11/15/2023 – Fritz 19 leads with 1.5 to 0.5, against the humans, by beating Leon Mendonca, and drawing with Elisabeth Paehtz. Robert Ris is now facing the aggressive bull at strong club player level. And quickly, The Dutch IM has a piece more against Fritz 19! Unfortunately, the bull storms towards Robert with countless threats! Who will prevail?
Fritz has fascinated the chess world for 30 years. And the success story continues. In Vienna, the most popular chess program ever was once again able to underline its premier position: the newly developed neural engine with NNUE technology won the official Chess Software World Championship!
Attacker, coward, swindler or endgame wizard: I'll show you how to win against anyone! After my World Championship victories in 2022 and 2023, I am the reigning Chess Software World Champion and am now looking forward to showing you how to become even stronger against your opponent. With my innovative training method, I simulate typical player personalities you know from tournaments and online chess: brash attackers, cautious cowards, passive players. But how do you win against them? Fritz will show you how!
Robert Ris (1988) is an International Master from The Netherlands, who nowadays is active mainly as an online chess trainer.
For ChessBase he has recorded various Fritztrainers. In his Fast & Furious show on the PlayChess server, sharp opening lines are explained for a wider audience.
On his personal website you will find out more about his training services.
Recently, Robert Ris started his own YouTube channel, and adds content regularly.
In this video course you will learn about basic chess opening strategies, which can help you start your chess game.
Who is Fritz 19?
Fritz 19 emphasizes an immersive method of playing versus a machine. The six AI characters it introduces are:
Allrounder
Aggressive
Positional
Swindler
Timid
Endgame Expert
which simulate average club players' playing styles and include purposeful tactical errors to make the game feel genuine.
The program provides users with a number of help modes and advice, along with a trophy system that uses digital trade cards to recognize exceptional movements and an "assisted calculation" mode for stress-free training.
The Computer Chess World Championship 2023 also comes with updated analytical tools which can implement your personal databases, improved training capabilities, and a new engine.
Attacker, coward, swindler or endgame wizard: I'll show you how to win against anyone! After my World Championship victories in 2022 and 2023, I am the reigning Chess Software World Champion and am now looking forward to showing you how to become even stronger against your opponent. With my innovative training method, I simulate typical player personalities you know from tournaments and online chess: brash attackers, cautious cowards, passive players. But how do you win against them? Fritz will show you how!
This video course provides a comprehensive and practical White repertoire in the Ruy Lopez! Through instructive model games and in-depth theoretical explanations, you will learn how to confidently handle both main lines and sidelines.
Chess Festival Prague 2025 with analyses by Aravindh, Giri, Gurel, Navara and others. ‘Special’: 27 highly entertaining miniatures. Opening videos by Werle, King and Ris. 10 opening articles with new repertoire ideas and much more.
Experts examine the games of Max Euwe. Let them show you which openings Euwe chose to play, where his strength in middlegames were, which tactical abilities he had or how he outplayed his opponents in the endgame.
This interactive video course of over 8 hours, provides an in-depth exploration of the Pirc Defence, a favoured opening for people looking to play for the win with the black pieces.
The course is designed to provide a deep yet practical repertoire for Black, balancing solid foundations with aggressive counterplay.
€39.90
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