Danish-born Scottish chess grandmaster

Jacob Aagaard (born 31 July 1973) is a Danish-born Scottish chess grandmaster and the 2007 British Chess Champion. 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 *le went to Craig Pritchett. In 2012 he won the *le; 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.

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

In 2012, Aagaard 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), *ociation of Chess Professionals (2013) and the Boleslavsky Medal from FIDE's trainer committee (2012).

Contents

• 1 Bibliography
• 2 Notable games
• 3 References
• 4 External links

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 (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.

Notable games

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

References

External links

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