GM Jacob Aagaard
@GMJacobAagaard
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Trainer to 2700s and below Co-founder of leading publisher & online academy (daily lessons, top GMs, affordable)
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The last 25 months of my life have been a joyride. The speed train somehow stopped at my station and asked me to join.
The most difficult thing to do as a trainer is to know when it is your duty to make space for someone, or something, else. For purely ego reasons, I could have…
After winning the
@PragueChess
2024,
@NodirbekGM
revealed that he worked with
@GMJacobAagaard
for two years. While his work with Rustam Kasimdzhanov continues, his work with Aagaard just came to an end a few days ago.
Speaking about Aagaard, Nodirbek said, "It's been great…
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Respect!
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I am pleasantly surprised that Gukesh won the Candidates. Pleased, because I think he is absolutely fantastic. A genuine nice person, with big passion for the game and a strong work ethic. Pleased, because of all my friends in India and how much it will do for Indian chess.
I am…
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My old friend Rameshbaby Praggnanandhaa, known as Pragg, finally crosses the 2700 barrier.
I had a few training camps with him years ago, but this ended with covid. His success has nothing to do with me, but belongs to him and his long term trainer. This does not prevent me from…
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It is official. Perhaps the proudest day of my career as a chess trainer. Renier had given up all hope and desire. He wanted it so much, he told himself he did not really want it. We slowly pushed him to pursue the final norm with all his heart and soul. To do the training, to…
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@GMHikaru
@LevitovChess
@lachesisq
What a world we live in, where people can make unfounded accusations of cheating, just like that...
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It is sad when my generation is taught lessons in maturity by millennials; but also good to see we are progressing as a species...
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Magnus Carlsen can do a lot of good by declining the candidates from the World Cup and then reconsider and take the rating spot instead...
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The video no one asked for, but we all deserve
When I was very young, songs like "Every Breath You Take" and "Roxanne" by The Police made a huge impression on me. Fast forward to now, and I can say I know most of their songs and Sting's solo albums as well. They've been a constant on my playlist over the years.
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Very happy to see my friend
@viditchess
in the quarter finals. A smart and talented individual, who deserves a big break (Candidates spot?).
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I wrote an essay on this stuff. I have some inside experience, but of course I am not an insider. Still, if you want to get a view of more than 280 characters, it is here:
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With seven players over 2700 the Indian century has begun.
"FIDE" has five and England one Russian born one.
The US have five, but it is a debate if it is one or two of them that have American roots.
India will only produce more over 2700s. This is their time.
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"What a powerful move. I did not consider it at all." And later "block and report".
The farce that is Vladimir Kramnik continues to defame people he plays on Titled Tuesday. In this case, he missed the first move I thought of (0.01 second). He clearly has lost a lot of his…
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It is clear there is deflation in chess ratings. Ten years ago lots of players had over 2800 and we had close to 50'players over 2700. Now we have 33 and only Carlsen over 2800...
The same is the case at other levels.
Obviously the reason is a massive influx of Indian players.…
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Accusations that a young vagabond chess player conducted a high-tech spy operation to play a game at his usual level with plenty of mistakes and rash decisions are a scandal.
But as so obviously untrue, those making them have nothing to fear from FIDE's Ethics Commission...
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I am very proud of and happy for my friend Vaishali qualifying for the Candidates. Today hopefully the GM title will come too.
What is the secret of her and her brother Praggnanandhaa's success? It is the near daily training sessions with their coach Ramesh at his academy in…
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@anishgiri
Kasparov is rumoured to once had the same experience there.
He said: "But I am the world champion!"
The waiter said: "I am sorry Mr Karpov, I did not recognise you!"
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The World Champion is the winner of the World Championship. It is that simple. You cannot choose not to play and continue to World Champion. Remember that Carlsen twice was in a play-off and not leading in any of those matches. If he is not risking to lose, he is not a winner.
Hikaru Nakamura [on his YouTube channel]: "...Magnus Carlsen is the best player. There's no stopping that unless Magnus does a Bobby Fischer and he completely loses his mind and he retires and falls off the face of the earth. The world champion is not going to be treated as world…
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What was the next - and last - move of the game?
White to play!
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The older generation strikes back! Congratulations to
@viditchess
for winning om Douglas. After the World Cup no one deserved this more!
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It is impossible not to like Ding
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@GothamChess
It is the same as always. Carlsen gets a warning last year. This year they hand out fines. The rules are the same for all, but not enforced equally.
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It truly feels as the end of the Carlsen dominatiln. He retired from caring and allowed others to take over the scene. His reign was impressive and his choice to play on without the same fire takes nothing away from his status as the goat.
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Someone asked me if I was disappointed that ENDGAME LABYRINTHS did not win book of the year at . It is a really good book after all; and they know how hard I worked on it.
Or whether I think
@GothamChess
is a better commentator than Peter Leko or Peter…
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I have many times said that there is a limit to how funny chess jokes can be. The goal post has been moved. I have to take lessons...
This is the best 4 minutes of 2024 for me.
Got blocked by Kramnik yesterday, so thought I would celebrate it by making this parody video :).
It is not perfect, but I spent way too many hours on it! I did entertain myself - so I hope I can also entertain you :).
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The chess twitter crowd is loving and supporting and it is really nice
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I have never played Titled Tuesday. But I know that online, in blitz, my level is that of an FM. Over the board, I am an aging GM. Last year I was half a point from a GM-norm, but agreed a draw in a reasonable position against a 2250 player in the last round; so I had a real shot…
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@Elmono404
@FastestPitStop
A lot of the hybrid tech that is transforming driving all over the world comes from F1.
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The moment Caruana will probably regret most, should he ever look at his last round game with Nepomniachtchi will probably be this.
You can easily imagine that Nepomniachtchi would have resigned after 37.Rd2. Taking the pawn, without letting go of the pressure. Time trouble makes…
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When the Chicken Chess Podcast was still running, the hosts made a lot out of talking about improvement through playing blitz. How the young generation seem to be climbing the ladder playing lots of blitz online.
I don't think anyone have ever disputed that some benefits come…
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Silenced at last
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I was told by many that it did not matter that Carlsen designed the tournament system and got to invite the players and chose not to invite So and Sevian (two leading 960 specialists).
It is unclear if Nakamura, the defending 960 World Champion, was invited or not. Nakamura…
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@EdKrassen
While I agree he needs to go to jail, 5 years is a long time for a non-violent crime performed without personal winning. Although the privacy of these individuals has to be more important, there is also a public interest argument for these records being published. In some…
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It is kind of the World elite players to play with these four veterans…
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I am actually a bit disgusted with Dominguez withdrawing from Sitges. He entered the event and should finish it. But it also shows the situation we are in. The open events are entirely unattractive to players that are in the top events, and they are just too risky to participate…
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When should you spend serious time on openings?
First off, chess can be played in many ways and there is no one size fits all recommendation.
But in my opinion there is currently an overload of u2000 players spending a lot of their time memorising variations. It makes little…
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Chess is pain - if done right...
Chess is a lot of things. But most of all it is challenging. It is a fight. It is too difficult. It is victory and defeat. It is the creation of art and the heartbreak of meeting our own worst limitations; our impulsiveness, forgetfulness,…
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While I (and everyone else) are looking at the World Rapid and Blitz (popcorn!), Firouzja has surpassed So in elo by winning against lower rated players.
While there can be criticism of the circuit, such as new events popping up in the last minute, to me the race for the rating…
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Dubov missing out by half a point because of a default is a fitting end to this year in FIDE...
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Will Niemann win more games in this one tournament than Firouzja has won all year? It will be close (yes I know they are weaker, but they are not bad).
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Not the hero we needed, but the hero we deserved
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Karjakin has gone full Goebbels. The only invitation he will ever get to the West will be to the criminal court in the Hague...
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27 days have passed this month. Niemann is the junior to play most games at 25. Abdusattorov 22, Sarin 21, Gukesh 20 and many close behind...
Firouzja is the no 1 junior and has played three games, losing rating. He may be the strongest, but the rating system looks absurd in this…
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I feel this is a good moment to confess. I used computer assistance when writing A Matter of Endgame Technique. Not only did I write the book on a computer, I also used Stockfish 14 and 15 to analyse the games.
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The most impressive on this list is Abdusattorov?!
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I love David and respect that he is not wanting to be controversial.
But I am not afraid to say that we now know that Gukesh became the youngest Grandmaster in the World in 2019. I don't count cheaters.
I look forward to following his games in Norway this week.
Gukesh became the second-youngest grandmaster in history on 15 January 2019, at the age of 12 years, 7 months, and 17 days. That was a nice moment to witness!
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I have been raging quite a lot against the rating system recently and how it in no way promotes fighting chess, places older successes over new ones and has only minimal overlap with who actually win events.
The most important tournament in the Calendar is the Candidates…
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There is something very wrong with the rating system when it is this stagnant...
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Will be awesome to see a team for the Olympiad of Erigaisi, Praggnanandhaa, Gukesh and Vidit. It is possible
@vishy64theking
would play, despite semi-retirement. The chance to crown one of the most impressive careers in chess and Indian sports, with winning the most important…
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This is why the rating spot is nonsense. The no 7 player in the world cannot win rating in an open tournament (no surprise). Try to think that there are usually 10 rating spots in top tournaments and no way to qualify. It takes superhuman results to break into the elite. But…
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Probably the most important advice for improving your calculation and decision making, is to try to have at least two serious ideas on each move. Keymer played his move in 18 seconds here...
Black to play and win.
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So people who don't understand chess are out accusing Niemann of cheating again, because the rollercoaster is going up as well as down... Let's just throw him in the river to see if he drowns.
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I am sure this is super tricky for most chess players. I solved this in less than 10 seconds. Not because I am brilliant (I am not), but because I have accumulated a tactical vocabulary over many years of playing chess and solving exercises.
Incredible puzzle composed by Leonid Kubbel in 1907
White to move and mate in 2! ✅
(Super tricky)
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Dominguez withdraws, because playing on with 4/5 in one of the big opens of the year, is risking his invitations to other events.
A rating system where playing is so risky that a top player is better served not doing it, is clearly sick.
There is one rating spot in the…
We have some important news from GM Leinier Domínguez tonight at
@chessable
Sunway Sitges International Chess Festival (‼️)
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Yes, Nakamura was invited. By the guy who says: "I pay for everything, so I can make all the decisions." And his ambition was solely to serve Magnus.
Nakamura is the reigning World Champion in 960. I do not think he should have designed the tournament. But it could have been…
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I had actually decided I did not want to watch this, but once Kramnik started talking, I got interested.
With the analysis of the game, however, he puzzles me.
The brain works in loops of 3 seconds. Anything under is basically instinct, or pre-decided. So…
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So I listened to all of Kramnik's interview on C-squared Podcast.
Here are some takeaways that you might not get unless you hear everything.
1) Kramnik's grasp of statistics is bad. He doesn't understand how the numbers are generated and often apply them poorly. This is a shame,…
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It is coming... Finally - after years.
In 2018 or so, I was solving studies from a famous book with some friends. And after getting frustrated with having to find 35 moves in pawn endings, I contacted Steffen Nielsen to ask for different material. What he sent was great, and we…
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I like to think of four types of black openings.
1) Sound openings that are like to lead to equality (Berlin, Semi-Slav)
2) Openings where equality can be achieved, but it requires a bit more work and a lot of memorisation (French, Tarrasch) and the risk is a bit higher with…
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A big blunder by Niemann throws him under 2700. How did Black continue? (Two moves needed to be a fulfilling answer).
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To me chess is a problem solving game. You need to identify the problem and then find a solution to it.
For this (in training or if stuck) I often use the three questions:
1. Where are the weaknesses
2. Which is the worst placed piece
3. What is my opponent's idea
The first two…
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An author and his less than 900 page endgame book... out 13th July
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The US is a flawed country and make a lot of mistakes. But I am getting a bit tired of this comparison with horror of the Russian land grab in Ukraine being diminished by people, saying: what about the US?
I have answered a lot of times in the comments, but will do it here now,…
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For u2000 players, there is no upper limit to how many simple tactics they can solve and get benefit from. Even at higher levels, you cannot do too many. Sure, a GM has a greater tactical vocabulary, but the faster small details are noticed, the more time remains to consider…
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The Chief Arbiter in the Qatar Masters is the same arbiter that violated the rules and failed to uphold the rules of the 2021 World Cup to detrimental effect on the result of many participants.
I do not know him and do not for a moment suggest that there is any ill will or…
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As engines have become more powerful, they have lost a lot of ability to communicate how difficult chess is. 0.00 is the most confusing evaluation there is. It means that there is a way to draw; not that we could ever hope to make the draw. Or it can mean an equal position.
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@GothamChess
@HansMokeNiemann
This game is far from perfection, although it was a good practical win. This accuracy calculator works in a different way to what people think and is often misleading.
The headline is of course written with the idea that it could be misunderstood, as clickbait usually is.
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Strong Kramnik-Caruana 2018 vibes. I applaud you Mr Walusza.
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At the World Rapid and Blitz Carlsen usually has a private room at the playing hall where he can hide from autograph hunters between the rounds. The arbiters are responsible to protect him, but often they pester him for photos and autographs as well. I would believe it is better…
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Ivan Sokolov caught in a weak moment of releasing a smile...
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It is important to have some space to laugh about your own mistakes to be able to compete in chess and not be unhappy. Especially as we get older.
I played a 78 year old man in the Danish League. After the early opening, I had a +5 positional advantage. But when it came to…
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@PennyMordaunt
@RishiSunak
@Conservatives
If Labour was in power there would not be strikes, because they would negotiate like adults and not pretend to be in opposition...
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While you are watching a Russian pro-war propagandist playing in Samarkand, his beloved army shelled an Ukrainian Chess Academy without any military targets there at all
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How should we react to this? Mr Khan has a big name in chess and no one would disagree with this decision on merit. He is remembered fondly despite his short career.
But this decision is not one of merit, but a matter of political favours. I have no idea if FIDE is genuinely…
Late Mir Sultan Khan given Grandmaster Title 👑
FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich presented Pakistan's officials with the document awarding the title of Honorary Grandmaster to Mir Sultan Khan.
A Punjabi chess player and a citizen of Pakistan, he is considered the strongest…
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I thought the
@chess_dojo
episode recently on cheating was more interesting than a lot of other stuff that has been out recently.
I want to share a story. I know this talented kid; stronger than I, but not yet GM. He won against a top 50 player on Lichess and got banned, because…
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@visegrad24
I think the Polish remembers their 20th century relations with the Russians quite well... This is why they are helping the Ukrainians more than anyone.
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In tennis men play 5 sets and women play 3 sets. No one bats an eye. In the women's Candidates the time control is shorter too. The players wanted it. It also gives the transmission a chance to balance the coverage with crunch points arriving earlier for the women.
@EmilSutovsky
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I was asked to explain why Black is strategically winning in this position and felt it was a good chance to explain a few things about positional chess.
First off, White has weak fixed pawns on f1 and h3. They are quite possible to attack, while it is near impossible for White to…
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15th round of the Bundesliga. A Quality Chess author goes down.
What was the last move of the game? White to play!
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Having a training session with two talented young players. At some point this pretty little thing came about...
White to play and win
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I think it is quite clear that the rating inflation was at its highest in 2014-15. It is not a coincidence that the peak ratings were almost all registered between 2011-2018, with Kasparov being at his peak in 2000 (totally refusing my argument that he was weaker when he played…
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@VBkramnik
@thebabushah
Dear Vladimir,
You have insinuated that a lot of decent honest people are cheating with no proof at all. Some of them are friends of mine. One or two of them are fragile people.
You have chosen to make this a public show of disrespect for fellow chess players and brand everyone…
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When Anand was World Champion and Carlsen did not play (and Aronian did not qualify), people said the same btw.
Kasparov and Topalov said the 2012 match should be Carlsen-Aronian. No one cares now. We will be fine.
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This is probably the best photo ever taken of me?
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