed2005ISBN 978-0-7134-8980-4
The Art of Planning in Chess: Move By Move2006ISBN 978-0-7134-9025-1
Chess Success: Planning After the Opening2007ISBN 978-0-7134-9071-8
Everyman Chess[9] Year ISBN
Positional Sacrifices1995ISBN 978-1-85744-110-9
Modern Chess Miniatures1995ISBN 978-1-85744-166-6
Practical Endgame Play1996ISBN 978-1-85744-176-5
French Winawer2000ISBN 978-1-85744-276-2
Modern Defence (with Jon Speelman)2000ISBN 978-1-85744-281-6
Main Line Caro-Kann2001ISBN 978-1-85744-227-4
Concise Chess Openings2001ISBN 978-1-85744-297-7
Concise Chess Endings2002ISBN 978-1-85744-313-4
Starting Out: The English2003ISBN 978-1-85744-322-6
Concise Chess Middlegames2004ISBN 978-1-85744-356-1
Starting Out: The Dutch Defence2005ISBN 978-1-85744-377-6
The Masters: Rudolf Spielmann Master of Invention2006ISBN 978-1-85744-406-3
Starting Out: 1 e4: A reliable repertoire for the improving player2006ISBN 978-1-85744-416-2
Starting Out: Queen's Gambit Declined2006ISBN 978-1-85744-426-1
Chess Secrets: The Giants of Strategy: Learn from Kramnik, Karpov, Petrosian, Capablanca and Nimzowitsch2007ISBN 978-1-85744-541-1
How to Play against 1 e42009ISBN 978-1-85744-586-2
Chess Secrets: The Giants of Power Play: Learn from Topalov, Geller, Bronstein, Alekhine and Morphy2009ISBN 978-1-85744-597-8
Starting Out: The Réti2010ISBN 978-1-85744-622-7
Play the Dutch: An Opening Repertoire for Black based on the Leningrad Variation2010ISBN 978-1-85744-641-8
The Ruy Lopez: Move by Move2011ISBN 978-1-85744-669-2
Break the Rules! A Modern Look at Chess Strategy2012ISBN 978-1-85744-673-9
King's Indian Attack: Move by Move2014ISBN 978-1-85744-988-4
The Catalan: Move by Move2017ISBN 978-1-78194-263-5
Coach Yourself2019ISBN 978-1-78194-512-4
Your Chess Battle Plan2020ISBN 978-1-78194-528-5

References

  1. "VIAF entry". Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  2. "ECF Accredited Coaches". ECF. 19 July 2014. Archived from the original on 23 April 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
  3. "World Schools 2013 – Meet the Team!". englishchess.org.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
  4. "French Defence". ChessPublishing.com. Retrieved 3 May 2009.
  5. "1 e4 ... January 2010". ChessPublishing.com. Retrieved 11 December 2009.
  6. "1 e4 ... June 2014". ChessPublishing.com. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
  7. "1 e4 ... March 2017". ChessPublishing.com. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  8. "FIDE Arbiters/Trainers". FIDE. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  9. "Neil McDonald". Everymanchess.com. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
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