The Ragozin is an ideal system against 1.d4 Black establishes a foothold in the centre and quickly develops his pieces on active squares with good chances for dynamic counterplay or a kingside attack. Blacks opening has proven its worth at the highest level yet the underlying ideas are simple enough to be learned without excessive memorization of variations. In this book IM Richard Pert shares his own complete repertoire for Black after 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6. The main subject is the Ragozin which occu