11/26/2020 – In this week's show, well-known Dutch trainer Robert Ris takes a look at an old favourit of Garry Kasparov: the Petrosian Variation of the Queen's Indian Defense. | "Fast and Furious" is available from 18:00 UTC (19:00 CET / 16:00 EDT) on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here. | Photo: Frederic Friedel

11/12/2020 – In this week's show, well-known Dutch trainer Robert Ris takes a look at a classical game, in which Botvinnik introduced a fascinating and aggressive idea in the Queen's Gambit into practice. | "Fast and Furious" is available from 18:00 UTC (19:00 CET / 16:00 EDT) on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

10/29/2020 – In this week's show, well-known Dutch trainer Robert Ris takes a look at the fascinating opening battle that occurred in a game between Jan-Krzysztof Duda and Aryan Tari from the Altibox Norway Chess Tournament. | "Fast and Furious" is available from 18:00 UTC (19:00 CET / 16:00 EDT) on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

10/15/2020 – In this week's show, well-known Dutch trainer Robert Ris takes a look at the Armageddon game between Levon Aronian and Magnus Carlsen from round 1 of the Altibox Norway Chess Tournament. Against Aronian's Queen's Gambit Carlsen tried the Janowski variation, 4...a6!?, which led to a sharp fight and theoretically interesting complications. | "Fast and Furious" is available from 17:00 UTC (19:00 CEST / 15:00 EDT) on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

10/8/2020 – In this week's show, well-known Dutch trainer Robert Ris shows how Black can mix things up against the Slow Slav. | "Fast and Furious" is available from 17:00 UTC (19:00 CEST / 15:00 EDT) on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

9/24/2020 – In this week's show, well-known Dutch trainer Robert Ris presents an interesting line against the Sicilian Najdorf: 6.Rg1. A move that is still underrated but that has the potential to become quite popular. | "Fast and Furious" is available from 17:00 UTC (19:00 CEST / 15:00 EDT) on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here. | Photo: ChessBase India

8/13/2020 – In this week's show, well-known Dutch trainer Robert Ris presents a spectacular game by Luke Leon Mendonca, one of the most promising Indian talents. | "Fast and Furious" is available from 17:00 UTC (19:00 CEST / 15:00 EDT) on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here. | Photo: ChessBase India

7/30/2020 – In this week's show, well-known Dutch trainer Robert Ris gives all those looking for a simple repertoire with White against 1.e4 e5 a simple solution: to play 2.Bc4. The model games he presents, with Nepomniachtchi, Firouzja and Kasparov marshaling the white pieces, show how dangerous this opening can be. | "Fast and Furious" is available from 17:00 UTC (19:00 CEST / 15:00 EDT) on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

7/18/2020 – Half his life he has spent teaching chess to players of all ages, especially young talents, and his success as a trainer has a lot to do with the fact that he himself was successful in his teens. In his ‘most memorable game’, Robert Ris analyzes the win that gave him tournament victory at the U20 Dutch Open when he was just 14 years old!

7/16/2020 – This week brings a very special edition of Robert Ris' "Fast & Furious" show, as Robert recently released his new book "The Modernized Sveshnikov", in which he presents a Black repertoire against 1.e4 that is based on one of the most reliable variations of the Sicilian. "Fast and Furious" is available from 17:00 UTC (19:00 CEST / 15:00 EDT) on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

6/4/2020 – This week Robert Ris takes a look at the Four Pawns Attack in the Alekhine Defense, a variation that can lead to fascinating positions. "Fast and Furious" is available from 17:00 UTC (19:00 CEST / 15:00 EDT) on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here. | Photo: Lennart Ootes

5/24/2020 – This week Robert Ris takes a look at another fascinating new idea by opening expert Daniil Dubov. This time the innovative Russian top GM came up with a novelty on move 6 in the Anti-Meran. The amazing resource is 6...a5!? which gives a new dynamical touch to this heavily investigated opening. "Fast and Furious" is available from 17:00 UTC (19:00 CEST / 15:00 EDT) on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here. | Photo: Lennart Ootes

5/7/2020 – Robert Ris takes a look at the Queen's Gambit Declined with 5.Bf4 that poses Black a surprising number of problems and has been tried by players such as Ding Liren (pictured) and Magnus Carlsen. "Fast and Furious" is available from 17:00 UTC (19:00 CEST / 15:00 EDT) on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here. | Photo: Niki Riga

4/23/2020 – Robert Ris takes a look at the Neo-Archangelsk, a sharp line of the Ruy Lopez that has recently been tried by Fabiano Caruana and Magnus Carlsen. "Fast and Furious" is available from 17:00 UTC (19:00 CEST / 15:00 EDT) on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

4/9/2020 – Chess is the sport least affected by the current crisis and this week two fascinating computer games, featuring the Sicilian Keres Attack, will be discussed in the Fast & Furious show. Live from 17:00 UTC (19:00 CEST / 15:00 EDT) and free to watch on-demand for a limited time (or forever for ChessBase Premium account holders. To chat when Robert is live, please visit videos.chessbase.com/live or login via Playchess for Windows. In the diagram, it's Black to play!

3/26/2020 – Looking at the games of the Candidates one could see the influence of AlphaZero on modern chess, as in various games a quick launch of the h-pawn was seen. IM Robert Ris elaborates...Live from 18:00 UTC (19:00 CET / 14:00 EDT) and free to watch on-demand for a limited time (or forever for ChessBase Premium account holders. To chat when Robert is live, please visit videos.chessbase.com/live or login via Playchess for Windows. In the diagram, it's Black to play!

3/12/2020 – Inspired by Alexei Shirov IM Robert Ris examines the latest in the French Advance variation. Live from 18:00 UTC (19:00 CET / 13:00 EST) and free to watch on-demand for a limited time (or forever for ChessBase Premium account holders. To chat when Robert is live, please visit videos.chessbase.com/live or login via Playchess for Windows. In the diagram, it's Black to play!

2/27/2020 – Returning to the Sicilian Najdorf, IM Robert Ris examines an early h5 idea. On-demand and free to watch from 18:00 UTC (19:00 CET / 13:00 EST) for a limited time (or forever for ChessBase Premium account holders. To chat when Robert is live, please visit videos.chessbase.com/live or login via Playchess for Windows. In the diagram, it's Black to play!