- Neil McDonald (chess player)
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Neil McDonald 
Full name Neil McDonald Country 
EnglandBorn 21 January 1967
Gravesend, Kent, EnglandTitle Grandmaster FIDE rating 2460 (January 2011) 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. He is also a chess writer.
McDonald authored the French Defence monthly updates on chesspublishing.com from October 1999 until March 2009[2] and the 1 e4 updates from November 2009 until January 2010.[3]
He became an International Master in 1986 and was awarded the Grandmaster title in 1996.
Bibliography
The Chess Press Year ISBN Opening Guides: Dutch Leningrad 1997 ISBN 978-1901259032 Batsford Books[4] Year ISBN Planning 1995 ISBN 978-0713475739 Winning With the Kalashnikov 1995 ISBN 978-0713475760 Mastering the French (with Andrew Harley) 1997 ISBN 978-0713457162 The King's Gambit: A Modern View 1998 ISBN 978-0713484519 Mastering Chess Tactics 2002 ISBN 978-0713487725 The Sveshnikov Sicilian 2003 ISBN 978-0713485813 Mastering Checkmates 2003 ISBN 978-0713487749 The Benko Gambit Revealed 2004 ISBN 978-0713488685 Chess: The Art of Logical Thinking 2004 ISBN 978-0713488944 The Sicilian Bb5 Revealed 2005 ISBN 978-0713489804 The Art of Planning in Chess: Move By Move 2005 ISBN 978-0713490251 Chess Success: Planning After the Opening 2007 ISBN 978-0713490718 Everyman Chess[5] Year ISBN Positional Sacrifices 1995 ISBN 978-1857441109 Modern Chess Miniatures 1995 ISBN 978-1857441666 Practical Endgame Play 1996 ISBN 978-1857441765 French Winawer 2000 ISBN 978-1857442762 Modern Defence (with Jon Speelman) 2000 ISBN 978-1857442816 Main Line Caro-Kann 2001 ISBN 978-1857442274 Concise Chess Openings 2001 ISBN 978-1857442977 Concise Chess Endings 2002 ISBN 978-1857443134 Starting Out: The English 2003 ISBN 978-1857443226 Concise Chess Middlegames 2004 ISBN 978-1857443561 Starting Out: The Dutch Defence 2005 ISBN 978-1857443776 The Masters: Rudolf Spielmann Master of Invention 2006 ISBN 978-1857444063 Starting Out: 1 e4: A reliable repertoire for the improving player 2006 ISBN 978-1857444162 Starting Out: Queen's Gambit Declined 2006 ISBN 978-1857444261 Chess Secrets: The Giants of Strategy: Learn from Kramnik, Karpov, Petrosian, Capablanca and Nimzowitsch 2007 ISBN 978-1857445411 How to Play against 1 e4 2009 ISBN 978-1857445862 Chess Secrets: The Giants of Power Play: Learn from Topalov, Geller, Bronstein, Alekhine and Morphy 2009 ISBN 978-1857445978 Starting Out: The Réti 2010 ISBN 978-1857446227 Play the Dutch: An Opening Repertoire for Black based on the Leningrad Variation 2010 ISBN 978-1857446418 The Ruy Lopez: Move by Move 2011 ISBN 978-1857446692 References
- ^ "ECF Accredited Coaches". BCF. 2005-06-03. http://www.ecfcoaching.org.uk. Retrieved 2009-05-03.
- ^ "French Defence". ChessPublishing.com. http://www.chesspublishing.com/content/2/mar09.htm. Retrieved 2009-05-03.
- ^ "1. e4 ...". ChessPublishing.com. http://www.chesspublishing.com/content/6/jan10.htm. Retrieved 2009-12-11.
- ^ "Anova". Anovabooks.com. http://bookstore.anovabooks.com/products/author.asp?authorid=101263. Retrieved 2009-05-03.
- ^ "Neil McDonald". Everymanchess.com. http://www.everymanchess.com/disp_biog.php?id=40. Retrieved 2009-05-03.
External links
- FIDE rating card for Neil McDonald (chess player)
- Neil McDonald (chess player) player profile at ChessGames.com
Categories:- 1967 births
- Living people
- British chess writers
- Chess grandmasters
- Chess coaches
- English chess players
- English writers
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