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This week, well-known Dutch trainer Robert Ris shows how White can use the Fianchetto System to fight for the initiative against the Benoni. | "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>.
This week, well-known Dutch trainer Robert Ris looks at a way to spicen things up in the Scotch Four Knights - the Belgrade Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nd5!?. | "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>.
€119.90 Nepo still in the lead The rapid section of the Grand Chess Tour event in Zagreb came to an end on Friday. Ian Nepomniachtchi is leading the standings table with 11/18 points (+2). The Russian drew all three of his games on the third day of competition. Four players go into the 18-round blitz section a full point behind him — Anish Giri, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Jan-Krzysztof Duda and Ivan Saric (note that wins are worth 2 points in the rapid and 1 point in the blitz). Garry Kasparov's rise to the top was meteoric and at his very first attempt he managed to become ...
This week, the well-known Dutch trainer Robert Ris takes a look at new developments in an old opening: the Open Ruy Lopez. Bogdan Deac used this line to surprisingly win with Black against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in the Superbet Chess Classic Tournament. | "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>.
The European Qualifier to the World Cup was played as a hybrid tournament last week, with participants playing from approved venues monitored by foreign arbiters. A total of 36 players obtained spots in the World Cup, scheduled to take place from July 10 to August 6 in Sochi. Highlights from the massive event include a 14-year-old girl knocking out an experienced grandmaster, and a young Slovak player offering a draw after Boris Gelfand hung his queen due to a mouse slip. | Pictured: GM Jergus Pechac