Robert Ris (born 1988) is an International Master (FIDE 2450+) who mostly spends his time training and coaching talented youngsters. On the PlayChess server 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 DVDs and regularly contributes to ChessBase Magazine as well. Since 2015 he is the organizer of the Dutch Rapid Championships in his home town Amstelveen.
5/19/2022 – This week Robert Ris shows how David Navara managed to beat the currently popular line with 3...a6 against the Queens Gambit Declined in a fine and instructive game played in the Czech Championship 2022. | "Fast and Furious" is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
5/14/2022 – This week Robert Ris focuses on the Bayonet Attack in the King’s Indian Defence. He uses model games from elite players to illustrate the potential problems Black faces when White plays 11.a4 and 12.a5. | “Fast and Furious” is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
5/5/2022 – This week Robert Ris looks at the line with 6.Bd3 against the Najdorf, only the tenth most popular against the sharp defence. Facing this move with Black is no easy task, though, as was demonstrated in an all-Ukrainian confrontation at the Bundesliga. | "Fast and Furious" is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
4/29/2022 – This week Robert Ris analyses how the young American talent Hans Moke Niemann turned the supposedly quiet line with 3.Bb5+ against the Sicilian into a dangerous weapon. | "Fast and Furious" is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
4/21/2022 – This week Robert Ris analyses how the young Indian Gukesh used a relatively new concept in the Sicilian Richter-Rauzer to win a nice and crucial game at the La Roda Open. | "Fast and Furious" is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
4/14/2022 – This week Robert Ris takes a look at the game Niemann-Thorhallsson from the Reykjavik Open. The young American Hans Moke Niemann is one of the main experts of the Jobava-London System and in this game he managed to defeat the experienced Icelandic GM Thorhallsson in only 21 moves. | "Fast and Furious" is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
The new Komodo Dragon 3 engine has gained 100 Elo points in playing strength over its predecessor when using a processor core in blitz. That's a huge improvement for a program that already reached at
an Elo level of over 3500!
4/7/2022 – This week Robert Ris takes a look at the game Saric-Abasov played in the 10th round of the European Individual Championships - a model game that illustrates how to attack the Sicilian. | "Fast and Furious" is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
3/31/2022 – This week Robert Ris takes an in-depth look at the miniature Predke vs. Vachier-Lagrave from the Grand Prix series in Berlin, featuring a sharp line in the Symmetrical English. | "Fast and Furious" is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
3/24/2022 – This week Robert Ris takes has a close look at a new idea in the Italian in which White sacrifices a pawn, castles queenside and throws all his pieces at the black king. This concept worked out fantastically for White in the game Van Foreest-Navara that was played recently in the Charity Cup. | "Fast and Furious" is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
3/18/2022 – This week Robert Ris takes a look at the interesting line Richard Rapport used to defeat Grünfeld expert Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in the Grünfeld and reveals a little secret about the move 12.Rc3!? in the Exchange Variation of the Grünfeld that brought Rapport a crucial win. | "Fast and Furious" is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
3/11/2022 – This week Robert Ris takes a look at a game he played in the Icelandic Team Championships against IM Bjorn Thorfinsson. In the Bishop's Opening (1.e4 e5 2.Bc4) Robert followed a nice attacking scheme for White inspired by a game between Firouzja and Carlsen. Robert will discuss the ins and outs of this plan and also explain why it is actually not doo dangerous (at least if Black knows what to do of course). | "Fast and Furious" is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
3/3/2022 – This week Robert Ris takes a look at a miniature played at the highest level: at the Airthings Masters Online Rapid Tournament World Champion Magnus Carlsen defeated Jan-Krzysztof Duda with a swift attack and won a short and instructive game. | "Fast and Furious" is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
2/28/2022 – This week Robert Ris presents the "Ukrainian Immortal", a fantastic game, in which White slowly develops a strong attack, which he crowns with a series of sacrifices. | "Fast and Furious" is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
2/10/2022 – This week Robert Ris shows why the almost forgotten Schara von Hennig Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 cxd4) has become popular again and attracts players like Grischuk and Jorden van Foreest. Ris also shows a clear game-plan for Black that will help you to try this exciting gambit with success! | "Fast and Furious" is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
2/3/2022 – This week Robert Ris shows how Black can spice up things in the Scotch Four Knights (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4), a line that enjoys the reputation of being very solid for White, by sacrificing a knight on move five. | "Fast and Furious" is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
1/28/2022 – This week Robert Ris takes a close how the Hungarian Grandmaster Richard Rapport, who is well-known for his interesting ideas, (successfully) treats the Classical Dutch with Black. Inspiring! | "Fast and Furious" is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
1/20/2022 – This week Robert Ris will have a look at the fantastic game between Daniil Dubov and Vidit Gujrathi from the Tata Steel Masters in Wijk aan Zee. Dubov played provocatively out of a Giuoco Piano, Vidit gladly accepted the challenge, and an incredible struggle ensued! | "Fast and Furious" is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
1/13/2022 – Last week, 15-year old Eline Roeber from the Netherlands surprisingly won the Untergrombach Open in Germany. Eline is a student of Robert Ris, and in his "Fast & Furious" show the experienced trainer takes a look at the crucial game of the tournament in Untergrombach: Eline's turbulent win against Russian Grandmaster Vyacheslav Ikonnikov. | "Fast and Furious" is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
The new Komodo Dragon 3 engine has gained 100 Elo points in playing strength over its predecessor when using a processor core in blitz. That's a huge improvement for a program that already reached at
an Elo level of over 3500!
FIDE Grand Prix 2022: Esipenko, Giri, Vidit, Oparin, Predke, Shankland, So and Vitiugov comment + videos by Rogozenco. "Special" on Bent Larsen. Opening videos by Kasimdzhanov, Ragger and Marin. 11 opening articles with new ideas for your repertoire!
The new Opening Encyclopaedia offers fast access to all openings. Openings are sorted via the menu by name & ECO Code for fast and easy access to your favorite openings.
Throughout my playing career I have found the Hedgehog one of the most difficult type of positions to master. The basic aim of this video is to improve understanding of these complex positions and to help tournament players score better.
Studying this video course should greatly improve the viewer’s handling of dynamic pawn positions! As with all my other video courses material here is predominantly aimed at improving players and tournament players.
The new Komodo Dragon 3 engine has gained 100 Elo points in playing strength over its predecessor when using a processor core in blitz. That's a huge improvement for a program that already reached at
an Elo level of over 3500!
FIDE Grand Prix 2022: Esipenko, Giri, Vidit, Oparin, Predke, Shankland, So and Vitiugov comment + videos by Rogozenco. "Special" on Bent Larsen. Opening videos by Kasimdzhanov, Ragger and Marin. 11 opening articles with new ideas for your repertoire!
The new Opening Encyclopaedia offers fast access to all openings. Openings are sorted via the menu by name & ECO Code for fast and easy access to your favorite openings.
Throughout my playing career I have found the Hedgehog one of the most difficult type of positions to master. The basic aim of this video is to improve understanding of these complex positions and to help tournament players score better.
Studying this video course should greatly improve the viewer’s handling of dynamic pawn positions! As with all my other video courses material here is predominantly aimed at improving players and tournament players.
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