Universal Chess Opening: The Hippo Beginner Ideas Series Part 7

Welcome to the Palm Beach Chess Beginner Chess Openings series on the Hippo! I am often asked by students starting out: is there an opening I can play with both white and black? Yes and no… we can’t always get exactly what we want but by guiding opening principles and plans we can reach a playable position without too much difficulty. Hopefully, this series by NM Bryan Tillis is enjoyable as clearly, the Hippo is not for everyone ;)

[D_Medusa]

This is the best series you've done yet! I've been playing 30 years and I'm 2000 on Lichess. I love making my opponents have to think on their own instead of memorized lines. I'm not sure how far the Hippo can take me but I'm enjoying the ride so far.

[GiacomoCalabrese]

This hippo opening has really got me interested in the Modern opening. The hippo and semi hippos along with it transposing into the Pirc, Sicilian Dragon, KID, as well the Modern Pterodactyl, Beefeater Variation & the g6/Bg7/c5 vs everything sniper system make the Modern defense a very valuable black defense for its flexibility alone. I learned a lot from this series. I like playing openings where you don't have to memorize too much.

[edmundhilgen]

Thanks for sharing the hippo opening series.Enjoyed it so much.Keep up the good work.

[dwiii]

This whole series was awesome. Reminds me of when Bobby Fischer toward the end of his life said chess is boring now because it's all rote memorization. This opening kinda destroys all of that, lol.

[johnmahugu]

21:33 why didnt you block with the white bishop and win the queen?

[DucktailsBartendingBH]

Should do the Black Lion / white lion next

[johnmahugu]

pla climbing the ladder up to the highest you can get using the hippo we see how to play against higher rated players

[GiacomoCalabrese]

21:23 Bc6 also lost his Queen the move before. That's hilarious. Twice he blundered in a row.