QGD Ragozin Variation Middlegame – GM Varuzhan Akobian – 2015.10.20

October 26, 2015 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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Grandmaster Varuzhan Akobian teaches you how to play the middlegame out of the Queen’s Gambit Declined Ragozin variation. Also, learn about the Carlsbad pawn structure.

Varuzhan Akobian vs. Alexander Kalikshteyn, 2015: D38 Queen’s Gambit Declined, Ragozin variation

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