GM Jacob Aagaard is an award-winning author, a renowned trainer who has worked with GMs Sam Shankland, Nodirbek Abdusattorov and many others, and the co-founder of Quality Chess. Despite all of his accomplishments and the many demands on his time, Jacob retains his passion for chess books and chess improvement. He returns to the podcast to discuss:

• How to actually improve at calculation, including why many club players should spend more time solving simple tactics rather than difficult calculation exercises

• Some of the key concepts from his excellent new book, A Killer Guide to Attacking Chess

• How to categorize the mistakes in your games without overcomplicating the process

• Some of the forthcoming chess books he is most excited about

Jacob also teases an exciting new project with GM Garry Kasparov and shares his thoughts on the Olympiad, the FIDE election, and the health of the chess publishing business, among many other topics.

There is always so much to learn from Jacob, and I greatly appreciate his generosity with his time.

00:04 Introduction 

0:06- The Upcoming  Chess books Jacob is most excited about

Naroditsky Memorial Box Set Quality Chess

Chess Metamorphoss by GM Nikita Vitiugov

Grandmaster Training Camp with GM Sam Shankland

Unlock Your Chess Creativity by IM Richard Palliser 

Winning Chess Tactics by GM Yasser Seirawan

The Evans Gambit by IM Andrew Martin

15:02 Jacob’s Writing Workflow and Challenges

19:25 The Role of AI in Chess Writing

26:58 Patreon mailbag question: How does Jacob’s new book compare to his Excelling at Chess Series? 

29:30- Patreon mailbag question: How does Jacob recommend one improve at calculation?

38:00 Patreon mailbag question: What is Jacob’s advice for how to categorize the mistakes you make when reviewing and trying to learn from your games?

39:33 Categorizing Mistakes in Chess

41:57 Recommended Chess Books for Improvement

Mentioned:

Attack with Mikhail Tal

Alekhine’s Best Games

Books by GM Larry Christiansen

Life and Games of Mikhail Tal

43:57 Working with GM Garry Kasparov on an updated The Great Predecessors Series 

53:51  Patreon mailbag question: How is the chess publishing business doing? Does Jacob have any plans of streamlining the digital availability of the New in Chess Magazine archive? 

01:06:00 Patreon mailbag question: Jacob’s thoughts on the Chess Olympiad, the FIDE election and Gukesh-Sindarov

1:11:00- Patreon mailbag question: What is Jacob’s motivation for continuing to compete occasionally 

01:12:43- What Jacob learns from being an adult improver at guitar 

Mentioned: Jake Workman is Jacob’s guitar teacher 

01:20:00-

Thanks to Jacob for joining the show again! Here is how to keep up his work:

Killer Chess Training

https://killerchesstraining.com/

Books

https://www.newinchess.com/catalogsearch/result/index/?authors=Jacob+Aagaard+Madsen&q=%2A

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