3/28/2025 – In his new Fast & Furious show, Robert Ris presents a theoretically interesting sharp attacking game, in which both sides made instructive mistakes. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

3/24/2025 – In his new Fast & Furious show, Robert Ris presents a theoretically interesting and tactically fascinating game. You are invited to test your skills! | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

3/14/2025 – In his new Fast & Furious show, Robert Ris presents an exciting game from the Prague Chess Festival. Praggnanandhaa decided to take some risks in the Classical Variation of the King's Indian, but faced an excellently prepared Anish Giri, who went on to win the game in style. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

3/3/2025 – In his new Fast & Furious show, Robert Ris presents a game that might inspire you to pick up the Najdorf or confirm your belief in this opening: a model win by Danish Grandmaster Jonas Buhl Bjerre, played at the Challengers Tournament in Prague. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

3/1/2025 – After laying the foundation in Volume 1, it's time to dive deeper into key strategic concepts that will elevate your middlegame play. But don't expect long theoretical explanations - this course is all about active learning!

2/27/2025 – In his new Fast & Furious show, Robert Ris takes an in-depth look at a fascinating theoretical battle between Alireza Firouzja and Hikaru Nakamura. Last week they added three more games to their theoretical discussion in the Italian Opening, battling it out in a line that Hikaru used against Alireza at last year's Candidates - and since then a few more games have been played in this variation. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

2/14/2025 – In his new Fast & Furious episode, Robert Ris presents a game, in which Shakhriyar Mamedyarov sacrificed his queen and showed how he likes to play against 1.b3. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

2/7/2025 – In his new Fast & Furious episode, Robert Ris presents a game, in which World Rapid Champion Volodar Murzin shows his attacking skills and played a little brilliancy. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

1/23/2025 – In his new Fast & Furious episode, Robert Ris takes a look at three fascinating games from the Tata Steel Tournament in Wijk aan Zee. Enjoy! | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

1/18/2025 – In his new Fast & Furious episode, Robert Ris takes another look at the Rubinstein Variation of the Nimzo-Indian. And shows a fine attacking by Parham Maghsoodloo. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

1/14/2025 – In his new Fast & Furious episode, Robert Ris remembers German Grandmaster Robert Hübner, who died on 5 January 2025, by looking at one of Hübner's contributions to chess theory: the Hübner Variation in the Nimzo-Indian, a line that helped Bobby Fischer to win his World Championship match against Boris Spassky in 1972. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

1/2/2025 – In his new Fast & Furious episode, Robert Ris analyses a fascinating variation in the Classical Variation of the French Defence. The line was used by Gukesh at the World Championship match in Singapore, and was also seen in game 4 of the final match between Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi at the World Blitz Championship in New York. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

12/22/2024 – In his new Fast & Furious episode, Robert Ris looks at a game in which Nodirbek Abdusattorov lost against a much lower-rated player, who was bold enough to try the Benoni against his famous opponent. Initially, Abdusattorov was better, but then fell victim to a counterattack by Iranian FM Reza Mahdavi. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

12/11/2024 – In his new Fast & Furious episode, Robert Ris looks at game 11 of the the World Championship match between Gukesh D and Ding Liren in Singapore, in which Gukesh tried a bold and promising gambit - recommended by Robert in one of his opening courses. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

12/6/2024 – In his new Fast & Furious episode, Robert Ris uses game 6 of the World Championship match between Gukesh D and Ding Liren in Singapore to take a closer look at a sharp and entertaining line of the London. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

11/29/2024 – In his new Fast & Furious episode, Robert Ris takes a look at an interesting queen sacrifice in one of his pet lines, which he happened to witness in an open tournament. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

11/25/2024 – In his new Fast & Furious episode, Robert Ris shows one of this own games, in which he tried a dangerous concept in the French Advance Variation. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

11/15/2024 – In his new Fast & Furious episode, Robert Ris, who is an expert of the Taimanov Sicilian, shows how Magnus Carlsen used this line of the Sicilian to outplay Arjun Erigaisi in their rapid game at the Tata Steel India Rapid & Blitz Tournament 2024. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

11/8/2024 – In his new Fast & Furious episode, Robert Ris looks at a recent game from the Women's Grand Prix in Shymkent, Kazakhstan, in which Aleksandra Goryachkina demonstrated the attacking potential of the Sicilian Sveshnikov. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

10/31/2024 – In his new Fast & Furious episode, Robert Ris looks at a recent game, played in round 2 of the Women's Grand Prix in Shymkent, Kazakhstan. This game saw a well-known line of the Caro-Kann, in which Black suddenly won with a nasty tactical trick. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

10/18/2024 – 1.e4-players often wonder how to crack the solid Caro-Kann. In his new Fast & Furious episode, Robert Ris shows an entertaining line that has been giving White remarkable success recently. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

10/14/2024 – In his new Fast & Furious episode, Robert Ris looks at two games between Alireza Firouzja and Magnus Carlsen, in which they discussed the pros and cons of the Sicilian. Instructive and entertaining. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

10/13/2024 – Triveni Continental Kings defeated PBG Alaskan Knights in both matches of the Finals to defend their Tech Mahindra Global Chess League title. In the first match, Alireza Firouzja and Alexandra Kosteniuk scored the key wins for TCK. Nodirbek Abdusattorov was the sole victor for PBG AK. In the second match, the 'Icon' of PBG AK, Anish Giri, avenged his loss against Firouzja by playing fast, furious and accurate chess. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov was the only other winner for the team. Wei Yi, Alexandra Kosteniuk and Valentina Gunina scored the crucial wins which allowed TCK to score a dominating victory. | Photos: Shahid Ahmed

10/2/2024 – In his new Fast & Furious episode, Robert Ris looks at a theoretically interesting game Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Ding Liren played at the Chess Olympiad in Budapest. Abdusattorov tried a sharp approach in the Colle system, but got into trouble when the World Champion found a good counter. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.