| Neil McDonald | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Neil McDonald |
| Country | England |
| Born | 21 January 1967 Gravesend, Kent, England |
| Title | 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.
| 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 |