Robert Ris

Robert Ris (born 1988) is an International Master (FIDE 2450+) who mostly spends his time training and coaching talented youngsters. On video portal 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 video courses 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's started a YouTube channel with chess analysis as well.

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Robert Ris' Fast and Furious: Incredible!

9/2/2025 – In his new Fast & Furious show, Robert Ris presents a really wild game - at the Rubinstein Memorial in Polanica Zdroj Yakubboev and Bluebaum found a way to turn the solid Queen's Gambit into absolute mayhem. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

Robert Ris' Fast and Furious: New discoveries in an old line of the French

8/25/2025 – In his new Fast & Furious show, Robert Ris takes a look at a game by the new French Champion, Marc’Andria Maurizzi, who defeated Christian Bauer in a topical line of the French. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

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

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.

Robert Ris' Fast and Furious: A model game in the London

8/8/2025 – In his new Fast & Furious show, Robert Ris shows how Ukrainian GM Pavel Eljanov used an aggressive line of the London to score a fine victory. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

Robert Ris' Fast and Furious: Erdogmus beats Svidler's Grunfeld

8/1/2025 – In his new Fast & Furious show, Robert Ris shows how 14-year old Turkish GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus surprised Peter Svidler, one of the greatest Grunfeld experts, with a sideline in Svidler's pet opening. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

Robert Ris' Fast and Furious: An opening surprise in an important game

7/28/2025 – In his new Fast & Furious show, Robert Ris takes a look at the first game of the Women's World Cup final. Divya Deshmukh, the eventual winner of the World Cup, surprised her opponent Humpy Koneru with a new move in a well-known line. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

Robert Ris' Fast and Furious: A spectacular win in the Ragozin

7/22/2025 – In his new Fast & Furious show, Robert Ris looks at the spectacular game Kazakouski-Volokitin from the Portuguese Team Championship. In a sharp and theoretically interesting line of the Ragozin, Black won in style and surprisingly quickly. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

Robert Ris' Fast and Furious: Wei Yi's fascinating idea in a sharp Italian

7/11/2025 – In his new Fast & Furious show, Robert Ris analyses a spectacular victory obtained by Wei Yi over Levon Aronian out of a sharp variation in the Italian opening. One inaccurate move by Black was all the Chinese grandmaster needed to demonstrate his impressive attacking skills. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

Robert Ris' Fast and Furious: Gukesh handles the Nimzo-Indian masterfully

7/6/2025 – In his new Fast & Furious show, Robert Ris goes over an impressive victory by reigning world champion Gukesh Dommaraju, who punished Nodirbek Abdusattorov's risky pawn grabbing out of a Nimzo-Indian Defence. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

Robert Ris' Fast and Furious: Game of the Year?

6/29/2025 – In his new Fast & Furious show, Robert Ris takes a look at a candidate for the "Game of the Year" 2025: Richard Rapport's creative attacking win against Praggnanandhaa at the UzChess Cup in Tashkent. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

Robert Ris' Fast and Furious: A quick win with the Pirc

6/21/2025 – In his new Fast & Furious show, Robert Ris takes a look at the game Nodirbek Yakubboev vs Arjun Erigaisi from the UzChess Cup Masters in Tashkent. In the first round of the tournament Erigaisi decided to try the Pirc Defence against Yakubboev and was rewarded with a surprisingly quick and easy win. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

Robert Ris' Fast and Furious: A tricky sideline

6/16/2025 – In his new Fast & Furious show, Robert Ris has a look at an interesting line of the English that helped Andrew Hong to win against Boris Gelfand in just 22 moves at the World Rapid Teams in London. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

Robert Ris' Fast and Furious: A good old gambit!

6/7/2025 – In his new Fast & Furious show, Robert Ris has fun analysing a game in which White tried an old line of the Flohr-Mikenas System (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 c5), which led to wild and entertaining play! | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

Robert Ris' Fast and Furious: Pragg scores with the Benko Gambit!

5/26/2025 – In his new Fast & Furious show, Robert Ris analyses a crucial encounter of the Superbet Chess Classic. In round eight, Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu, who would go on to win the event, defeated Wesley So after surprising him in the opening - by playing the Benko Gambit! | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

Robert Ris' Fast and Furious: Beating the World Champion

5/18/2025 – In his new Fast & Furious show, Robert Ris looks at the encounter between Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and World Champion Gukesh at the Superbet Classic in Bucharest. Gukesh tried a popular line in the Scotch, but things soon went wrong for the World Champion. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

Robert Ris' Fast and Furious: A tactical slugfest

5/8/2025 – In his new Fast & Furious show, Robert Ris looks at the encounter between World Champion Gukesh and Praggnanandhaa in the first round of the Superbet Classic in Bucharest. An interesting opening quickly turned into a complicated and highly entertaining tactical slugfest. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

Robert Ris' Fast and Furious: An interesting idea in the Reti

4/25/2025 – In his new Fast & Furious show, Robert Ris looks at an interesting, surprisingly tricky line in the Reti. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

Robert Ris' Fast and Furious: A sharp line in the Ruy Lopez

4/18/2025 – In his new Fast & Furious show, Robert Ris analyses a game between Indian stars Divya Deshmukh and Vaishali Rameshbabu, one that featured a sharp theoretical line from the Open Variation in the Ruy Lopez. | Fast & Furious is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
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