{"id":7247,"date":"2024-03-23T13:05:01","date_gmt":"2024-03-23T13:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.365chess.com\/view\/?post_type=product&#038;p=7247"},"modified":"2026-05-26T12:26:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T12:26:59","slug":"win-with-ragozin-defense-with-im-milovan-ratkovic","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.365chess.com\/view\/shop\/win-with-ragozin-defense-with-im-milovan-ratkovic\/","title":{"rendered":"Win with Ragozin Defense with IM Milovan Ratkovic"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding: 56.66% 0 0 0; position: relative;\"><iframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" title=\"Ragozin Defense\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/759559172?h=f05f45b50e&amp;badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Learn the Ragozin Defense by IM Milovan Ratkovic<\/h2>\n<p>What if you could engineer the \u2018perfect\u2019 opening for Black?<\/p>\n<p>Simple. Combine a solid structure of Queen\u2019s Gambit Declined with the attacking potential of Nimzo-Indian.<\/p>\n<p>The result is a powerhouse, hybrid opening called Ragozin Defense!<\/p>\n<p>It is a mega-reliable system that can go from solidly defensive to an attacking \u201cbeast mode\u201d in just a couple of moves (and you have all the controls).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/videoapi-muybridge.vimeocdn.com\/animated-thumbnails\/image\/4e448c7d-55f3-40d2-a6b3-7dfffa0efda7.gif?ClientID=vimeo-core-prod&amp;Date=1665599025&amp;Signature=82fc2c4574133b339244444b08ba519b14368567\" width=\"503\" height=\"280\" \/><\/p>\n<p>No surprise, all top Grandmasters have Ragozin in their repertoire.<\/p>\n<p>Magnus Carlsen, Deng Liren, Levon Aronian, Alireza Firouzja, Vishy Anand, you name it\u2026 they ALL play Ragozin.<\/p>\n<p>In this 5-hour crash course, IM Milovan Ratkovic will arm you with the most powerful hybrid opening in existence and make sure you are tournament-ready against any under-2200 player!<\/p>\n<h3>What You Will Learn:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Mainline Formula<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 IM Ratkovic analyzed all the Bg5 games in the database and came up with the best approach for Black to fight for an advantage. This works exceptionally well at under 2200 level.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Move Order Library<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 There are many ways to get to the Ragozin Setup, and each has its own nuances. Milovan will teach you all the tricks &amp; subtleties of the move order and you\u2019ll be able to exploit small inaccuracies of your opponent to get a quick edge (You spend just one hour on this and win games for years to come).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cracking the Anti-Ragozin Setups (Nf3 &amp; Nc3)<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 You learned all the theories and White tries to avoid the Ragozin? In this course, IM Ratkovic prepares you against just about everything by covering over 90% of the 1.d4 2.c4 lines.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Beating the Alekhine Variation<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 White gives a check with Qa4+ and forces \u2026Nc6. This could be dangerous if Black doesn\u2019t know what they are doing. No worries. IM Milovan Ratkovic recommends a simple, low-theory system to play against the Alekhine and neutralize all the threats.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you want to beat 1.d4 with Black you are in the right place.<\/p>\n<p>Study this course, follow IM Milovan Ratkovic\u2019s advice and you\u2019ll see score TONs of extra points with Black.<\/p>\n<h3>About the Author:<\/h3>\n<p><strong>IM Milovan Ratkovic [FIDE 2411]<\/strong>\u00a0is a Serbian International Master and chess coach. Some of his top students were able to reach 2400 and 2300 Elo respectively. IM Ratkovic is an active tournament player and one of his near-future goals is to obtain the Grandmaster title.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this brand-new 5-hour crash course, IM Milovan Ratkovic will arm you with the most powerful hybrid opening in existence and make sure you are tournament-ready against any under-2200 player!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":31235,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Win with Ragozin Defense with IM Milovan Ratkovic - 365Chess<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.365chess.com\/view\/shop\/win-with-ragozin-defense-with-im-milovan-ratkovic\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Win with Ragozin Defense with IM Milovan Ratkovic - 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