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Neil McDonald (chess player)

Neil McDonald[1] (born 21 January 1967) is an English chess grandmaster and chess writer.

Chess career

As an English Chess Federation coach[2] 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.[3] 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,[4] 1 e4 ... updates from November 2009 until January 2010,[5] 1 e4 ... from June 2014 until February 2015[6] and returned to 1 e4 ... in March 2017 until January 2018.[7]

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

McDonald obtained his FIDE Trainer qualification in 2016.[8]

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ "VIAF entry". Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  2. ^ "ECF Accredited Coaches". ECF. 19 July 2014. Archived from the original on 23 April 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
  3. ^ "World Schools 2013 – Meet the Team!". englishchess.org.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
  4. ^ "French Defence". ChessPublishing.com. Retrieved 3 May 2009.
  5. ^ "1 e4 ... January 2010". ChessPublishing.com. Retrieved 11 December 2009.
  6. ^ "1 e4 ... June 2014". ChessPublishing.com. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
  7. ^ "1 e4 ... March 2017". ChessPublishing.com. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  8. ^ "FIDE Arbiters/Trainers". FIDE. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  9. ^ "Neil McDonald". Everymanchess.com. Retrieved 2 February 2019.

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