The Only Chess Opening You Need To Learn: HIPPOPOTAMUS DEFENSE - Not A Joke!

Hippopotamus Defense is an interesting, solid, and flexible opening system that you can play with both, Black and White. It's a great chess opening if you don't want to mess with Theory and long variations. Also, a good choice for beginners.

CONTENT
00:50 Advantages of Playing Hippopotamus Defense
04:54 3 things you need to know about the Middlegame
09:22 2 Model Games

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[ayushtyagi]

hey bro i want to learn from you how I contact you ??

[Jim_Henderson]

It's great that you can play the Hippopotamus with either White or Black. But here's a disturbing thought. What happens if you play the Hippopotamus ... and your opponent responds with the Hippopotamus?

[johnmahugu]

i play the hippo exclusively nowadays thank you for the lesson.

[Ebobster]

I’m curious as to how the hippo player should respond if his opponents creates a massive 3 or 4 pawn center.

[abdelhamidmeriouma]

please if you can do more videos abot this opning

[Sesquipedalian]

can you do a video on the muzio gambit?

[zeebest]

Theory til 9:22

9:29 Game 1:

10:24 - H setup to 12. a4 Nf6 13. e5 Nd5 14. Bf4 Nxc3 etc.

13:25 Game 2:

14:30 MG g5 pre O-O.

14:37 …g5 …c5

16:55 g5 c5 Ng6 Qe7 O-O Nde5 (secondary setup!).

16:58 Nxc5 Bxc5. Bd3 Qf6. Nf4 Rb8. Nxb6 Bc8. Nf4 Bd2.

17:43 Why: Na4 (must!) Bd2. Nc3 Rb3. Rb1 Rfb8. Nd1…

…g4!

19:00 Na4 (must!) Bd2. Nc3 Rb3. Rb1 Rfb8. Nd1…

19:20 …exd5

[abdelhamidmeriouma]

what happened if the wait attk with th 3 pawon F. E. D?? and what happened it the playa advance version pawn?

[geethuvarghese]

Wt is ur suggestion if ur opponent pins ur knight wd Bg5!! I had been playing hippo wd good results for 1month now.. 😊

[geethuvarghese]

The problem line I face is wn they start wd F4 E4.. N then go for pawn exchange on f5/6.. Wd Rook on E1D1 n Bishop+Queen on B3 n C2 putting pressure on my king side GF pawns... Thus opening the king side wide open.. 😢