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GM Neil McDonald

Full name

Neil McDonald

Born

1/1/1967 (age 57)‎

Place of birth

Federation

England

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Open, Classical, Richter-Rauzer Variation (19 games)

King's Indian Attack: Yugoslav Variation (14 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf Variation (13 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Pelikán and Sveshnikov, Chelyabinsk Variation (9 games)

French Defense: Tarrasch, Closed (9 games)

Black Pieces

French Defense: Rubinstein, Fort Knox Variation (28 games)

French Defense: Winawer, Advance, Poisoned Pawn Variation (19 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Löwenthal, Kalashnikov Variation (17 games)

French Defense: Tarrasch, Closed, Pawn Center Variation (15 games)

French Defense: Advance, Paulsen, Euwe Variation (12 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Neil McDonald (2406) Dave J Ledger (2221)	1-0	47	2023
Neil McDonald (2406) Nicholas Pert (2600)	1-0	36	2023
Neil McDonald (2406) J Stuart Robertson (2161)	1-0	31	2023
Neil McDonald (2406) Daniel Alsina Leal (2441)	0-1	49	2023
Neil McDonald (2406) Mircea-Emilian Parligras (2496)	½-½	43	2023
Neil McDonald (2411) John M Quinn (2096)	½-½	52	2023
Neil McDonald (2407) J Stuart Robertson (2174)	1-0	40	2022
Neil McDonald (2406) Alex Golding (2046)	1-0	64	2022
Neil McDonald (2406) John M Quinn (2206)	1-0	34	2022
Neil McDonald (2410) Tim Kett (2191)	1-0	60	2022

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