Training Seminar in Edinburgh with Grandmaster and FIDE Senior Trainer Jacob Aagaard 6-8 October
On the first weekend of October there will be a three-day training seminar with Grandmaster Jacob Aagaard in Edinburgh Chess Club. The training weekend is organised in collaboration with Chess Scotland, offering free participation to the members of the national team participating in the European Team Championship in Crete in November.
The themes will be changing from day to day, with a focus on positional play, calculation and endgame technique. The sessions will be evenly balanced between lecturing and practical application.
The place of the training seminar is Edinburgh Chess Club, 1 Alva Street, in the centre of Edinburgh.
The timings are:
Friday 6th October 7pm – 10pm
Saturday 7th October 1pm – 5.30pm
Sunday 8th October 11am – 3.30pm
The cost of participation is £75. Please register by emailing ECCseminar2017@qualitychess.co.uk.
Very nice initiative, thanks! First come first serve basis for those who register I presume? I’ll have a look to see whether I can make it.
@Oscar
Everyone will be welcome. I have yet to run out of spaces in Edinburgh; the club is spacey.
Thanks Jacob! I registered and look forward to the seminar 🙂
Is there a minimum rating one should have for this?
@Matt
I would recommend 1500+. But some things will seem quite advanced under 2000.
Chessbooks in Edinburgh
Last week I visited Edinburgh. In South Bridge is Blackwell’s Bookstore located. It’s a large store. I looked for chess books … Only three books from Batsford have been there. Very disappointing.
Micha
Thanks to Jacob for training us, to the organisers who made it possible to have this seminar (idea, venue and most probably some funding do not simply fall from the sky) and the other participants for sharing their thoughts. I had a wonderful chess weekend in Edinburgh.