de Santis: The Hippopotamus Defence the big greek He developed this repertoire by

He developed this repertoire by working with students looking for something easy to understand and learn

it can also show a very aggressive side

When Axel Smith was chasing his final Grandmaster norm

with potential transpositions into Sicilian

Covered here are several international tournaments in Europe from 1921-1923

de Santis: The Hippopotamus Defence the big greek He developed this repertoire byA Deceptively Dangerous Universal Chess Opening System for Black The Hippopotamus Defense is just what a club player needs. It's a straightforward and clear cut chess opening that avoids the ever growing body of mainline theory. It's universal: Black can use the Hippo against virtually all of White's choices (1. e4, 1. d4, 1. c4, 1. f4, the Colle, London, Trompowsky, Rti and others). It's not very well known and will surprise many opponents. On top of