Robert Ris' Fast and Furious: Remembering Robert Hübner

by Robert Ris
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.

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Robert Ris: "This week the chess world received the sad news that Robert Huebner passed away at the age of 76. In this F&F show I'd like to take a look at Robert Huebner's most important contribution to opening theory: The Huebner Variation in the Nimzo-Indian.

We'll have a closer look at some model games Huebner played and find out how his play inspired Bobby Fischer to win a crucial game against Boris Spassky in the 1972 World Championship match."

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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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