6/2/2023 – In his Fast & Furious show, Robert Ris takes a look at a modern line of the Taimanov Sicilian, which Anish Giri and Gukesh recently discussed at the Norway Chess Blitz tournament in Stavanger. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

5/26/2023 – In his Fast & Furious show, Robert Ris takes a look at the Vienna, which Richard Rapport recently tried in two top level games. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

5/18/2023 – In his Fast & Furious show, Robert Ris takes a look at the game Yoo-Maghsoodloo from the 1st round of the Sharjah Masters. A Classical Sicilian Rauzer with 7.Qd3 was soon transformed into a Sveshnikov-type of structure, in which Black succeeded with energetic play. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

5/12/2023 – In his Fast & Furious show, Robert Ris presents a nice miniature which was played at the Baku Open. In the game White tried the Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3) against the Sicilian and won surprisingly quickly. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

4/28/2023 – A new world chess champion is about to be crowned. Game 14 of the match facing Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren will be played on Saturday. The score is tied, so a draw will lead to a rapid playoff on Sunday. As a preview to what is likely to become a memorable weekend for chess fans, Robert Ris recaps similar deciding encounters, focusing on the 2010 match in Sofia — the score was also tied, and defending champion Vishy Anand beat Veselin Topalov with the black pieces to keep the title!

4/27/2023 – In his Fast & Furious show, Robert Ris uses game 10 of the World Championship match as a starting point to explore the status of theory in the English Opening. Unmissable. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

4/22/2023 – Ding Liren crossed the 2700-rating barrier back in 2012, and was soon regarded as one of the potential challengers for the world title. A week from now, the soft-spoken grandmaster from Wenzhou might become the new world chess champion. Thus, this is a good time to reminisce on his most spectacular victory. In November 2017, at the Chinese League, Ding played a stunning tactical combination and crowned it with a brilliant king hunt. Robert Ris examines the game in a 23-minute video. | Photo: Amruta Mokal

4/21/2023 – In his Fast & Furious show, Robert Ris had an in-depth look at the "incredible" 8th game of the World Championship match. Ding opted for the Saemisch Variation (4.e3 & 5.a3) against the Nimzo-Indian and came well-prepared with the amazing concept of 9.Ra2!?, which only had been seen a few times before. This led to an exciting game, in which Ding, however, missed several chances to win. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

4/18/2023 – When tension is at its highest, even the very best players in the world can blunder games in one move. Now that four out of six games have finished decisively at the World Championship match in Astana — with no lack of strategic and tactical errors — let us take a look at the top 10 blunders from World Championship history.

4/14/2023 – In his Fast & Furious show, Robert Ris looks at game 4 of the World Championship match in Astana. Ding Liren’s opening choice was excellent, as his decision to enter a relatively unknown line from the English Opening worked wonders. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

4/6/2023 – In his Fast & Furious show, Robert Ris takes a close look at the fifth and decisive game that Tan Zhongyi and Lei Tingjie played in the finals of the Women’s Candidates. Lei came up with an interesting approach against the Zukertort-Colle system and won a fine game. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

3/30/2023 – In his Fast & Furious show, Robert Ris takes an in-depth look at the fascinating first game of the match between Tan Zhongyi and Lei Tingjie. It was an incredibly sharp confrontation, with no lack of imbalances and instructive situations. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

3/23/2023 – In his Fast & Furious show, Robert Ris analyses the fascinating Kalashnikov battle between Leinier Dominguez and Hikaru Nakamura. An absolute model game from Black’s perspective, as it shows that having the bishop pair doesn’t guarantee an automatic advantage! | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

3/17/2023 – In his Fast & Furious show, Robert Ris looks at the game Lupulescu-Donchenko, played in the last round of the European Individual Championships. The game features a highly topical line of the Karpov System (5.Be2 & 6.Be3) against the King's Indian and led to a fine win for Black. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

3/9/2023 – In his Fast & Furious show, Robert Ris looks at the topical line with 4.h4 h5 in the Advance Variation of the Caro-Kann. The famed trainer analyses a game in which Black tried to cover the g5-square with f7-f6, in vain... | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

3/3/2023 – In his Fast & Furious show, Robert Ris analyses a sharp positional battle which emerged out of a Winawer variation in the French Defence. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

2/24/2023 – In his 'Fast & Furious' show, Robert Ris takes a look at the recent developments in the Poisoned Pawn Variation of the French Steinitz. | "Fast and Furious" is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

2/16/2023 – In his 'Fast & Furious' show, Robert Ris has a look at the game Mamedyarov-Sevian from the Pro Chess League 2023. The game featured a sharp line from the Semi-Slav Meran variation which became popular after the World Championship match between Kramnik and Anand in Bonn 2008. | "Fast and Furious" is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.