GM Hansen's Hippo Speedrun | Part 8 

funny to see him destroy people in my rating range. Puts things into perspective

10:15 tripped me out. Looked weird watching the pawn go straight through the rook like that

I don't know why it's so funny to me when he casually says stuff like: "Rook. Eat. Mate." That was at 22:02. I actually laugh out loud.

Middlegame plans: Most common plan after hippo setup is push c pawn if it is attacking oppoent's d4 pawn (assuming you are black) without too many defenders. Or push f pawn attacking e4 pawn similarly but often loosens your king up more. Always make sure it doesn't leave the pawn it was defending hanging. OR if the opponent pushes d5 or e5 (assuming you are black) you lock up the pawn structure and then play the pawn break to the base of opponents' pawn chain (which is again an f5 or c5 break). Also good options sometimes are to push your b or g pawns to the fifth rank, bring the hippo knight behind it, and then attack on that side of the board with pawns and knights - rooks too sometimes. That's especially true if your initial b or g pawn push attacks a bishop on f4 or c4 as it gains a tempo. You can even do this in front of your own castled king if you're an aggressive player. Not sure if that all makes sense but try those ideas out, or rewatch the speedrun with those in mind. Thing is Eric doesn't often go for these normal middlegame ideas because he zones in on inaccuracies from the opponent and finds very concrete lines. Not as easy for mere mortals though! Source of the above info - There is a guy with great hippo content on youtube called The Chess Giant

I started 30 correspondence games two weeks ago playing exclusively the hippo opening. I began at 1750 and am now at 1900.

I'm following the series, but I think you could make more commentaries about the strategic features of the Hippo, especially as white.

Love these speedruns!

Favorite speedrun you boys have done. Keep up the good work Eric, I always enjoy watching your impressive play with the hippo, and have been implementing your strategies into my own games and have seen an elo climb of 100 points using the hippo alone. Appreciate the fantastic content, keep it up!

Looking forward to Amans french speedrun

The moves are so sharp, damn eric

love these videos on the Hippo!

Was eagerly waiting for it. Thank you sir

More blood into the hippo's swamp! :D

Eric listens to the best chess music

Finally! More hippo action! :)

Love these!

i love these hippo speedruns, im playing it with mixed success, the people im playing at around 1000 dont seem to make as many blunders as i see here, but i keep trying. one thing puzzling me, on the first game why could the bishop not have taken the queen on the check mate, thanks for great videosl

I can't get enough of it

feed the hippo

My favourite series by far

1:50 someone in chat asked at what elo they should play with black pieces? I don't understand do they think you choose what color you get? Are they just resigning every game they get with black? I am trying to understand what led to this question. Are they just trolling? If so they got me

hippo is scintillating

Kinda makes me want to play the hippo

We missed u man This is eeasiest opening 😩❤ 37:45 😭😭❤

FINALLY

In serio the first match saludos desde un sevillano pragmatico li.. siempre disfrutando del chess nice home 🏡 Erick

As usual you make the most complicated moves/strategies look easy. And I seriously doubt that the credit lies with the Yppo opening...

Is there a streaming schedule on Eric's twitch? Would love to watch this live

Love the Hippo but still haven't gotten the hang of it. Middle game initiative is hard to achieve.

The purest soul in chess community ❤

Anyone know the song at 6:40 ? just curious, I like the beat,

stats? wins, draws, losses??

16:16 when hippos collide...

4:01 now I see a rook, maybe not a good trade according to the position of the bishop? Someone let me know y he didn’t take rook

Is chessbrah owned by both Eric and Aman?

You be coming to India next month? But maybe I ain't got time. Sadge.

4:00 you missed BxR

At 2:50 was not Qc2 able to be captured by the king?

7:00 what's the name of the track brah?

queen mouse slip :D

Why they play like 400 against you and GM LEVEL against me?

What’s the song at 11min

29:50 did u srsly just say toe tar oh?

Whats the intro track?

Check, check, checkMate 😊

incredible how proud eric is crushing 1500s

Don't quit your day job for acting. lol.

Are you really 1500 player???

Wait! @:32 Queen moves and you automatically missed the free pawn! Please try harder for us noobs.

first

These 1500's are trash 🗑️. Where did you find them? I play 700s stronger than this every day.