How do you counter attack the hippo?
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The hippopotamus Defense setup is where both bishops are fianchetto and then puts both their center pawns one square up for their knights. Also, they push their h and a pawns one square up and castles. Don't forget that the hippo player pushes their c and f pawn two squares up to control the center. I also seen that the hippopotamus Defense is best played in a closed position. How do you counter attack it.
I like the attitude presented here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-c-_QLCzc0
Jul 31, 2017
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tmkroll wrote:
I like the attitude presented here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-c-_QLCzc0
Thanks, tmkroll, excellent video!
They should have put the word "Hippo" in the video title, though, so people could find it, otherwise it's just another "Here's a game I played" video that people will bypass, and a lot of people ask this same question about how to play against the Hippo system.
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Lecture with GM Josh Friedel (Games from the U.S. Championship) - 2014.05.21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-c-_QLCzc0