Neil McDonald (chess player)

Neil McDonald
Full name Neil McDonald
Country England
Born (1967-01-21) 21 January 1967
Gravesend, Kent, England
Title Grandmaster
FIDE rating 2403 (October 2018)
Peak rating 2500 (July 1996)

Neil McDonald (born 21 January 1967) is an English chess grandmaster and a player on the international chess circuit. He is an English Chess Federation coach,[1] who has trained many of the country's strongest junior players. McDonald is a regular coach of the English junior team and was Head Coach of the English Chess Federation team at the Greece World Schools Championship in 2013.[2] He regularly escorts blind and partially sighted chess players to international World Championship events and is also a chess writer.

McDonald authored the French Defence monthly updates on chesspublishing.com from October 1999 until March 2009,[3] 1 e4 ... updates from November 2009 until January 2010,[4] 1 e4 ... from June 2014 until February 2015[5] and returned to 1 e4 ... in March 2017 until January 2018.[6]

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

McDonald obtained his FIDE Trainer qualification in 2016.[7]

Bibliography

The Chess Press Year ISBN
Opening Guides: Dutch Leningrad1997 ISBN 978-1-901259-03-2
Batsford Books Year ISBN
Planning1995 ISBN 978-0-7134-7573-9
Winning With the Kalashnikov1995 ISBN 978-0-7134-7576-0
Mastering the French (with Andrew Harley)1997 ISBN 978-0-7134-5716-2
The King's Gambit: A Modern View1998 ISBN 978-0-7134-8451-9
Mastering Chess Tactics2002 ISBN 978-0-7134-8772-5
The Sveshnikov Sicilian2003 ISBN 978-0-7134-8581-3
Mastering Checkmates2003 ISBN 978-0-7134-8774-9
The Benko Gambit Revealed2004 ISBN 978-0-7134-8868-5
Chess: The Art of Logical Thinking2004 ISBN 978-0-7134-8894-4
The Sicilian Bb5 Revealed2005 ISBN 978-0-7134-8980-4
The Art of Planning in Chess: Move By Move2005 ISBN 978-0-7134-9025-1
Chess Success: Planning After the Opening2007 ISBN 978-0-7134-9071-8
Everyman Chess[8] Year ISBN
Positional Sacrifices1995 ISBN 978-1-85744-110-9
Modern Chess Miniatures1995 ISBN 978-1-85744-166-6
Practical Endgame Play1996 ISBN 978-1-85744-176-5
French Winawer2000 ISBN 978-1-85744-276-2
Modern Defence (with Jon Speelman)2000 ISBN 978-1-85744-281-6
Main Line Caro-Kann2001 ISBN 978-1-85744-227-4
Concise Chess Openings2001 ISBN 978-1-85744-297-7
Concise Chess Endings2002 ISBN 978-1-85744-313-4
Starting Out: The English2003 ISBN 978-1-85744-322-6
Concise Chess Middlegames2004 ISBN 978-1-85744-356-1
Starting Out: The Dutch Defence2005 ISBN 978-1-85744-377-6
The Masters: Rudolf Spielmann Master of Invention2006 ISBN 978-1-85744-406-3
Starting Out: 1 e4: A reliable repertoire for the improving player2006 ISBN 978-1-85744-416-2
Starting Out: Queen's Gambit Declined2006 ISBN 978-1-85744-426-1
Chess Secrets: The Giants of Strategy: Learn from Kramnik, Karpov, Petrosian, Capablanca and Nimzowitsch2007 ISBN 978-1-85744-541-1
How to Play against 1 e42009 ISBN 978-1-85744-586-2
Chess Secrets: The Giants of Power Play: Learn from Topalov, Geller, Bronstein, Alekhine and Morphy2009 ISBN 978-1-85744-597-8
Starting Out: The Réti2010 ISBN 978-1-85744-622-7
Play the Dutch: An Opening Repertoire for Black based on the Leningrad Variation2010 ISBN 978-1-85744-641-8
The Ruy Lopez: Move by Move2011 ISBN 978-1-85744-669-2
Break the Rules! A Modern Look at Chess Strategy2012 ISBN 978-1-85744-673-9
King's Indian Attack: Move by Move2014 ISBN 978-1-85744-988-4
The Catalan: Move by Move2017 ISBN 978-1-78194-263-5

References

  1. ↑ "ECF Accredited Coaches". ECF. 19 July 2014. Retrieved 2014-07-19.
  2. ↑ "World Schools 2013 – Meet the Team!". englishchess.org.uk. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
  3. ↑ "French Defence". ChessPublishing.com. Retrieved 2009-05-03.
  4. ↑ "1 e4 ... January 2010". ChessPublishing.com. Retrieved 2009-12-11.
  5. ↑ "1 e4 ... June 2014". ChessPublishing.com. Retrieved 2014-07-19.
  6. ↑ "1 e4 ... March 2017". ChessPublishing.com. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
  7. ↑ "FIDE Arbiters/Trainers". FIDE. 27 May 2017. Retrieved 2017-05-27.
  8. ↑ "Neil McDonald". Everymanchess.com. Retrieved 2009-05-03.
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