Robert Ris' Fast and Furious: A model game in the London

by Robert Ris
8/8/2025 – In his new Fast & Furious show, Robert Ris shows how Ukrainian GM Pavel Eljanov used an aggressive line of the London to score a fine victory. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
This video course offers you a complete, clear repertoire for Black against the moves 1.Nf3 and 1.c4. The recommended variations are easy to learn and not difficult to remember, but also pose White serious challenges.

Robert Ris: "This week I have a look at the game Eljanov-Van Hesselingen from the HZ Vlissingen Tournament. The Ukrainian top grandmaster used his favorite London System and opted for a modern treatment with an early h2-h4-h5.

The Dutch Youth Champion U18 had clearly no clue how to deal with White's aggressive play and found himself in a lost position right out of the opening. A true modelgame!

In this episode I'll explain some key ideas for White in this line and what would be a better way for Black to against it. "

Exercise: Black's position is strategically quite bad already. Can you see how White should proceed?

Feel free to move the pieces on the live diagram!

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Robert is an International Master 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. He has started a YouTube channel with chess analysis as well.

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