EP 494- GM Jacob Aagaard on How to Improve Calculation & Learn From Your Mistakes

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.

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00:00 Introduction 

0:02- GM Jacob Aagaard joins

0:08- The Upcoming  Chess books Jacob is most excited about

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