Robert Ris

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.

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Robert Ris' Fast and Furious: Highlights from Wijk

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.

Robert Ris' Fast and Furious: Parham Maghsoodloo attacks

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.

Robert Ris' Fast and Furious: Remembering Robert Hübner

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.

Robert Ris' Fast and Furious: Nepo beats Carlsen in the Classical French

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.

Robert Ris' Fast and Furious: The Benoni is dangerous!

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.

Robert Ris' Fast and Furious: A promising gambit

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.

Robert Ris' Fast and Furious: A sharp line of the London

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.

Robert Ris' Fast and Furious: A queen sacrifice!

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.

Robert Ris' Fast and Furious: Adventures in the French Advance Variation

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.

Robert Ris' Fast and Furious: Carlsen beats Erigaisi

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.

Robert Ris' Fast and Furious: Winning with the Sveshnikov

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.

Robert Ris' Fast and Furious: A nasty tactical trick

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.

Robert Ris' Fast and Furious: Beating the Caro-Kann

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.

Robert Ris' Fast and Furious: Sicilian duels - Firouzja vs Carlsen

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.

Robert Ris' Fast and Furious: Theoretical debates in the Colle

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.

Robert Ris' Fast and Furious: Sharp play in the Najdorf

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.

Robert Ris' Fast and Furious: Rodshtein's impressive attack

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.

Robert Ris' Fast and Furious: Sacrifices in the Sicilian

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.
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