Robert Ris (born 1988) is an International Master (FIDE 2450+) who mostly spends his time training and coaching talented youngsters. On video portal The Fast and the Furious is a popular show where he explains sharp opening lines for a wider audience. He is also a well-known ChessBase author who produced numerous video courses and regularly contributes to ChessBase Magazine as well. Since 2015 he is the organizer of the Dutch Rapid Championships in his home town Amstelveen. He's started a YouTube channel with chess analysis as well.
11/25/2024 – In his new Fast & Furious episode, Robert Ris shows one of this own games, in which he tried a dangerous concept in the French Advance Variation. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
11/15/2024 – In his new Fast & Furious episode, Robert Ris, who is an expert of the Taimanov Sicilian, shows how Magnus Carlsen used this line of the Sicilian to outplay Arjun Erigaisi in their rapid game at the Tata Steel India Rapid & Blitz Tournament 2024. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
11/8/2024 – In his new Fast & Furious episode, Robert Ris looks at a recent game from the Women's Grand Prix in Shymkent, Kazakhstan, in which Aleksandra Goryachkina demonstrated the attacking potential of the Sicilian Sveshnikov. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
10/31/2024 – In his new Fast & Furious episode, Robert Ris looks at a recent game, played in round 2 of the Women's Grand Prix in Shymkent, Kazakhstan. This game saw a well-known line of the Caro-Kann, in which Black suddenly won with a nasty tactical trick. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
10/18/2024 – 1.e4-players often wonder how to crack the solid Caro-Kann. In his new Fast & Furious episode, Robert Ris shows an entertaining line that has been giving White remarkable success recently. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
10/14/2024 – In his new Fast & Furious episode, Robert Ris looks at two games between Alireza Firouzja and Magnus Carlsen, in which they discussed the pros and cons of the Sicilian. Instructive and entertaining. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
10/2/2024 – In his new Fast & Furious episode, Robert Ris looks at a theoretically interesting game Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Ding Liren played at the Chess Olympiad in Budapest. Abdusattorov tried a sharp approach in the Colle system, but got into trouble when the World Champion found a good counter. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
9/27/2024 – In his new Fast & Furious episode, Robert Ris analyses a game from the Olympiad, in which Black tried a risky line in the Najdorf to counter White's strange-looking move 6.Rg1!? However, Black's risky approach backfired and White, who had almost 500(!) Elo-points less than his opponent achieved a surprising draw. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
9/19/2024 – In his new Fast & Furious episode, Robert Ris analyses one of the many fascinating games played at the Chess Olympiad in Budapest. This time around, he has a look at a ramarkable attacking victory obtained by Israel's Maxim Rodshtein out of a Semi-Tarrasch. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
9/14/2024 – In his new Fast & Furious episode, Robert Ris takes a look at a game from the Chess Olympiad, in which White crushed the Sicilian in typical sacrificial style. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
9/6/2024 – In his new Fast & Furious episode, Robert Ris takes a look at a critical line of the Taimanov Sicilian - an exciting response to 1.e4, and the basis for a repertoire Robert proposed in a recently published ChessBase course. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
8/31/2024 – In his new Fast & Furious episode, Robert Ris takes a look at a game between Ian Nepomniachtchi and Fabiano Caruana from the Sinquefield Cup. Caruana tried the Sicilian Dragon, and Nepo played a few subtle queen moves in the opening - i.e. lines worthy of careful analysis. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
8/16/2024 – In his new Fast & Furious episode, Robert Ris takes a look at a game between Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana, in which Caruana tried the Cozio Variation (3...Nge7) against the Ruy Lopez. Black's third move might appear harmless, but the board was quickly on fire. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
8/14/2024 – In his new Fast & Furious episode, Robert Ris takes a look at a new idea in the King's Indian that Daniil Dubov recently tried with success - in a well-known line he surprised his opponent with a dangerous pawn sacrifice. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
8/2/2024 – In his new Fast & Furious episode, Robert Ris takes a look at the Sicilian O'Kelly Variation (2...a6) which has recently become more popular again. Top theoretician GM Ivan Saric launched a new idea for White which seems to pose Black some serious problems. His opponent Icelandic GM Vignir Vatnar Stefansson didn't manage to come up with a good antidote and was blown off the board in only 26 moves. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
7/16/2024 – In his new Fast & Furious episode, Robert Ris analyses the game Vidit-Aronian from the SuperUnited event in Croatia, a game featuring the Advance Variation against the French. Aronian came up with a spectacular innovation to accelerate Black's counterplay in the centre by sacrificing two pawns. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
7/6/2024 – In his new Fast & Furious episode, Robert Ris takes a look at the game Firouzja-So, which featured the sharp Sämisch Variation (4.a3) against the Nimzo-Indian. In a relatively well-known position, it seemed like Wesley So got surprised by a spectacular pawn sacrifice (8.c5!?) and quickly lost control. In this episode we'll deal with the theoretical implications of this almost new concept. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
6/24/2024 – In his new Fast & Furious episode, Robert Ris shows how Chinese Grandmaster Tan Zhongyi, the winner of the Women's Candidates Tournament demolished a French Defense, in which Black was a bit too daring and reckless. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
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