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Neil McDonald (chess player)

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{{Use British English|date=August 2012}}

{{Infobox chess player

|name = Neil McDonald

|image = Neilwiki222.jpg

|image_size = 220

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|country = England

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|1|21|df=y}}

|birth_place = Gravesend, Kent, England

|death_date =

|death_place =

|title = Grandmaster (1996)

|peakrating = 2500 (July 1996)

|FideID = 400629

}}

Neil McDonald{{cite web|url=https://viaf.org/viaf/34360868/|title=VIAF entry|accessdate=2020-11-02}} (born 21 January 1967) is an English chess grandmaster and chess writer.

Chess career

As an English Chess Federation coach{{cite web |url=https://www.englishchess.org.uk/coaches-new/ |title=ECF Accredited Coaches |publisher=ECF |date=19 July 2014 |accessdate=2014-07-19 |archive-date=23 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423161305/https://www.englishchess.org.uk/coaches-new/ |url-status=dead }} 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.{{cite web|url=http://englishchess.org.uk/Juniors/world-schools-2013-meet-the-team/ |title=World Schools 2013 – Meet the Team! |publisher=englishchess.org.uk |accessdate=2013-06-02}}

He regularly escorts blind and partially sighted chess players to international World Championship events.

McDonald authored the French Defence monthly updates on [http://chesspublishing.com chesspublishing.com] from October 1999 until March 2009,{{cite web|url=http://www.chesspublishing.com/content/2/mar09.htm |title=French Defence |publisher=ChessPublishing.com |accessdate=2009-05-03}} 1 e4 ... updates from November 2009 until January 2010,{{cite web|url=http://www.chesspublishing.com/content/6/jan10.htm |title=1 e4 ... January 2010 |publisher=ChessPublishing.com |accessdate=2009-12-11}} 1 e4 ... from June 2014 until February 2015{{cite web|url=http://www.chesspublishing.com/content/6/jun14.htm |title=1 e4 ... June 2014 |publisher=ChessPublishing.com |accessdate=2014-07-19}} and returned to 1 e4 ... in March 2017 until January 2018.{{cite web|url=http://chesspublishing.com/content/6/mar17.htm |title=1 e4 ... March 2017 |publisher=ChessPublishing.com |accessdate=2017-08-11}}

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

McDonald obtained his FIDE Trainer qualification in 2016.{{cite web|url=https://ratings.fide.com/fide_arbiters_trainers.phtml?title=FIDE_Trainer&offset=700 |title=FIDE Arbiters/Trainers |publisher=FIDE |accessdate=2019-02-02}}

Bibliography

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style="background-color: #ffffff; color:#000000;"|The Chess Pressstyle="background-color: #ffffff; color:#000000;"|Yearstyle="background-color: #ffffff; color:#000000;"|ISBN
Opening Guides: Dutch Leningradalign=center | 1997align=center | {{ISBN|978-1-901259-03-2}}

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style="background-color: #ffffff; color:#000000;"|Batsford Booksstyle="background-color: #ffffff; color:#000000;"|Yearstyle="background-color: #ffffff; color:#000000;"|ISBN
Planning (Think Like a Chess Master)align=center | 1995align=center | {{ISBN|978-0-7134-7573-9}}
Winning With the Kalashnikovalign=center | 1995align=center | {{ISBN|978-0-7134-7576-0}}
Mastering the French (with Andrew Harley)align=center | 1997align=center | {{ISBN|978-0-7134-5716-2}}
The King's Gambit: A Modern Viewalign=center | 1998align=center | {{ISBN|978-0-7134-8451-9}}
Mastering Chess Tacticsalign=center | 2002align=center | {{ISBN|978-0-7134-8772-5}}
The Sveshnikov Sicilianalign=center | 2003align=center | {{ISBN|978-0-7134-8581-3}}
Mastering Checkmatesalign=center | 2003align=center | {{ISBN|978-0-7134-8774-9}}
The Benko Gambit Revealedalign=center | 2004align=center | {{ISBN|978-0-7134-8868-5}}
Chess: The Art of Logical Thinkingalign=center | 2004align=center | {{ISBN|978-0-7134-8894-4}}
The Sicilian Bb5 Revealedalign=center | 2005align=center | {{ISBN|978-0-7134-8980-4}}
The Art of Planning in Chess: Move By Movealign=center | 2006align=center | {{ISBN|978-0-7134-9025-1}}
Chess Success: Planning After the Openingalign=center | 2007align=center | {{ISBN|978-0-7134-9071-8}}

class="wikitable" width="65%"
style="background-color: #ffffff; color:#000000;"|Everyman Chess{{cite web|url=https://everymanchess.com/search?q=neil+mcdonald |title=Neil McDonald |publisher=Everymanchess.com |accessdate=2019-02-02}}style="background-color: #ffffff; color:#000000;"|Yearstyle="background-color: #ffffff; color:#000000;"|ISBN
Positional Sacrificesalign=center | 1995align=center | {{ISBN|978-1-85744-110-9}}
Modern Chess Miniaturesalign=center | 1995align=center | {{ISBN|978-1-85744-166-6}}
Practical Endgame Playalign=center | 1996align=center | {{ISBN|978-1-85744-176-5}}
French Winaweralign=center | 2000align=center | {{ISBN|978-1-85744-276-2}}
Modern Defence (with Jon Speelman)align=center | 2000align=center | {{ISBN|978-1-85744-281-6}}
Main Line Caro-Kannalign=center | 2001align=center | {{ISBN|978-1-85744-227-4}}
Concise Chess Openingsalign=center | 2001align=center | {{ISBN|978-1-85744-297-7}}
Concise Chess Endingsalign=center | 2002align=center | {{ISBN|978-1-85744-313-4}}
Starting Out: The Englishalign=center | 2003align=center | {{ISBN|978-1-85744-322-6}}
Concise Chess Middlegamesalign=center | 2004align=center | {{ISBN|978-1-85744-356-1}}
Starting Out: The Dutch Defencealign=center | 2005align=center | {{ISBN|978-1-85744-377-6}}
The Masters: Rudolf Spielmann Master of Inventionalign=center | 2006align=center | {{ISBN|978-1-85744-406-3}}
Starting Out: 1 e4: A reliable repertoire for the improving playeralign=center | 2006align=center | {{ISBN|978-1-85744-416-2}}
Starting Out: Queen's Gambit Declinedalign=center | 2006align=center | {{ISBN|978-1-85744-426-1}}
Chess Secrets: The Giants of Strategy: Learn from Kramnik, Karpov, Petrosian, Capablanca and Nimzowitschalign=center | 2007align=center | {{ISBN|978-1-85744-541-1}}
How to Play against 1 e4align=center | 2009align=center | {{ISBN|978-1-85744-586-2}}
Chess Secrets: The Giants of Power Play: Learn from Topalov, Geller, Bronstein, Alekhine and Morphyalign=center | 2009align=center | {{ISBN|978-1-85744-597-8}}
Starting Out: The Rétialign=center | 2010align=center | {{ISBN|978-1-85744-622-7}}
Play the Dutch: An Opening Repertoire for Black based on the Leningrad Variationalign=center | 2010align=center | {{ISBN|978-1-85744-641-8}}
The Ruy Lopez: Move by Movealign=center | 2011align=center | {{ISBN|978-1-85744-669-2}}
Break the Rules! A Modern Look at Chess Strategyalign=center | 2012align=center | {{ISBN|978-1-85744-673-9}}
King's Indian Attack: Move by Movealign=center | 2014align=center | {{ISBN|978-1-85744-988-4}}
The Catalan: Move by Movealign=center | 2017align=center | {{ISBN|978-1-78194-263-5}}
Coach Yourselfalign=center | 2019align=center | {{ISBN|978-1-78194-512-4}}
Your Chess Battle Planalign=center | 2020align=center | {{ISBN|978-1-78194-528-5}}

References

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External links

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