Martin Andrew. The Hippopotamus System of Defence (SDVL)

ChessBase, 2/7/2022. — EAN: 9783866818309.What is the Hippopotamus system of defense? The idea is that, at the beginning of the game, Black develops within his 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.Many strong players have taken a liking to the Hippo, including such greats as Boris Spassky and Gata Kamsky. Here we have an anti-theoretical opening, which has allowed them to draw on experience, rather than the need to remember long move sequences. It’s worth pointing out that White may play in Hippo-style too.On this ChessBase video course, IM and FIDE Senior Trainer Andrew Martin maps out a game plan for the Hippo user and shows how the opening is played in the present day. It is an exciting tour of some very unusual chess.Video running time: 5 hours.
With interactive training including video feedback.
Extra: Training with ChessBase apps - play key positions against Fritz on various levels.Andrew Martin is an English chess player with the title of International Master. He has won various national and international tournaments and was a commentator on the chess world championship between Kasparov and Kramnik in 2000. He is known as a professional chess teacher and head trainer of the English youth team. He is a chess columnist, an author of chess books, and the author of various instructional videos. He was the publisher of the series Trends Publications. Andrew Martin has recorded extensively for Chessbase since 2004.System requirements:
Minimum: Pentium III 1 GHz, 1 GB RAM, Windows 7, DirectX9 graphic card with 256 MB RAM, DVD-ROM drive, Windows Media Player 9, and internet connection for program activation.
Recommended: PC Intel Core i7, 2.8 GHz, 4 GB RAM, Windows 7 / 8 or 10, DirectX10 graphic card (or compatible) with 512 MB RAM or better, 100% DirectX10 compatible sound card, Windows Media Player 11, DVDROM drive and internet connection for program activation.Introduction & General Ideas.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.DescriptionExercise 1.
Exercise 2.
Exercise 3.
Exercise 4.
Exercise 5.
Exercise 6.
Exercise 7.
Exercise 8.
Exercise 9.