Jacob Aagaard (born 31 July 1973) is a Danish-born Scottish chess Grandmaster and British Champion in 2007. He is also a chess author and co-owner of Quality Chess, a chess publishing house.
@ The choice of moves should not be made on an exact verdict of the final position, but on whether or not your position has improved or worsened.
As quoted in his Excelling at Positional Chess (2003), p. 19.
@ Whenever we see an unprotected piece we must keep our eyes peeled because this is one of the most important ingredients of a combination.
As quoted in his Excelling at Positional Chess (2003), p. 159.
@ We always say, one day we will laugh at this. I always try to make sure that this one day is today…
"Are chess players intelligent?" Quality Chess Blog (6 October 2010)
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