Jacob Aagaard

Jacob Aagaard
Jacob Aagaard
	Aagaard, 2008
Country	Denmark (before 2006; 2009–2017; since 2023); Scotland (2006–2009; 2017–2023)
Born	31 July 1973 (age 50); Hørsholm, Denmark
Title	Grandmaster (2007)
FIDE rating	2432 (January 2024)
Peak rating	2542 (May 2010)

Last updated January 18, 2024

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

Biography

He is Scotland's third-highest rated player as of July 2021, with an Elo rating of 2477. His peak rating was 2542. 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, 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.^[5]

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.^[6]

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).

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 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 and Nikolaos Ntirlis (2013). Playing the French. Quality Chess. ISBN 978-1-907082-36-1.
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

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

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References

↑ "FIDE Transfers in 2009".
↑ "FIDE Transfers in 2023".
↑ "FIDE Transfers in 2006".
↑ "FIDE Transfers in 2017".
↑ Speelman, Jon (19 August 2007). "Speelman on Chess". The Guardian . Retrieved 7 March 2008.
↑ "Chess Scotland". Chess Scotland. Retrieved 21 January 2014.

External links

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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[1] "FIDE Transfers in 2009".

[2] "FIDE Transfers in 2023".

[3] "FIDE Transfers in 2006".

[4] "FIDE Transfers in 2017".

[5] Speelman, Jon (19 August 2007). "Speelman on Chess". The Guardian . Retrieved 7 March 2008.

[6] "Chess Scotland". Chess Scotland. Retrieved 21 January 2014.

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Chess players for Denmark with the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM)
Jacob Aagaard Mads Andersen Jonas Buhl Bjerre Henrik Danielsen Jakob Vang Glud [ Wikidata ] Curt Hansen Lars Bo Hansen [ Wikidata ] Sune Berg Hansen Carsten Høi Jens Kristiansen Bent Larsen Bjorn Moller Ochsner [ ru ] Peter Heine Nielsen Davor Palo Allan Stig Rasmussen Lars Schandorff [ Wikidata ] Jesper Søndergaard Thybo
See also: List of chess grandmasters Category:Danish chess players

Jacob Aagaard
Aagaard, 2008
Country	Denmark (before 2006; 2009–2017;^[1] since 2023^[2]) Scotland (2006–2009;^[3] 2017–2023^[4])
Born	(1973-07-31) 31 July 1973 (age 50) Hørsholm, Denmark
Title	Grandmaster (2007)
FIDE rating	2432 (January 2024)
Peak rating	2542 (May 2010)