Robert Ris' Fast and Furious: Incredible!

by Robert Ris
9/2/2025 – In his new Fast & Furious show, Robert Ris presents a really wild game - at the Rubinstein Memorial in Polanica Zdroj Yakubboev and Bluebaum found a way to turn the solid Queen's Gambit into absolute mayhem. | 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: "I have an in-depth look at the absolutely incredible game between Yakubboev and Bluebaum from the Rubinstein Memorial in Polanica Zdroj. It started as a solid Queens Gambit Declined in which White claims an edge playing against the Isolated Queens Pawn, but the Uzbek top GM had a completely different interpretation of the position.

He left his king behind in the centre, launched the h-pawn and even allowed Black to solve the pawn weakness by playing ...d5-d4. All White's pieces were fantastically placed and a beautiful combination followed (see diagram)."

Exercise: White has built up a nice position. How to continue?

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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