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Robert Ris' Fast and Furious: A sharp line in the Ruy Lopez

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4/18/2025 – In his new Fast & Furious show, Robert Ris analyses a game between Indian stars Divya Deshmukh and Vaishali Rameshbabu, one that featured a sharp theoretical line from the Open Variation in the Ruy Lopez. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

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My game of the week is between Indian stars Divya Deshmukh and Vaishali Rameshbabu, which featured a sharp theoretical line from the Open Variation of the Ruy Lopez.

Both players had already some experience with this specific line, came well-prepared and blitzed out their moves, but then... The game was over before they could realise it!

Exercise: What would you play here: 17...Re8 or 17...Bg4?

Divya - Vaishali, Women's Grand Prix Pune 2025

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Robert Ris 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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