# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/neil-mcdonald
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:20:25.960Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/neil-mcdonald"
name: "Neil McDonald"
slug: "neil-mcdonald"
description: "Neil McDonald is an English chess grandmaster and chess writer."
tagline: "British chess player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/London_Chess_Classic_2010_McDonald_01.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1967-01-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.94
  momentum:             2.305651907773923
  historical:           6.539561333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B4%2C_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BB"
    title: "Макдоналд, Нил"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%85%D9%83%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF_(%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A8)"
    title: "نيل مكدونالد (كاتب)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%85%D9%83%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF_(%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A8_%D8%B4%D8%B7%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AC)"
    title: "نيل مكدونالد (لاعب شطرنج)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_McDonald_(Schachspieler)"
    title: "Neil McDonald (Schachspieler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_McDonald_(chess_player)"
    title: "Neil McDonald (chess player)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_McDonald"
    title: "Neil McDonald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_McDonald"
    title: "Neil McDonald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q950858"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump