Chess Openings, Hippopotamus defence (B00)

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CHESS OPENINGS

Annotated chess games with this chess opening:

chess opening #37241

(5)

Annotated by theancientbeast (1382): One of my favorite openings as Black. I think that every time someone has taken that Knight, I end up winning. Exploiting the weakness of the f7 square. Pushing away the Bishop. Connecting the Rooks. Now that both players have castled their Kings into safety and developed all of their pieces, the battle gets bloody. Trade accepted. I thought it was better than 14....Rxd8, so…

chess opening #43372

(6)

Murphy's chess game, http://gameknot.com/
Murphy vs. Mr. Endon

Annotated by vladsot (1200): (a) Mr. Endon always plays Black. If presented with White he would fade, without the least trace of annoyance, away into a light stupor. (b) The primary cause of all White's subsequent difficulties. (c) Apparently nothing better, bad as this is. (d) An ingenious and beautiful début, sometimes called the Pipeopener. (e) Ill-judged. (f) Never seen in the Café de la…