I JUST BEAT A GM WITH THE HIPPOPOTAMUS DEFENSE

However, I thought a game could help show just how okay the Hippopotamus Defense player can be when they have chess opening theory prepared. We hope you enjoy this Hippo chess opening game and all of the chess opening strategy, chess opening theory, chess opening principles, chess opening moves, and chess opening ideas shared in it!

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[floydsequeira]

Great video .As a hippo player these 3 pawn pushes always left me in awkward positions so this video has been really informative and I do appreciate you covering it.

[TipsyFlipper]

We are all going to become HippopotaMONSTERS

[jimyates]

Great stuff Solomon. Waiting for your Black Friday deal to drop!

[Ebobster]

Bravo, Solomon; scalping a GM so decisively, barely out of the opening, is quite an honor. Cheers!

[Aji-llo]

Yoooo thanks for the video Solomon. Next I’d love to see your recommendation against the 150 attack setup

[efthorpe]

I love the coordination between all of Black's pieces. It is a beautiful sight.

[StudioVRM]

That counterattack was beautiful. Master-level Bullet is something else.

[tobiasengstrom]

Just found you recently as a relative new Chess player myself, and I got to say that I love your content. Just looking at your videos on openings was just jaw dropping. Just how many great videos of a ton of different openings is in there made me really impressed, and I subscribed to your channel. Good work.

[edmundhilgen]

Thanks for sharing great hippo defense game against gm. Congrats on beating a gm.

[Goli]

I played this way with white gainst the setup. I was in real bad position after an mistake of mine. I had a lot of luck that I won in the end. But I´m now a big fan of the Hippo.

[FranciscoTirado-vv]

Thanks man I really hate when they bring all pawns down it get can very confusing sometimes I win and sometime I loose. This video was helpfull

[michaelallport]

Hi Solomon. I have used the same 3-move setup for a very long time, and I have yet to encounter any problems whatsoever.
Great review lesson. Thanks again for the highly instructive post.

[OregonMikeH]

As usual Solomon, Thank You for more grand insights on these lines as well as a very Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours. May it be a Reverent one as well! Blessings from Oregon as always, with mega positive vibes for your excellent ch. Sure enjoying the Course, Thank You Pal, ... Mike.

[bigslick]

And I see that you played with 92.5% accuracy! Well done👍
And I see you've been beating quite a few IM's and FM's too! Go Hippo!!!

[walterbrownstone]

Always remember castles castles is a GM level move, because it requires you to have enough restraint to continue in development mode rather than attack. I launch crazy attacks all the time before I'm developed. I figured you'd already have ideas against the pseudo, though. Good game.

[lionelbowhunter]

Very very usefull with great explanations= Thx Solomon :)))

[abdelhamidmeriouma]

very nice game and ideal.. please talk about advance pawn version it's hard to fight this position

[JamesBingham-whnh]

Great win Solomon, congrats. Interested to know your thoughts on black playing an early f5 against an Austrian type setup to stop white getting f5 in, and how it compares to your O-O, c5, Nc6 approach

[KhymerJenuelM.Aglasi]

How about hippo system against the four pawns attack?