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The Chigorin Defence: A Practical Weapon Against the Queen's Gambit

Most Queen's Gambit players expect a familiar battle for the center. The Chigorin Defence shatters those expectations immediately. After 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6, Black ignores conventional wisdom and chooses activity over structure. Instead of protecting the d5-pawn, Black challenges White's center directly, accelerates development, and aims to seize the initiative before White can establish a comfortable position. The Chigorin is not an opening for players who want to defend patiently. It is a weapon for ambitious competitors who are prepared to fight for the initiative from the very beginning. Rapid piece development, central counterplay, tactical opportunities, and unbalanced positions are the hallmarks of this fascinating opening.

Free Video Sample: Introduction

Free Video Sample: 3.e3

In this course, you will learn:
• How to generate immediate pressure against White's center
• The key tactical motifs that make the Chigorin so dangerous
• Typical piece placements, plans, and middlegame structures
• How to exploit White's unfamiliarity with the resulting positions
• A complete and practical repertoire against all major White setups

Before diving into theory, the course introduces a series of instructive model games that reveal the strategic foundations of the opening. You will learn not just what to play, but why the Chigorin works and how strong players use it successfully in practice. While engines may prefer more classical defences, the Chigorin has repeatedly proven its practical value at the highest level. From its creator Mikhail Chigorin to modern grandmasters such as Richard Rapport and Alexander Morozevich, creative players have trusted this opening to take opponents out of their comfort zone and into a battle of ideas. If you're looking for a dynamic alternative to the Slav, Queen's Gambit Declined, or other mainstream systems, the Chigorin Defence offers exactly what modern tournament players need: active piece play, rich tactical possibilities, and a chance to dictate the course of the game from the very first moves.

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This is what is delivered:
  • Fritztrainer App for Windows and Mac
  • Available as download or on DVD
  • Video course with a running time of approx. 4-8 hrs.
  • Repertoire database: save and integrate Fritztrainer games into your own repertoire (in WebApp Opening or in ChessBase)
  • Interactive exercises with video feedback: the authors present exercises and key positions, the user has to enter the solution. With video feedback (also on mistakes) and further explanations.
  • Sample games as a ChessBase database.
  • New: many Fritztrainer now also available as stream in the ChessBase video portal!
That's what the FritzTrainer App can do for you:
  • Videos can run in the Fritztrainer app or in the ChessBase program with board graphics, notation and a large function bar
  • Analysis engine can be switched on at any time
  • Video pause for manual navigation and analysis in game notation
  • Input of your own variations, engine analysis, with storage in the game
  • Learn variations: view specific lines in the ChessBase WebApp Opening with autoplay, memorize variations and practise transformation (initial position - final position).
  • Active opening training: selected opening positions are transferred to the ChessBase WebApp Fritz-online. In a match against Fritz you test your new knowledge and actively play the new opening.
Even more possibilities: Start FritzTrainer in the ChessBase program!
  • The database with all games and analyses can be opened directly.
  • Games can be easily added to the opening reference.
  • Direct evaluation with game reference, games can be replayed on the analysis board
  • Your own variations are saved and can be added to the own repertoire
  • Replay training
  • LiveBook active
  • All engines installed in ChessBase can be started for the analysis
  • Assisted Analysis
  • Print notation and diagrams (for worksheets)

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Contents

  • Introduction
  • Model Games
  • Pillsburry vs Chigorin
  • Rogozenco vs Morozevich
  • Ljubojevic vs Morozevich
  • Lazic vs Miladinovic
  • Aronian vs Rapport
  • 3.e3
  • 3.e3
  • Reti/Bogo
  • 3.cxd5
  • 3.cxd5
  • 3.Nc3
  • 3.Nc3 Part 1
  • 3.Nc3 Part 2
  • 3.Nf3
  • 3.Nf3
  • London System
  • London System
  • Catalan
  • Catalan
  • Practice Positions
  • Description
  • Position 1
  • Position 2
  • Position 3
  • Position 4
  • Position 5
  • Position 6
  • Position 7
  • Position 8
  • Position 9
  • Position 10
  • Practice Repertoire
  • 3.e3
  • 3.cxd5
  • 3.Nc3
  • 3.Nf3
  • London System
  • Catalan
  • Find Key Moves
  • Exercises in Books Format
  • Bonus
  • Analysis
  • Games
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