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 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. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Aagaard
Jacob Aagaard Grandmaster Preparation Bundle:
Jacob Aagaard on Sam Shankland’s win in Prague, Anish Giri fan and top level chess training
How to calculate deeply in chess – GM Jacob Aagaard
Calculation by Jacob Aagaard | Dojo Book Reviews
Dojo Talks: Tournament Prep & Training w/ GM Jacob Aagaard
Thinking inside the box by Jacob Aagaard | Quality Chess India show 01
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Great result by a lovely kid and member of @killer_chess
Just earned my first IM norm in Charlotte with 7/9!
#Scotland should have the right to leave the union, but not with a 50%+1 majority as last time. We saw with the EU referendum that the electorate cannot change its mind, so it would have to be a bigger majority to forever change the constitutional framework.
Not surprised to see that Alekhine was a great player, even if you can argue he played against a lot of lesser players with famous names and thus took great chances a bit too often. Here white against Rubinstein.
Richard Fierro. What a hero!
