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Full name
  
Jacob Aagaard

Role
  
Chess Player

Country
  
Scotland

FIDE rating
  
2506

Title
  
Grandmaster

Peak rating
  
2538

Name
  
Jacob Aagaard


Jacob Aagaard Masterclass mandag d 1410 med GM Jacob Aagaard

Born
  
31 July 1973 (age 51) Denmark (
1973-07-31
)

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Books
  
Grandmaster Preparation: Positional, Grandmaster Preparation: Strategic, Excelling at Chess Calculati, Excelling at Chess, Endgame Play

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Jacob Aagaard (born 31 July 1973) is a Danish-born Scottish chess grandmaster and the 2007 British Chess Champion. He is Scotland's second highest rated player as of January 2010, with an Elo rating of 2538. In 2004, he took second place in the Scottish Chess Championship. In 2005, he took first place in the Scottish Championship, but was not a British citizen. The title went to Craig Pritchett. In 2012 he won the title, the first time he played and was eligible to win it. He is also a chess author and co-owner of Quality Chess, a chess publishing house.

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Jacob Aagaard Quality Chess Blog Happy Birthday Jacob

In 2011 Aagaard was awarded the title of FIDE Senior Trainer.

In 2012 Jacob won the Scottish Chess Championships with a score of 7/9

Aagaard is the only chess writer in the world to win all four major Book of the Year awards: English Chess Federation (2010), ChessCafe.com (2001), Association of Chess Professionals (2013) and the Boleslavsky Medal from FIDE's trainer committee (2012).

Colin mcnab vs jacob aagaard scottish blitz chess championship 2014


Books

  • Jacob Aagaard (1998). Easy Guide to the Panov-Botvinnik Attack. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1-85744-563-3. 
  • Jacob Aagaard (2000). Easy Guide to the Sveshnikov Sicilian. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1-85744-280-9. 
  • Jacob Aagaard (2001). Dutch Stonewall. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1-85744-252-6. 
  • Jacob Aagaard (2001). Excelling at Chess. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1-85744-273-1. 
  • Jacob Aagaard (2002). Queen's Indian Defence. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1-85744-300-4. 
  • Jacob Aagaard and Esben Land (2002). Meeting 1.d4. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1-85744-224-3. 
  • Jacob Aagaard (2003). Excelling at Positional Chess. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1-85744-325-7. 
  • Jacob Aagaard (2004). Excelling at Chess Calculation. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1-85744-360-8. 
  • Jacob Aagaard (2004). Excelling at Combinational Play. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1-85744-345-5. 
  • Jacob Aagaard (2004). Excelling at Technical Chess. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1-85744-364-6. 
  • Jacob Aagaard (2004). Starting Out: The Grunfeld. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1-85744-350-9. 
  • Jacob Aagaard (2004). Inside the Chess Mind. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1857443578. 
  • Jacob Aagaard (2006). Practical Chess Defence. Quality Chess. ISBN 978-91-975244-4-5. 
  • Jacob Aagaard (2008). The Attacking Manual: Basic Principles. Quality Chess. ISBN 978-91-976004-0-8. 
  • Jacob Aagaard (2008). The Attacking Manual 2: Technique and Praxis. Quality Chess. ISBN 978-91-976004-1-5. 
  • Jacob Aagaard (2012). Grandmaster Preparation – Calculation. Quality Chess. ISBN 978-1-907982-31-6. 
  • Jacob Aagaard (2012). Grandmaster Preparation – Positional Play. Quality Chess. ISBN 978-1-907982-27-9. 
  • Jacob Aagaard (2013). Grandmaster Preparation – Strategic Play. Quality Chess. ISBN 978-1-907982-29-3. 
  • Jacob Aagaard (2013). Grandmaster Preparation – Attack & Defence. Quality Chess. ISBN 978-1-907982-70-5. 
  • Jacob Aagaard (2014). Grandmaster Preparation – Endgame Play. Quality Chess. ISBN 978-1-907982-27-9. 
  • Jacob Aagaard (2017). Grandmaster Preparation – Thinking Inside the Box. Quality Chess. ISBN 978-1-907982-35-4. 

    • Notable games

  • Jacob Aagaard vs Per Arnt Rasmussen, 1996, King's Gambit: Accepted, Kieseritsky Gambit Kolisch Defense (C39), 1-0

    • References

    Jacob Aagaard Wikipedia
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