Hippo Defense = Greatest Chess Opening Ever 

Hungry Hungry Hippo!! Lessss gooooooo!!

I was a hippo fan for years, but now you helped me see that it has serious potential in competitive chess games.

For the last few days I’ve seemingly been allergic to winning but this video really got me back on track. The idea of not going for the win every move but just improving your position was a reminder I apparently really needed to hear, got a win in relatively dominant fashion right after watching this; thank you very much for the content

Thank you for another amazing video about Hippo! The most underrated opening ever!

The Hippo crushes. Thanks for your vids Solo!

Congratulations for the win and thank you for the analysis and insights into the hippo! Well done!

I took your ideas to the chess team I help coach. I’m not adept at the hippo yet, but I was able to get the students to stop and take the opening seriously today, which is good. I don’t want them caught off-guard in a tournament.

Nope 98 percent of the time I close the center,it is the coolest way to play chess and move your pieces around the the back ,my opening is the jbird into theory,I have to go to work but I'm coming back to look this one over❤😊

Let's go Hippo

He hippo doesn't disappoint!

Brilliant game. Mad Props for your middle game and end game skills

Hippo! Hippo! Hippo!

You’re a boss. Great content. Kudos and many thanks!

Perfect video , perfect comment , thank you !!! I will be teach this hippo !!! Ok.😀🤣😆

I play the hippo alot but sometime I get crush by so many pawn that stop all my moves.

6:03 - “Active or attacking chess - aiming Rook towards K or Q is always a good idea”!

Just rewatched Chapter 5 of your Hippo course. Exactly relevant to this game. Maybe replace that chapter with this game review as you can use your own experience and not another Master? Great game here! I am enjoying the Hippo and loved your course! I am a much better player now that I’m playing the Hippo. Thank you!!

Great job, many thanks UK

13:46 - There are bold chess players and there are old chess players…

Congratulations Solomon! Married life looks good on you. To your continued success brother 🙏

Around the 5:30-6:00 mark, it looks like going into Ginger GM's Black Lion type of attack with f5-f6, etc would be an aggressive approach.

Modern Defense Two Knights Variation. ...Nf6 was pretty strong!

Literrally a game to show and teach on chess school! Thx Solomon, i gonna try this Hippo ( i play vienna and zuke for white and caro for black). Greetings from France :)))

Your a legend sir love your content💙

Ok im done painting for today and now i watched the rest of the game awsome and what you said about not being fast and taking the easy way out yes,yes this is fun chess and i like how you do a recap at the end of video,im the same way and the reason for me to say the jbird earlier is them two center pawns and your pass is my jbird working like i said i have copy rights over the cow and theory and im writeing my chess book which i hope to get by the end of next year and lots and lots of games done aready not even posted so what im trying to get is what you did in this game i really and this is all i do ,i prey on this kind of game and this style of play and attack is my style except with my opening that i created in 1977 and it looks like you need no help on this but if something would came up about something no problem i more than likely have it in my data base of my chess games like said this is all i do and still looking to be better yet❤😊

great video

hippo is good , however, it requires a certain understanding , sometimes I play it as a response to a weird opening, thank you for improving my knowledge.

Nice!

Plz cover the gunderam defense

Is the Hippo really your main weapon for Black? How did you come to this?

Day 2 of asking NM Solomon Ruddel if he can make a video on the old indian defence ^-^

Man, if after all your great Hippo stuff people don't want to at least give it a try, I dunno what to say.

Can you also play Hippo with b6?

very nice game i have one question haw can play against English opning

Hi solomon! What's up? Could you bring the Dragondorf Sicilian in the channel? Its the most winning sicilian for black according to lichess masters statitics 39% (behind it is the Grivas/Godiva with 32%) Cheers!

I'm thinking of learning the hippo defense, do you have any tips for me or any games I can watch to improve on it (I'm 1255 rated btw)

I hit the bell❤😊

What about indian defence 😅

It's the most dangerous animal in Africa for a reason.