3/28/2025 – In this sneak peek, IM Robert Ris presents a strategic lesson from his course Mastering Chess Strategy Vol. 2 by analysing his own game against GM Praveen Thipsay. He highlights the importance of king safety and multi-purpose moves, showing how he found a secure setup for his king while activating his rooks for an attack. The game showcases how small strategic decisions can lead to winning positions. The course uses an interactive format where viewers try moves, get feedback, and learn through practice. It’s aimed at players ready to go beyond the basics and refine their positional understanding.
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Robert Ris: Take your piece play to the next level! - Sneak Peek
In his advanced strategy course, IM Robert Ris builds on the foundation laid in Volume 1 by diving into essential middlegame concepts with a hands-on, interactive approach. Rather than relying on theoretical lectures, the course challenges you to think actively — analysing positions, making decisions, and evaluating piece activity just like in real games.
A central theme is identifying which of your pieces are good or bad and learning how to improve or reposition them for maximum impact.
Key topics include improving your worst piece, understanding when and why to exchange pieces, ensuring king safety through smart piece coordination, and activating pieces that are out of play. In a featured game from the course, Ris illustrates how multi-purpose moves — like repositioning his king safely while activating his rooks — can shift the balance of a game in your favor.
Throughout the course, interactive exercises push you to test your judgment and reinforce lessons through repetition and correction. With over 5.5 hours of training content, the course is designed to make you a more intuitive and confident player.
It’s suitable not only for ambitious club players but also for stronger players looking to sharpen their fundamentals. Free video samples such as Introduction and Improve Your Worst Piece offer a taste of the material. The structured format, combined with ChessBase Books and Fritz App integration, makes this course highly engaging and practical.
Ris’s teaching style emphasizes decision-making over memorization — making it a valuable resource for anyone serious about improving their strategic play.
Instead of forcing you to memorise endless lines, Raja focuses on clear plans, typical ideas, and attacking motifs that you can apply in your own games without delay. A short, focused, and practical repertoire.
FIDE World Cup 2025 with analyses by Adams, Bluebaum, Donchenko, Shankland, Wei Yi and many more. Opening videos by Blohberger, King and Marin. 11 exciting opening articles with new repertoire ideas and much more.
GM Blohberger presents a complete two-part repertoire for Black: practical, clear, and flexible – instead of endless theory, you’ll get straightforward concepts and strategies that are easy to learn and apply.
GM Blohberger presents a complete two-part repertoire for Black: practical, clear, and flexible – instead of endless theory, you’ll get straightforward concepts and strategies that are easy to learn and apply.
GM Blohberger presents a complete two-part repertoire for Black: practical, clear, and flexible – instead of endless theory, you’ll get straightforward concepts and strategies that are easy to learn and apply.
Opening videos: Sipke Ernst brings the Ulvestad Variation up to date + Part II of ‘Mikhalchishin's Miniatures’. Special: Jan Werle shows highlights from the FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 in the video. ‘Lucky bag’ with 40 analyses by Ganguly, Illingworth et al.
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