Jacob Aagaard
Encyclopedia
Jacob Aagaard is a Danish
-born Scottish
Grandmaster of chess
who won the 94th British Championship
in 2007. He is Scotland's second highest ranked player as of January 2010, with an Elo rating of 2538. 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. The title went to Craig Pritchett
. He is also a chess author and co-owner of Quality Chess
, a chess publishing house.
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
-born Scottish
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
Grandmaster of chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
who won the 94th British Championship
British Chess Championship
The British Chess Championship is organised by the English Chess Federation. There are separate championships for men and women. Since 1923 there have been sections for juniors, and since 1982 there has been an over-sixty championship. The championship venue usually changes every year and has been...
in 2007. He is Scotland's second highest ranked player as of January 2010, with an Elo rating of 2538. In 2004, he took second place in the Scottish Chess Championship
Scottish Chess Championship
The Scottish Chess Championship is organised by Chess Scotland, formerly the Scottish Chess Association. It has been running since 1884, and nowadays takes the form of a nine round tournament played over two weekends and the week in between...
. In 2005, he took first place in the Scottish Championship, but was not a British citizen. The title went to Craig Pritchett
Craig Pritchett
Craig W Pritchett is a Scottish chess International Master who has written several chess books. He has represented Scotland nine times in Chess Olympiads from 1966–1990. He has won the Scottish Chess Championships on two occasions , and played in two Zonal tournaments...
. He is also a chess author and co-owner of Quality Chess
Quality Chess
Quality Chess is a chess publishing company, founded in 2004 by three chess players: IM Ari Ziegler, GM Jacob Aagaard and GM John Shaw. The company is based in Glasgow....
, a chess publishing house.