Jacob Aagaard

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Jacob Aagaard
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Aagaard in 2008
Country
  • Denmark (before 2006; 2009–2017; since 2023) [1]
  • Scotland (2006–2009; 2017–2023) [2]
Born (1973-07-31) 31 July 1973 (age 52)
Hørsholm, Denmark
Title Grandmaster (2007)
FIDE   rating 2436 (August 2025)
Peak rating 2542 (May 2010)

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

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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. [3]

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. [4]

According to Quality Chess, as of 2013, Aagaard is the chess writer who has won the most awards: [5] ChessCafe.com (2002), [6] English Chess Federation (2010), [7] Guardian (2010), [8] the Boleslavsky Medal from FIDE's trainer committee (2011) [9] and the Association of Chess Professionals (2013) [10]

Bibliography

Notable games

Aagaard vs. Rasmussen, Brøndby 1996
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References

  1. Speelman, Jon (19 August 2007). "Speelman on Chess". The Guardian . Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  2. "Chess Scotland". Chess Scotland. 18 July 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  3. "Quality Chess Newsletter - ACP Book of the Year Prize". blog.qualitychess.co.uk. Quality Chess Blog. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  4. "2014 Book of the Year". chesscafe.com. ChessCafe.com. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  5. "Awards". ecfresource.co.uk. English Chess Federation. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  6. Bennett, Roman; King, Daniel (9 November 2010). "Chess: Our book of the year". theguardian.com. The Guardian. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  7. "Medals" (PDF). fide.com. FIDE. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  8. "Grandmaster Preparation - Calculation is ACP Book of the Year". chessprofessionals.org. ACP. 16 April 2013. Archived from the original on 29 July 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2025.