Robert Ris’ Fast and Furious: Surprising and often surprisingly effective: 1.Nc3!?

by Robert Ris
12/1/2022 – This week Robert Ris takes a look at the Van Geet Opening: 1.Nc3!?, a move that helped Arjun Erigaisi to achieve a miniature victory against his compatriot Praggnanandhaa at the finals of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour. | "Fast and Furious" is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

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Robert Ris: "I remember that as a kid I attended a lecture by the legendary Dick van Geet, who came to visit the local chess club in Amstelveen. The namesake of this opening showed some amazing examples in which Black quickly went astray. The current game would definitely have fitted well in his collection!"

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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.
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Robert Ris’ Fast and Furious: How to fight the Jobava-London (1.d4 2.Bf4 & 3.Nc3)?

11/25/2022 – This week Robert Ris presents a line to fight against the Jobava-London System (1.d4 2.Bf4 & 3.Nc3). The always well-prepared Anish Giri used this line to win a fine game with Black against Praggnanandhaa at the Meltwater Chess Champions Tour. | "Fast and Furious" is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can <a href="https://account.chessbase.com/en/create-account" target="_blank">register a Premium account here</a>.

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Robert Ris’ Fast and Furious: A sharp line in the Reti

11/18/2022 – This week Robert Ris presents a sharp line against the Reti, and takes a close look at the game Duda vs Erigaisi from the Meltwater Chess Champions Tour, in which this line was tested. | "Fast and Furious" is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can <a href="https://account.chessbase.com/en/create-account" target="_blank">register a Premium account here</a>.

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