1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 is not a Ragozin yet. White has several ways to avoid the transposition into the Ragozin, by avoiding playing Nf3.
Ragozin: what to do
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Hiya. I freakin hate it when they play the Ragozin against me. I have no long term plans for it. It might have been asked before on this forum, but the search function isn't good. So here it is: What are typical long term plans in the Ragozin? Here's an example played against me with ...Bf5. I could not do better than draw as I have no plan whatsoever. Once again I fall back to raw calculation.