Jacob Aagaard

Jacob Aagaard

Aagaard in 2008
Personal information
Born	(1973-07-31) 31 July 1973 (age 53) Hørsholm, Denmark
Education	Aarhus University, University of Copenhagen
Chess career
Country	Denmark (before 2006; 2009–2017; since 2023) Scotland (2006–2009; 2017–2023)
Title	Grandmaster (2007)
FIDE rating	2429 (October 2026)
Peak rating	2542 (May 2010)

Jacob Aagaard (born 31 July 1973) is a Danish and Scottish chess grandmaster, the 2007 British Chess Champion, and a chess author.

Biography

In 2004, Aagaard took second place in the Scottish Chess Championship. In 2005, he took first place in the Scottish Championship but was not a British citizen, so 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.

Awards

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

In 2012, Aagaard won the Scottish Chess Championships with a score of 7/9.

According to Quality Chess, as of 2013, Aagaard is the chess writer who has won the most awards: ChessCafe.com (2002), English Chess Federation (2010), Guardian (2010), the Boleslavsky Medal from FIDE's trainer committee (2011) and the Association of Chess Professionals (2013)

Bibliography

• 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; 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; Nikolaos Ntirlis (2013). Playing the French. Quality Chess. ISBN 978-1-907982-36-1.
• 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 978-1-907982-32-3.
• Jacob Aagaard (2017). Grandmaster Preparation – Thinking Inside the Box. Quality Chess. ISBN 978-1-907982-35-4.
• Jacob Aagaard (2022). A Matter of Endgame Technique (Grandmaster Knowledge). Quality Chess. ISBN 978-1-784831-62-2.

Notable games

Aagaard vs. Rasmussen, Brøndby 1996

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Final position

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

References

External links

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• Jacob Aagaard player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• Interview With 94th British Champion GM Jacob Aagaard
• Jacob Aagaard's Blog

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