[chessmind] Dennis Monokroussos: Aagaard Interview and Mini-Lesson

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Posted by Dennis Monokroussos:
Aagaard Interview and Mini-Lesson
http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1180472023.shtml


   Over on ChessVibes there's a video [1]interview with Danish/Scottish
   IM/author/publisher Jacob Aagaard, supplemented by an abbreviated but
   still impressive analysis of a position from the game
   Sämisch-Nimzowitsch, Karlsbad 1923. (Unfortunately, it's on a poorly
   designed pocket magnetic set, but you'll get used to the pieces in < 1
   minute.)
   One interesting tidbit was that Aagaard moved to Scotland not for a
   chess-related reason or even a romantic one, but because of the
   church. I certainly have nothing against that, but it's shocking that
   to fulfill his need required a change of country! In all of Denmark,
   he couldn't find what he was looking for? One might say that something
   rotten in the state of...wait, has that line been taken?

References

   1. http://www.chessvibes.com/?p=854&lp_lang_view=en