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Thank you for sharing this with us Solomon. Not many people would share a first round loss, but this was certainly just as instructive as all your other videos on the Hippo. I hope your other games had better results.

Thank you for posting this video. It is exactly what I want see. A Hippo against a good player.

Great video! Your Hippo videos helped me up my game in a major way - bumped a 100 points in the last few weeks (on CWF). I can be clever and aggressive and win sometimes with various openings, but my weakness has been in game adjustments when my first plan fails. I feel like Hippo has grounded my fundamentals a little bit and I can jump off better from the foundation principles. Also, the move by move analysis is invaluable! Thanks a ton!

Very instructive Hippo game. This game is an excellent example of what can happen if you push the wrong pawn. This video has motivated me to start playing the Hippo. First, I will rewatch your other Hippo videos to refresh my memory on this opening.

"I'm 7ft 1" Such a cassual thing to say lol. Also if your free can you make a video about neo catalan because i have a chess district tournament that I'm taking part in and no one really made a video about teaching neo catalan so it would mean so alot to me if you made a video on it

Hi,Solomon .You are me favored tutor on chess.I like your devotion in explaining deeply all moves in every opening.Your calm voice and your strong arguments helps me a lot !!lately, you convinced me to start the Hippopotamus journey!! THANKS AGAIN!!

So wonderful to see my Giant back in the competitive world of chess.

Great example how to play the Hippo.Pawn on d6 and e6 it's a key.Play c5 or f5 on right moment.Dont,play e6-e5 or d6-d5 ,because you are loked the bishops.Sometimes you must play e6-e5,but this is another story.Very sadness,because ,in this game white playing to passive.I'm a big fun of Hyppo.Thanks for this video.because is not to much videos or books with Hippo.I'm find 4-6 books and this is it,no more.Thanks!.

If anything, this helps us become even better Hippo players! Many thanks for another great video, Solomon! Looking forward to the next one!

Don't get down. You just got nervous. I think you'll get much better in subsequent rounds and tournaments. At the very least, I'll bet Kretchetov can't run a lay-up drill.)

7ft 1. Ok now I know why you're called "The Chess Giant". Great Video!

great analysis. I want to play Hippo now!

3-pawn centers, like the Austrian, are supposed to be one of best counters to the Hippo. In the Hippo chess book I have next to me, by Alessio De Santis, I'm almost certain he recommends you shut down that 3-pawn center before you finish setting up the rest of your Hippo, and maybe even only end up in a semi-Hippo depending on how it goes, because you don't want the 3-pawn center to become stronger. Some examples were doing one of the c7-c5 or f7-f5 pawn pushs early, to start breaking it up, attack their center's corner, or push your pawn up to the center of it. You can also push one of your center-pawns up to their 3-pawn, with d5 or e5. And a 4-pawn center is supposed to be extra bad for the Hippo, which is why it needs to be shut down before then. Maybe the book didn't say the following, but I almost always start my fianchetto on the side of my opponent's first center-pawn push, so I can be defended and ready to break up a 3-pawn center that may start on that side. I'm nowhere near as good as you, and this video taught me things to think about earlier in the game, so I may have good outcomes later on. So take it for what it's worth, but I think I'm relaying accurate information, I was just reading the book to check, and I've been trying to genuinely learn all the little details of the Hippo that this book has to offer. Great game, and I'm glad to see you use the Hippo.

Great analysis, thanks for posting this!! It takes humility to do so but we all learn from it! Kudos to you bro!

Thanks, enlightening..

Thanks for sharing

Well played - at one point in the game you had a better position with black against someone around 300 points higher than you. So long as you learn, you haven't lost. Ever tried rugby? Big here in the UK, not so big in the US but growing. Basketball means you'd have ball handling skills- and 7'1" means - in rugby terms - you'd be a 'big unit' 🙂 Back to Bird's Opening. Track down H. Danielsen v T Luther 1999. Crazy position after white's 14th move.....

Good explanations, very interestings even if i am a " french defense " guy: Thx Solomon, gonna try this Hyppo: Greetings fron france :)

Your bishop could have used the D4 square before the knight got back giving you access to the C, then A file 3 moves later. Then you'd have some more moves with your strong bishop on A-8. Am I seeing anything? New player, but I see continuation. Edit - Didn't consider white Nxe5, long losing pawn game for black. Disregard.

hey, i just turned 17 and im around 1450 do you think its possible for someone like me to hit NM in 5-10 years? i practice around 1-3 hours every single day and ill soon buy a course.

How tall is he actually tho?

Lmao.. 7"' 1'....tall

Damn, if I would be white, a tall guy who is 2064 and trolls me with the hippo and then lose. Let's say I would be mad