Career
He is Scotland"s second highest rated 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. In 2011 Aagaard was awarded the title of FIDE Senior Trainer.
Jacob Aagaard vs Per Arnt Rasmussen, 1996, King"s Gambit: Accepted, Kieseritsky Gambit Kolisch Defense (C39), 1-0.