{"id":7856,"date":"2023-09-20T18:58:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T18:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.365chess.com\/view\/?post_type=product&#038;p=7856"},"modified":"2026-06-27T11:59:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T11:59:50","slug":"chigorin-defense-with-im-milovan-ratkovic","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.365chess.com\/view\/shop\/chigorin-defense-with-im-milovan-ratkovic\/","title":{"rendered":"Chigorin 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=\"Chigorin Defense\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/778193272?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 Chigorin Defense with IM Milovan Ratkovic<\/h2>\n<p>In this course, IM Milovan Ratkovic teaches Chigorin Defense.<\/p>\n<p>Do you want to have a powerful weapon against 1.d4? Do you want to have an attacking opening at your disposal that will win games?<\/p>\n<p>Do you want to surprise your opponent with an old, yet solid and powerful opening?<\/p>\n<p>If so, you are in the right place. Chigorin Defense is the perfect opening for you.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7857\" src=\"https:\/\/www.365chess.com\/view\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Chigorin-Defense-with-IM-Milovan-Ratkovic-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"441\" height=\"254\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After <strong>d4 d5 2.c4<\/strong>, White is surely well prepared for 2\u2026e6 or 2\u2026c6. But be prepared to his open-wide eyes while you play\u00a0<strong>2\u2026.Nc6!<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"label\">What you will learn:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The secrets of an Exchange Variation [declassified]<\/li>\n<li>The mainline \u2013 and how to play it<\/li>\n<li>Powerful 4.Nc3 counter<\/li>\n<li>Breaking down 5.e3 variation<\/li>\n<li>How do top players win with Chigorin?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter \" src=\"https:\/\/videoapi-muybridge.vimeocdn.com\/animated-thumbnails\/image\/317fa098-68b0-4c3a-a987-9793de95a3d5.gif?ClientID=vimeo-core-prod&amp;Date=1670267632&amp;Signature=d94533f97b837bebd85d2dbc11bc7f2acb62b251\" width=\"410\" height=\"227\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"name\">IM Milovan Ratkovic (FIDE 2411)<\/h3>\n<p>is 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 obtaining the Grandmaster title.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this course, IM Milovan Ratkovic teaches Chigorin Defense. Do you want to have a powerful weapon against 1.d4? Do you want to surprise your opponent with an old, yet solid and powerful opening? After <strong>d4 d5 2.c4<\/strong>, White is surely well prepared for 2&#8230;e6 or 2&#8230;c6. But be prepared to his open-wide eyes while you play <strong>2&#8230;.Nc6!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":31242,"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>Chigorin 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\/chigorin-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=\"Chigorin Defense with IM Milovan Ratkovic - 365Chess\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In this course, IM Milovan Ratkovic teaches Chigorin Defense. 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