Learn the Ragozin Defense in under an hour!
Short & Sweet, our exclusive free series of starter repertoires, boils down the Ragozin Defense to just a few lines.The Ragozin is the partner opening to the Nimzo-Indian and is a mainline response to the Queen's Gambit for elite players.
Our Short & Sweet course kicks in after
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 and then usually continues
3...d5 4.Nc3 Bb4.
The Ragozin in just 23 core lines!
For the other popular knight move, 3.Nc3, we recommend the Nimzo dealt with in our
Short & Sweet: The Nimzo-Indian course.
Short & Sweet: The Ragozin looks at all White's popular replies after 3.Nf3 and the main variations to get an overview of the opening.
Both the Nimzo and Ragozin Short & Sweet courses are just basic intros into the world of Black's flexible defense against 1.d4.
Once you've dipped your toe in, you may want to dive deeper into this fascinating opening. Our complete
Lifetime Repertoires: The Nimzo-Ragozin repertoire, co-authored with FM Daniel Barrish, which fuses both together to create a complete and detailed response to 1.d4.
So if you like this course, and you're ready to go to the next level, then check that out too - it is deeper and far more wide-ranging.
IM Sielecki is better known as the YouTube streamer ChessExplained and created the award-winning Keep It Simple series. As one of the best online chess tutors available, he presents our 57 minutes of free video to go with this course.
FM Barrish is a young up-and-coming master seeking the IM title. He is one of Chessable's most trusted authors who kicked off the Short & Sweet series and collaborated with IM John Bartholomew on Essential Theory: The London System.
