Welcome to the jungle! Did you know that 83% of the population believes that the Chigorin is a bad line? Well, that's a made-up stat.
You may think that these lines have nothing to do with it, but in fact, they capture the essence of the Chigorin Defense: wild and undervalued.
And they also allude to the very nature of the Chigorin: shocking and rule-bending.
But the Chigorin Defense is not merely a curiosity where chess and grammar intersect. It is an opening that you can play to fight and beat 1.d4! Yes, it’s a bold statement, especially coming from a hardly ever-mentioned opening.
Still, the Chigorin delivers. And in this free course, you will learn the basics to make it your own.
Snatch White’s initiative and go for the throat
The Chigorin Defense arises after 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 and still catches unwary players off-guard to this day.
Legendary tacticians since the time of Mikhail Chigorin (the father of this opening) have used it time and again to snatch White’s initiative from their hands and get a lead in development. Again, such description sounds exaggerated on move two, but on closer inspection, Black is ahead in development already!
What usually follows is quick development, central breakthrough, and a flashy attack against White’s King. If that sounds too optimistic, let two expert Grandmasters show you the inner workings of Black’s plans.
GM Abhijeet Gupta and GM Sahaj Grover assembled this free course with 23 essential trainable lines from their
Cheeky Chigorin course to give you an overview of this hard-hitting opening.
Inside you’ll learn:
✅ How to light a slow-burning kingside attack with Black
✅ The simple way to solve a typical 1.d4 pin
✅ How to spoil White’s pawn structure so that your development advantage
✅ How to develop initiative with Queens off the board
And more.
You are just 44 minutes away from starting your Chigorin journey. In this free video, GM Grover will equip you with the core knowledge and understanding to
Play lively chess against 1.d4 with the Chigorin Defense.
*The cover art for this course was designed with an image from Rawpixel
