GM Hansen's Hippo Speedrun | Part 2

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[@ScooterYah]

The amount of times Eric says something like "that's a free pawn" and then ends up getting the queen has me dying lol

[@theherk]

8:41 "Have you noticed a recurring theme is players don't notice this bishop at this elo?" Yes... unfortunately I have noticed it, for I am that player.

[@bashy8466]

we all are that player✊

[@mikeh2385]

bishops are equipped with a propriety cloaking device at this ELO

[@neko6803]

I am about 1050 and even there they still do 😔

[@rakhatthenut3815]

@@neko6803 you said it like 1050 is any different from 900-1000. 'Even there', sure buddy

[@neko6803]

@@rakhatthenut3815 sounds like a 900 in disguise. actually had a typo in that as well, was meant to say 1150. On the other hand, Quality of my games significantly improved from 900 to 1050 already, if they didnt for you, well thats a youproblem. There is a reason why a 950 is 950 and a 1050 is a 1050.

[@ndumisomtshali383]

Unbelievable! 😂

[@quixmith]

"would you like to taste my... Berries" -Eric 2023

[@tuddgrimley8532]

Powerfully odd question

[@sumfesh8574]

I love the slow delivery of punishment for blunders. It's like to you give them a moment to realise their mistake and make their peace with god before executing. Ice cold.

[@charlespanache7047]

I noticed it too. Dude taking 10 seconds to capture a blundered queen is just brutal.

[@bohdanonopriienko9202]

"This knight... Buddy's gonna have some knightmares"

[@khure711]

Love the hippo series, so fun to watch all these blunders.

[@SSBMNicki]

the first game was the definition of "play stupid games, win stupid prizes"

[@Oujry]

I've been playing this opening and it's has improved my accuracy from like low 50s to mid 70s thank you Eric and Aman love the content 👊

[@mineshaftrisotto]

If Eric decides to never settle down with a fine lass and have a thruple of kids, I can see him being a cool chess uncle in like 30 years.

[@paradox5556]

Ben Hansgold?

[@jackbicknell4711]

Not sure you can stick the adjective "cool" in front of the words "chess" and "uncle"

[@authenticallysuperficial9874]

You don't become an uncle by having kids of your own... 🤔

[@forloco6508]

@@jackbicknell4711 uncles can be cool, chess however…

[@jackbicknell4711]

@@forloco6508 Sure they can, but not chess uncles

[@carterfordyce8047]

"Some people like being a pawn" up got me

[@pyrokinetikrlz]

the bishop is a sniper in this opening!

[@Purin1023]

I'm around the same rating as your opponents in this video, and I've been having a decent amount of success messing around with the hippo. It isn't always hanging a full rook like you ran into, but I noticed that people do kind of fall apart after a few moves. I thought it would be an unplayable meme opening, but it really is pretty solid (at least at my level lol) and I feel like I'm learning a lot navigating the weird positions I'm ending up in. Thanks for showing us this.

[@KingPanda-lp5ir]

Nothings unplayable at1000

[@nahfoodge2982]

“Let’s harass,more.”got me dying

[@agustinsalazar9351]

A guy played a similar setup against danya on his speedrun and got murdered lmaooo

[@VEbeats]

because danya's a GM lmao

[@ericmanning731]

Tried this opening at 1600/1700 just after watching the first video and got smoked a few times lol

[@anond2015]

This also shows why low elo players should play longer time controls. Before instinct and board vision develop, you should, almost every move, ask yourself which squares are targeted by every one of your opponent's pieces. Then, which squares they could attack with one move. Can't do that with 3 min.

[@bukibakk6984]

Always polite while crushing their soul

[@Horzinicla]

Dude you honestly make my day every single video. You are hilarious 4:09 😂😂

[@Erik_001]

Loving this series. Thank you so much.

[@Trudragon88]

“Ankit, would you like to taste my berries? No? Ok, i had to ask. The answer is no”😂😂😂 this guy is so funny

[@Mimio77799]

I have been waiting for this video. Thank you Hippo

[@nahfoodge2982]

“Did I trap your queen,Richard?Where’s that bishop going?” 😂that got me laughing!

[@peterm8461]

Eric Hansen is definitely the chess player with the best sense of humor and would be the coolest dude to have a beer with

[@tyler4597]

Seeing a lot of hippos in my games thanks to this video

[@PoeMisHere]

If only opponent see's that Eric's Queen is trapped @ 11:50

[@Pibbb]

I'm currently hovering 800-900 in chess and the most that relates to these games and myself are the strengths of your bishops. I think it's quite difficult for people around this elo to understand the efficiency of those bishops and they don't check to see those diagonals.

[@neko6803]

the first Match is a yet another proof why Those who play the Wayward have no idea how to actually play chess.

[@lillemy5062]

Even up to 1400 people still make fundamental blunders within the first 6 moves of playing the wayward queen attack, they always lose sight of c2 often giving a solid D4 push. Honestly it's surprising how lazy and uninspired people just try their same old tricks and fail every time with no ambition to change or learn.

[@redhaegar]

More like "How to hang your pieces, special edition "how to hang your rooks", part 2"

[@arod0623]

I'm eating 2000s for breakfast with this opening! Thank you uncle eric

[@digikaininja5]

My new obsession..... monsoons....dark clouds.... hot cuppa black coffee and watching these hippo runs again n again...better than any movie or a book....this is war...art...beauty...mystery...deceit....power....all in one......game of thrones in reality.... we need another series from low to high.....hippo part doux.....AND DEFINITELY NO GAY DANCING HEADLESS BOYZ IN THE BACKGROUND PLZ....kills the whole atmosphere....or the swearing.....keep it clean Eric.......u r an icon.

[@rhornjr]

LOL: "It was supposed to be harder than this"

[@Hirsutecyclist]

I love the thumbnail

[@thomashicken5839]

“The dad bod shuffle” 🤣

[@bloodcake1337]

whats up with all the not resigning when obv losing and/or rage quitting, I juust imagine all the Levy fans sitting at their 1000 acc and being like "master said no resign, dobby play on, but when no chance anymore just close tab maybe I dont lose elo that way"

[@molnizzle]

Where are these players when I try the hippo? lol

[@thetree1994]

“Would you like to taste my berries?” -Eric Hansen, 2023

[@IvanToman]

Instead "he disconnected" you need to say "he broke his phone"" lol

[@clementsjohnson]

No brain cells speedrun

[@jdalend]

I could watch this daily.....

[@wormrose01]

@31:04 The Anti-Hippo. I'm not willing to say, "Okay you got me." In order to avoid the Anti-Hippo I play; 1.e4 d6 2.d4 e6 or 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d6, and then proceed with the fianchettoes and the Hippo build. I think it is important to have that center established for the Hippo to work effectively. What can you say is wrong with my approach? Am I creating a vulnerability?

[@cho4d]

those bishops areinvisible at this elo. i play hippo lots at the moment just because of this over powered fact.

[@perfectiondreamusa]

aman has been saying it since his fianchetto speedrun, low elo players can see more than 3-4 spaces lmao

[@yakzivz1104]

thank you so much for this Eric!!!

[@Alpacastan21m]

Played the opening in 20+ games and not one opponent left any piece hanging 😭

[@alexanderskladovski]

The reaction when opponent blunders is priceless

[@mattriarchal]

I blame gotham for people at this elo never resigning

[@aleleva3927]

Dude also Aman said to never resign in the habits series 😂

[@jowildcat40]

that game against godwin was so rough watching him lose everything. Nice pun btw, "knightmare". 😆

[@bernardthefourth]

I'm trying to do this and I'm not anywhere near as good lol. It is fun though. Those snipers are sneaky.

[@BenDover-qu1hk]

the hippo strikes again

[@elvinzhuo7186]

opponents playing the Botez. respect

[@Neura1net]

Oh no, my Rook. lmao

[@NT-eo2zb]

Buddies gonna have some knightmares 😂😂😂 21:56

[@demianschultz3749]

Disconnecting instead of pushing the abandon button is rude, vulgar and in Lichess they don't give you extra points to compensate for that

[@Gonergrat]

This is so helpful. Thank you.

[@IamnotfromUSA]

I love playing hippo in blitz

[@ItsPandatory]

There were a lot of abandonment brahs in the pool today

[@Halibut86]

12:00 - isn't the queen trapped with h6 g5?

[@banzaiburger9589]

Love this series!

[@raymondwandell8880]

Where do you find these 900's? 700's are much stronger.

[@sveinoll]

Love the background music, omg!

[@MaximkaWho42]

Can some1 give me link to the stream of hippo speedrun 🙏

[@zacharyb8751]

Respect the Hippo.

[@murattuna3524]

Whats that beautiful song at 16:30?

[@wecameasinkas]

Where do u get these ppl eric

[@gavinrollot6426]

Hippo strats

[@williambodger551]

Bro that game at 22:30 lol

[@edwarda7096]

What opening is this?

[@Brucelee-pv6uf]

30:50.why he didnot eat with pawn ??

[@NSAKEY]

Salty sesh with at least 3, low-T abandonments. Nice.

[@kayj312]

I love this series

[@sawyer9times]

Nice going Eric

[@ryanlipe6557]

Finally 😅

[@kaizikorugwm9251]

bro why was this so funny

[@SolarPlayer]

I regularly punt vs fiancettoed bishops and wonder why I keep missing that. Longest distance to the dangerous piece I guess?

[@thetransferaccount4586]

hippo is instructional

[@watchingyoutube5093]

what is it with the low energy intros and outros that eric and aman record, the guys look like they're being held at gunpoint and forced to read a script!!

[@jamesmontella6245]

lets go 300k!

[@zHqqrdz]

Chessbrah, you're like the Road Runner of chess, leaving your opponents in the dust! Watching you play is like trying to follow a game of chess on fast forward, but somehow you make it look like a work of art. I'm convinced you have a secret chess superpower, maybe it's your ability to calculate faster than a supercomputer or your ability to teleport pieces across the board. Either way, keep the speedruns coming, they're a real hoot!

[@sambmortimer]

Is this pasta

[@xavierica]

The music is nice if anyone could provide the list would be very grateful 👍

[@austinversloot8243]

Why aren't the 900s I play this bad😂😂

[@johnmahugu]

ugh! I couldnt make seven queens here 🤣

[@SilverTheFlame]

I’m 931 elo in Blitz rn and I swear to god all my opponents are quite a bit smarter. That said I was like 800 last week so I’m definitely beating a lot of them

[@SilverTheFlame]

Update: after 10 blitz games I gained 6 rating points 🙃

[@stealthyshadow567]

Do not let this absolutely fire chess series distract you from the fact that aman and Eric hunt Alberta tourists for sport. Don’t support these guys.

[@hoclyonline2069]

45:08

[@nahfoodge2982]

Uh,can’t wait to try this!I’m 1200.

[@luxe1677]

yes

[@WuhSuhDood]

If you edit out the cursing it can help with the algorithm

[@davidfromnorth7836]

Why flex on people with lower rate with those comments in chat? Appreciate the theory and insights

[@LIFE_AS_BOCHOATES]

Savagery 😈😂

[@jo5034]

Real classy channel….. haha

[@jkirkpatrick3889]

Yaaaasssss

[@moegold8095]

good content

[@radscorpion8]

eric is the best :)

[@deansuter1263]

500’s are better than 900’s

[@TheLordiys]

music is nice

[@themisfitoddity]

25:09 kinda gross

[@mikeh2385]

some epic blunders down in the 900's

[@DjGr0gg]

change the board pls to look pretty, no default dan

[@kaptenxkarisma]

First