What is the Hippopotamus system of defence? The idea is that, at the beginning of the game, Black develops within his own first three ranks. He constructs a solid, flexible and hopefully stable position, awaiting events. At the right moment, he will strike back! The Hippopotamus was given the name by an eccentric English amateur player JC Thompson, back in the 1950’s. It seems as good a name as any. Given the right conditions, Black will emerge from the chessboard swamp and crush all before them. More
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CONTENTS
- Introduction & General Ideas
- Introduction
- The Game Plan
- Spoelman vs Hort
- Jansa vs Jokic
- Plaskett vs Martin
- Petrosian vs Spassky
- Nezhmetdinov vs Ujtelky
- Nasuta vs Krasenkow
- Klekowski vs Kamsky
- Hippo vs Queen Pawn Systems
- e4, d4, c4 and f4
- 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 e6 4.Bf4 Ne7
- 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Ne7 5.Bg5
- 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bd3 e6
- 1.c4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Nc3 e6 4.a3 g6 5.e4 Bg7
- Hippo vs Austrian Attack
- 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 e6 5.Nf3 Ne7 6.Be2 Nd7
- 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 e6 5.Nf3 Ne7 6.Be3 a6
- 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 e6 5.Nf3 Ne7 6.Bd3 a6
- 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 a6 5.f4 b5 6.Bd3 e6
- Hippo using 1…b6 as a move order trick
- 1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Bd3 e6 4.Ne2 d6 5.0-0 Nd7 6.f4 g6
- 1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Nc3 e6 4.Nf3 d6 5.Bd3 Nd7 6.0-0 g6
- 1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Bd3 g6 4.Ne2 Bg7 5.h4 h6 6.c3 e6
- 1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Bd3 e6 4.Nf3 g6 5.c3 Bg7 6.Bg5 Ne7
- 1.d4 b6 2.e4 Bb7 3.Nc3 e6 4.Bd3 g6 5.Nge2 Bg7 6.0-0 Ne7
- Hippo vs an early Bc4
- 1.e4 g6 2.d4 d6 3.Bc4 Bg7 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bb3 Ne7
- 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Bc4 e6 5.Nge2 Ne7
- Hippo vs Be3 and Bg5
- 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 a6 5.Qd2 Nd7
- 1.e4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.Be3 a6 5.Qd2 b5
- 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Bg5 a6 5.Qd2 b5
- 1.e4 d6 2.d4 a6 3.Be3 Nd7 4.Nc3 e6 5.Qd2 b6
- Hippo vs quiet White Systems
- 1.Nf3 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.c3 b6 5.Bd3 Bb7 6.0-0 e6
- 1.d4 d6 2.e4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 a6 5.Be2 e6 6.Bg5 Ne7
- 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Nf3 a6 5.a4 b6 6.Bd3 Bb7
- Outro
- Exercises
- Description
- Exercise 1
- Exercise 2
- Exercise 3
- Exercise 4
- Exercise 5
- Exercise 6
- Exercise 7
- Exercise 8
- Exercise 9
PROPERTIES
Language: | English |
Level: | advanced, tournament player, professional |
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Minimum: | Computer: Dual Core |
Recommended: | Processor: PC Intel i5 (Quadcore) |
ChessBase Account: | Internet access and modern web browser, e.g. Chrome, Edge, Safari. |
Language | English |
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Level | Advanced, Tournament player, Professional |
Year | 2022 |
Streaming | Yes |
Author | Martin, Andrew |
Language | English |
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Level | Advanced, Tournament player, Professional |
Year | 2022 |
Streaming | Yes |
Author | Martin, Andrew |