He became an International Arbiter in 1986.

His highest FIDE rating was 2420 in 1981. In 1962 he took last place out of 23 players in the Stockholm Interzonal (but he did defeat Portisch and Uhlmann). In 1960 he had a 2509 performance rating at the Leipzig Chess Olympiad (he defeated Max Euwe).

It took 17 years before India produced another International Master (V. He was born in Toungoo, Burma (now Myanmar) and became an International Master in 1961. Manuel Aaron (1935- ) is India's first International Master (IM). Aagaard is the only chess writer in the world to win all four major Book of the Year awards: English Chess Federation (2010), (2001), Association of Chess Professionals (2013) and the Boleslavsky Medal from FIDE's trainer committee (2012). He is a chess author (29 chess books) and co-owner of Quality Chess publishing house. In the final round for the Scottish title, he defeated GM Mark Hebden with the Scotch Opening. In 2012 he won the Scottish Chess Championship. In 2010, he reached his highest Elo rating: 2538. In 2007, he won the 94th British Championship. In 2005, he took 1st place in the 112th Scottish Chess Champion, but the title went to Craig Pritchett since Aagaard was not yet a British citizen. In 2004, he co-founded Quality Chess publishing.

He studied languages at the University of Copenhagen and Cognitive Semiotics at the University of Aarhus in Denmark. In March 1997, he was awarded the International Master title.

At age 16, he was the champion of his local club in Denmark. He was born in Denmark and later moved to Glasgow, Scotland. Jacob Aagaard (1973- ) is a chess writer, trainer (FIDE Senior Trainer), and publisher.

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