Robert Ris' Fast and Furious: A promising gambit

by Robert Ris
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.

A Complete Black Repertoire against 1.Nf3 & 1.c4 A Complete Black Repertoire against 1.Nf3 & 1.c4

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.

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Robert Ris: "In game 11 of the match Gukesh came up with an almost new idea on move 5 in the Reti Opening, which transformed the play into a Blumenfeld Gambit with reversed colours. Incidentally, the players were following my recommendation from my course "A complete Black Repertoire against 1.Nf3 & 1.c4".

After 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.b4 c5 4.e3 Nf6, it was the young Indian who surprised his opponent with 5.a3 which so far has only been tried in a few correspondence games. It definitely caught Ding Liren by surprise, as only after 5 moves he was already an hour down on the clock!

Nevertheless, his position was quite playable and after a few inaccuracies by Gukesh, Black even obtained a clear advantage. However, the position remained very complicated and it was Gukesh who could seize the initiative with a nice pawn sacrifice. Soon after the reigning World Champion blundered horribly, enabling Gukesh to take the lead 6-5!"

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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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