Neil McDonald (born 21 January 1967) is an English chess grandmaster and chess writer.
Chess career As an English Chess Federation coach 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. 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, 1 e4 ... updates from November 2009 until January 2010, 1 e4 ... from June 2014 until February 2015 and returned to 1 e4 ... in March 2017 until January 2018.
He became an International Master in 1986 and was awarded the Grandmaster title in 1996.
McDonald obtained his FIDE Trainer qualification in 2016.
Bibliography The Chess PressYearISBN Opening Guides: Dutch Leningrad 1997 Batsford Books YearISBN Planning (Think Like a Chess Master) 1995 Winning With the Kalashnikov 1995 Mastering the French (with Andrew Harley) 1997 The King's Gambit: A Modern View 1998 Mastering Chess Tactics 2002 The Sveshnikov Sicilian 2003 Mastering Checkmates 2003 The Benko Gambit Revealed 2004 Chess: The Art of Logical Thinking 2004 The Sicilian Bb5 Revealed 2005 The Art of Planning in Chess: Move By Move 2006 Chess Success: Planning After the Opening 2007 Everyman ChessYearISBN Positional Sacrifices 1995 Modern Chess Miniatures 1995 Practical Endgame Play 1996 French Winawer 2000 Modern Defence (with Jon Speelman) 2000 Main Line Caro-Kann 2001 Concise Chess Openings 2001 Concise Chess Endings 2002 Starting Out: The English 2003 Concise Chess Middlegames 2004 Starting Out: The Dutch Defence 2005 The Masters: Rudolf Spielmann Master of Invention 2006 Starting Out: 1 e4: A reliable repertoire for the improving player 2006 Starting Out: Queen's Gambit Declined 2006 Chess Secrets: The Giants of Strategy: Learn from Kramnik, Karpov, Petrosian, Capablanca and Nimzowitsch 2007 How to Play against 1 e4 2009 Chess Secrets: The Giants of Power Play: Learn from Topalov, Geller, Bronstein, Alekhine and Morphy 2009 Starting Out: The Réti 2010 Play the Dutch: An Opening Repertoire for Black based on the Leningrad Variation 2010 The Ruy Lopez: Move by Move 2011 Break the Rules! A Modern Look at Chess Strategy 2012 King's Indian Attack: Move by Move 2014 The Catalan: Move by Move 2017 Coach Yourself 2019 Your Chess Battle Plan 2020
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