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🔹 Jacob Aagaard
🔹 Danish-born Scottish chess Grandmaster and chess Writer
♦️ Jacob Aagaard is a Danish-born Scottish chess grandmaster and the 2007 British Chess Champion. He is Scotland's third highest rated player as of February 2018, with an Elo rating of 2481.
🔘 Full name: Jacob Aagaard
🔘 Country: Scotland
🔘 Born: 31 July 1973 (age 44)
Denmark
🔘 Title: Grandmaster (2007)
🔘 FIDE rating: 2482 (May 2018)
🔘 Peak rating: 2538 (July 2009)
♦️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.
In 2011 Aagaard was awarded the title of FIDE Senior Trainer.
In 2012 Jacob 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), Association of Chess Professionals (2013) and the Boleslavsky Medal from FIDE's trainer committee (2012).
♦️ A memorable game by Aagaard👇🏼
🔸 Alexander Anatolyevich Shabalov vs Jacob Aagaard
🔸 Hamburg Open (1999), Hamburg, Germany
🔸 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation. Bernstein Defense Except Gligoric System (E53)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇🏼
@unitychess
🔹 Jacob Aagaard
🔹 Danish-born Scottish chess Grandmaster and chess Writer
♦️ Jacob Aagaard is a Danish-born Scottish chess grandmaster and the 2007 British Chess Champion. He is Scotland's third highest rated player as of February 2018, with an Elo rating of 2481.
🔘 Full name: Jacob Aagaard
🔘 Country: Scotland
🔘 Born: 31 July 1973 (age 44)
Denmark
🔘 Title: Grandmaster (2007)
🔘 FIDE rating: 2482 (May 2018)
🔘 Peak rating: 2538 (July 2009)
♦️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.
In 2011 Aagaard was awarded the title of FIDE Senior Trainer.
In 2012 Jacob 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), Association of Chess Professionals (2013) and the Boleslavsky Medal from FIDE's trainer committee (2012).
♦️ A memorable game by Aagaard👇🏼
🔸 Alexander Anatolyevich Shabalov vs Jacob Aagaard
🔸 Hamburg Open (1999), Hamburg, Germany
🔸 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation. Bernstein Defense Except Gligoric System (E53)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇🏼
@unitychess
Wesley So wins the #AltiboxNorwayChess blitz, with Nakamura, Anand, Carlsen & toothache man Mamedyarov (we think) all getting 5 Whites in the main events as well!
https://bit.ly/2LwXfTM
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Excellent win from Magnus Carlsen as White against Fabiano Caruana in #NorwayChess as he outmaneuvers Caruana and eventually traps Caruana's rook on b5!
Vachier forced Caruana to resign after a few moves.
30.Ne4! Re2 31.e6! f×e6 32.Nf6+ Kf8 33.N×h7+ Kg8 34.Nf6+ Kf8 35.Nd7+ Kg8 36.R×d1 1-0
30.Ne4! Re2 31.e6! f×e6 32.Nf6+ Kf8 33.N×h7+ Kg8 34.Nf6+ Kf8 35.Nd7+ Kg8 36.R×d1 1-0
37...Qe4?
Aronian, who did not use his winning position, now Nakamura misses a decisive shot.
37...Nd3+ 38.Ke2 Qe1+! 39.K×d3 Qf1+ 40.Kd2 Q×c4 0-1
38.h3 Nd3+ 39.Kg1 Qe3+ 40.Kh2 Qf4+ 41.Kg1?? The ultimate blunder.
41.Kh1 = Black must give perpetual check.
41...Qf2+ 0-1
If 42.Kh2, then Ne1-+.
Aronian, who did not use his winning position, now Nakamura misses a decisive shot.
37...Nd3+ 38.Ke2 Qe1+! 39.K×d3 Qf1+ 40.Kd2 Q×c4 0-1
38.h3 Nd3+ 39.Kg1 Qe3+ 40.Kh2 Qf4+ 41.Kg1?? The ultimate blunder.
41.Kh1 = Black must give perpetual check.
41...Qf2+ 0-1
If 42.Kh2, then Ne1-+.
35.Qa8+?
Surprisingly, Karjakin missed a very simple tactic.
35.Q×d5+! Q×d5 36.Ne7+ Kf8 37.N×d5 +-
35...Qf8 36.Qb7+/-
Surprisingly, Karjakin missed a very simple tactic.
35.Q×d5+! Q×d5 36.Ne7+ Kf8 37.N×d5 +-
35...Qf8 36.Qb7+/-
50.f7??
Vachier has missed a clear win.
50.Nf4! b4 51.g5 b3 52.Nd3 +-
50...b4 51.Ne5 Ka2 52.Nc4 Bf8 53.g5 b3 54.g6 a5 55.Kd3 b2 56.Nd2 b1=Q 57.N×b1 K×b1 58.Kc4 a4 59.g7 B×g7 60.Kb4 Kb2 61.f8=Q B×f8+ 62.K×a4 =
Vachier has missed a clear win.
50.Nf4! b4 51.g5 b3 52.Nd3 +-
50...b4 51.Ne5 Ka2 52.Nc4 Bf8 53.g5 b3 54.g6 a5 55.Kd3 b2 56.Nd2 b1=Q 57.N×b1 K×b1 58.Kc4 a4 59.g7 B×g7 60.Kb4 Kb2 61.f8=Q B×f8+ 62.K×a4 =