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.
3/28/2025 – In his new Fast & Furious show, Robert Ris presents a theoretically interesting sharp attacking game, in which both sides made instructive mistakes. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
3/24/2025 – In his new Fast & Furious show, Robert Ris presents a theoretically interesting and tactically fascinating game. You are invited to test your skills! | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
3/14/2025 – In his new Fast & Furious show, Robert Ris presents an exciting game from the Prague Chess Festival. Praggnanandhaa decided to take some risks in the Classical Variation of the King's Indian, but faced an excellently prepared Anish Giri, who went on to win the game in style. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
3/3/2025 – In his new Fast & Furious show, Robert Ris presents a game that might inspire you to pick up the Najdorf or confirm your belief in this opening: a model win by Danish Grandmaster Jonas Buhl Bjerre, played at the Challengers Tournament in Prague. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
2/27/2025 – In his new Fast & Furious show, Robert Ris takes an in-depth look at a fascinating theoretical battle between Alireza Firouzja and Hikaru Nakamura. Last week they added three more games to their theoretical discussion in the Italian Opening, battling it out in a line that Hikaru used against Alireza at last year's Candidates - and since then a few more games have been played in this variation. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
2/14/2025 – In his new Fast & Furious episode, Robert Ris presents a game, in which Shakhriyar Mamedyarov sacrificed his queen and showed how he likes to play against 1.b3. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
2/7/2025 – In his new Fast & Furious episode, Robert Ris presents a game, in which World Rapid Champion Volodar Murzin shows his attacking skills and played a little brilliancy. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
1/23/2025 – In his new Fast & Furious episode, Robert Ris takes a look at three fascinating games from the Tata Steel Tournament in Wijk aan Zee. Enjoy! | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
1/18/2025 – In his new Fast & Furious episode, Robert Ris takes another look at the Rubinstein Variation of the Nimzo-Indian. And shows a fine attacking by Parham Maghsoodloo. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
1/14/2025 – In his new Fast & Furious episode, Robert Ris remembers German Grandmaster Robert Hübner, who died on 5 January 2025, by looking at one of Hübner's contributions to chess theory: the Hübner Variation in the Nimzo-Indian, a line that helped Bobby Fischer to win his World Championship match against Boris Spassky in 1972. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
1/2/2025 – In his new Fast & Furious episode, Robert Ris analyses a fascinating variation in the Classical Variation of the French Defence. The line was used by Gukesh at the World Championship match in Singapore, and was also seen in game 4 of the final match between Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi at the World Blitz Championship in New York. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
12/22/2024 – In his new Fast & Furious episode, Robert Ris looks at a game in which Nodirbek Abdusattorov lost against a much lower-rated player, who was bold enough to try the Benoni against his famous opponent. Initially, Abdusattorov was better, but then fell victim to a counterattack by Iranian FM Reza Mahdavi. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
12/11/2024 – In his new Fast & Furious episode, Robert Ris looks at game 11 of the the World Championship match between Gukesh D and Ding Liren in Singapore, in which Gukesh tried a bold and promising gambit - recommended by Robert in one of his opening courses. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
12/6/2024 – In his new Fast & Furious episode, Robert Ris uses game 6 of the World Championship match between Gukesh D and Ding Liren in Singapore to take a closer look at a sharp and entertaining line of the London. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
11/29/2024 – In his new Fast & Furious episode, Robert Ris takes a look at an interesting queen sacrifice in one of his pet lines, which he happened to witness in an open tournament. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
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.
Videos by Nico Zwirs: Nimzo-Indian with 4.e3 b6 and Robert Ris: French Advance Variation with 6.Na3. Alexander Donchenko analyses his winning game against Fabiano Caruana from the Saint Louis Masters 2024. “Lucky bag" with another 43 analyses by Edouard,
The Black Sniper is back – sharper and deadlier than ever! This dynamic system (1...g6, 2...Bg7, 3...c5 against 1.e4, 1.d4 and 1.c4) creates unpredictable, high-pressure positions, leaving opponents struggling to adapt.
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Videos by Nico Zwirs: Nimzo-Indian with 4.e3 b6 and Robert Ris: French Advance Variation with 6.Na3. Alexander Donchenko analyses his winning game against Fabiano Caruana from the Saint Louis Masters 2024. “Lucky bag" with another 43 analyses by Edouard,
The Black Sniper is back – sharper and deadlier than ever! This dynamic system (1...g6, 2...Bg7, 3...c5 against 1.e4, 1.d4 and 1.c4) creates unpredictable, high-pressure positions, leaving opponents struggling to adapt.
YOUR EASY ACCESS TO OPENING THEORY: Whether you want to build up a reliable and powerful opening repertoire or find new opening ideas for your existing repertoire, the Opening Encyclopaedia covers the entire opening theory on one product.
If you're looking to revamp your opening repertoire and surprise your opponents with powerful, modern ideas, The Ultimate Scotch Gambit is the perfect choice.
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