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The Ragozin Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4) is at the forefront of chess theory. With the surge of 3.Nf3 as an answer to Nimzo-Indian set-ups and with the difficulties that the black players have suffered with the Queen’s Indian, it was natural to turn to the Ragozin as a solid and reliable way to counter white’s set-ups. The Ragozin is being played by every top grandmaster in the world - it is time you also add it to your repertoire to get interesting and dynamic positions against 1. d4! The DVD is based around a solid system of play for Black. It favors positions that are strategically complex while trying to minimize any claim that White might have at an opening advantage. The lines given are the latest word in theoretical knowledge. We analyze every single move that White can play once the Ragozin is reached, but due to several transpositional possibilities we always emphasize why we are playing our own moves and which strategic goals we keep in mind. My motivation for doing the Ragozin stemmed in my own search for an opening that would allow me to play interesting chess without an insurmountable amount of risk. Although I believe in the Benko Gambit, it is not possible to play every game down a pawn! The Nimzo-Indian set-ups are currently the most popular way of meeting 1.d4, and inside that the Ragozin is the variation that is surging as the most theoretically important.

• Video running time: 5 hours 26 min.
• With interactive training including video feedback
• Exclusive training database with 80 essential games
• Including CB 12 Reader

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This is what is delivered:

  • Fritztrainer App for Windows
  • 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.

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)

Sample video

Contents

  • The Ragozin Defense: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4
  • 01: Introduction [06:17]
  • 02: Overview on variations and pawn structure [08:30]
  • Part 1: Sidelines
  • 03: 5.a3 - Tunik,G - Landa,K [18:07]
  • 04: 5.Bd2 - Zvjaginsev,V - Alekseev,E [12:11]
  • 05: 5.e3 - Topalov,V - Ponomariov,R [08:25]
  • 06: 5.g3 - The catalan-type approach - Moradiabadi,E - Efimenko,Z [19:43]
  • 07: 5.Qc2 Part 1 - Mamedyarov,S - Carlsen,M [18:44]
  • 08: 5.Qc2 Part 2 - Mamedyarov,S - Carlsen,M [12:52]
  • Part 2: The queen check 5.Qa4
  • 09: 5.Qa4 - Introduction [04:45]
  • 10: 5.Qa4 followed by 6.Ne5 and 7.Nxd7 - Bartel,M - Laznicka,V [07:45]
  • 11: 5.Qa4 followed by 6.Ne5 and 7.Nxc6 - Freiman,S - Ragozin,V [08:53]
  • 12: 5.Qa4 followed by a3 - Van Wely,L - Kosintseva,T [14:45]
  • 13: 5.Qa4 followed by e3 - Nakamura,H - Mamedyarov,S [15:45]
  • 14: 5.Qa4 followed by cxd5 - Mamedyarov,S - Eljanov,P [16:26]
  • 15: 5.Qa4 followed by Bg5 - Vachier Lagrave,M - Wojtaszek,R [10:17]
  • Part 3: The sharp 5.cxd5 and 6.Bg5
  • 16: 5.cxd5 and 7.Bxf6 - Istratescu,A - Gharamian,T [08:52]
  • 17: 5.cxd5 and 7.Bh4 - Alternatives on white's 8th move - Lysyj,I - Aronian,L [12:30]
  • 18: 5.cxd5 and 7.Bh4 - 8.e3 - Lysyj,I - Aronian,L [11:07]
  • 19: 5.cxd5 and 7.Bh4 - 8.e3 - Carlsen,M - Aronian,L [09:43]
  • Part 4: The solid 5.Bg5
  • 20: 5.Bg5 and 8.Be2 - Mamedyarov,S - Giri,A [10:34]
  • 21: 5.Bg5 and 8.Qb3 - Mamedyarov,S - Giri,A [08:31]
  • 22: 5.Bg5 and 8.Rc1 - Part 1 - Erdos,V - Vallejo Pons,F [05:58]
  • 23: 5.Bg5 and 8.Rc1 - Part 2 - Vachier Lagrave,M - Hou,Y [06:30]
  • Part 5: The fashionable 5.Qb3
  • 24: 5.Qb3 and 6.dxc5 - Radjabov,T - Leko,P [09:54]
  • 25: 5.Qb3 and 6.cxd5 - Karthikeyan,P - Aleksandrov,A [05:05]
  • 26: Ending thoughts [03:03]
  • Test positions
  • 27: Quiz 1 [02:30]
  • 28: Quiz 2 [01:13]
  • 29: Quiz 3 [01:35]
  • 30: Quiz 4 [02:18]
  • 31: Quiz 5 [02:01]
  • 32: Quiz 6 [02:02]
  • 33: Quiz 7 [01:59]
  • 34: Quiz 8 [02:30]
  • 35: Quiz 9 [03:11]
  • 36: Quiz 10 [02:41]
  • 37: Quiz 11 [02:49]
  • 38: Quiz 12 [02:48]
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