Robert Ris' Fast and Furious: High-profile games featuring the Slow Slav

by Robert Ris
8/16/2025 – In his new Fast & Furious show, Robert Ris goes over two very interesting games featuring the Slow Slav. He shows some thematic ideas which serve to illustrate the dangers and opportunities found in such setups. | 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.

Two very interesting games featuring the Slow Slav (4.e3 Bf5) were played this week. In the high-profile game between Vincent Keymer and Arjun Erigaisi, White got a very promising position in a setup with kings castled on opposite sides, but missed one or two interesting chances to generate a dangerous attack. I'll show you some thematic ideas which would have improved White's play.

In the second game between Manuel Petrosyan and Eduardo Iturrizaga, Black decided to postpone castling kingside and in fact never got a chance to do so, as White played very energetically by opening the centre. White found a brutal way to finish off the game!

Exercise: White to play. How to proceed?

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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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