Why you always looking really fast to the same areas in your room where the cameras can't see are you cheating by looking at other screens?

Lesson in the hippo: When the opponent shows too much resistance and resourcefulness, just mate

Everyone at my uni hates me now since I started playing the hippo, thanks Eric!

Eric's face followed by the slooooooow bishop gets me every time 21:29

I appreciate that Eric addresses the "there's a faster checkmate" in chat and indulges in seeing what they have to say.

10:56 - Eric misses to snatch the hanging rook on f2 for free! OMG!!

Finally, another episode. I was waiting for this one more than it was in case "games of thrones". Thank you, Eric so so much!!

Since I've started playing the hippo I've noticed people observing my home from unmarked panel vans.

I've watched Eric play so much now that if my make the same sounds as Eric while playing like "yeahhh" "sure" "lets open that bishop up" "the bishops are saying hi" my play improves by like 300 rating points I swear. I'm unstoppable

The GM looking at the ceiling in front of a naked dancer...I immediately thought of Hikaru! :D

I'm kind of amazed at how often 1600s are hanging full pieces.

Thanks for the series, I love to watch it :)

More hippo speedrun inject it into my veins

The "GM in a strip club" analogy was fckin jokes hahaha

Love your sly grin and slow moving of the piece to take the hanging queen. Now I just need you to upload more relaxing rapid for me to sleep

Thank you so much for these Hippo speedrun videos. They are excellent. About 2 weeks ago, The Chess Giant did a Hippo week series of YT videos. I would be very interested in seeing some games of both you and The Chess Giant playing Hippo games. That would be awesome, and probably the first such chess games posted on YT. Two good players, each playing the Hippo, or maybe one of you playing something other than the Hippo, because they think they have a good way to play against the Hippo. And I really don't care, interesting as it might be, if neither of you takes the time to do an analysis of your Hippo games, because those games just by themselves, would be so interesting to see.

Loving this series

“I can do ASMR for you too, but you never asked” 🤣🤣🤣

Chessbrah is the best chess KZfaq channel. Love you Eric and Aman.

WE NEED MOREE

thank u eric

43:54 GM at a stripclub looking at the ceiling is hilarious

At 10:55 why did Eric Not play q takes f2 after black played rook h8?

14:48 - push back opponent's pieces

10:56 end games are good, but and games up a room is better Eric! Haha.

What is up with the aame playlist every episode?

can someone please list all of the songs in this video?

I beat the 1800 bot Wally with this opening after learning from you thanks lol

game 1, wow, the confidence while walking on the edge...inspiring

@0:34 8.Qd2 - Any Hippo player knows with a bishop on e3, 8...h6 is needed. So maybe you forget, then after 9.Bh6 any Hippo player knows 9...0-0 and wait for White to take Bxg7 then ...Kxg7. But you are better off to keep the DSB with ...h6. Good thing Eric is a GM so he could still win the game against a 1600+ player after this blunder. @8:33 he's learning!

That checkmate around 39 minutes with the knight was NASTY

Can anyone send me the link of playlist?

The first time i have ever noticed eric make a mistake with that rook 😅 i actually assumed there must be some reason why you didnt take it before you admitted to not seeing it

What a legend!

Chess goals : reach a point to make a comment to self like “ok this person is demonstrating resourcefulness, time to mate them”

24:45 hehehe now i understand why you didnt see the free rook

I feel like you elaborated on positions a lot more with this one. Maybe it's because the MMR is high enough now that you can and it isn't waiting for blunders but it's nice ty

I'm new to chess and have been learning systems for only a few months now and my elo reflects my experience. My question is why is this system looked at as a novelty or a joke opening? I find it very resourceful and while it uses what seems to be a semi-closed position at times, it still seems to have some depth and sound theory. It may be basic but I think what you've demonstrated is that even at a higher elo it can be a sound simple-to-learn viable opening. I'm curious to see how high you can take it. Great series! thanks. I enjoy watching.

37:00 - "When you have mate in 1, look for better!" - ChessBrahs' Rule #94

What Playlist is this??

Eric missing blunders from weak players bc he assumes his opponent will cover or move hanging pieces reminds me of Mango playing "shitters" in melee lmao

Eric! My daily chess went up from 1200 to 1470+ in a few months and I'm not even trying. Hippo is op in lower bracket man!

hippo - the hardest speed run yet!

10:55 take that rook

12:30 music? please link

I know I'm a little late on this, but at 10:58 was QxRf2 not a good option?

@29:58 i think the last name might be "goo-tee-AIR-rez" =o)

Ever since watching Eric Hansen exclusively and only playing the hippo or the French I went from 520 elo to 1100 and 1240 in bullet chess and I only play the hippo in bullet lol

19:48 I was expecting knight E6 forking rook and queen. What is the reasoning behind not playing that move?

tell him to play more of opening themed speedruns.

i missed out on cantina band :(

Rook hanging at 11:00?

Awesome mr handsome ;)

The music is good ... even if it's not what we're getting on Twitch.

I've been playing the hippo exclusively with black and white for the past couple weeks since you started the speed run....im enjoying trying to master it. still can't really get past 900. SMH. I'm terrible.

Disappointed you didn't compete, would have been good to see you have some redemption from last week. Raz could have had a rest seeing as he performed so well already. Nevermind

15:34 😆

Makes it look so easy. By the way, I didn't know you had a twin.

39:00 exquisitely beautiful

random recommendation, but I think you will like "n++ OST" hippo boy

"gotta defeat the system players" while playing a system ...

1750 before hippo speed run, 1925 now

17:18 ptdr moi ca marche pas comme ca en général

Is Dr. O originally from Colombia?

I gained like 200+elo from playing the hippo ty so much upload faster please

10:56 is that not a free rook? why did you not take it? am i missing something?

38:44 for maximum cheese :D

Take yout time 37:28

27:22 - Eric misses to snatch the hanging knight on f6 for free! OMG!! He is too busy into thinking of doing ASMR on a twink?

how do 1700 players continually play like 900s. I will relate with great authoriity that the 900s I play against rarely/never make a lot of these mistakes.

That 1st game was touching cloth for quite a while - Eric was relieved to find the Rook-fork which saved his bacon! PS: ​ I got inspired by this series to play the Hippo and saw my rating drop by 500 ELO in a month, to 2300, so am disappoint and thinking to take up checkers instead. Be warned!

Bruh do the 900s I play against play mistakes like these 1600s and I just don’t notice them??

mmm 7:50 gg...

Calculating lapdance variations just to get a long variation wrong variation

Is the rook hanging or am i crazy? 10:57

Egg

I was praying for u to win 😔

let's goo

Problem with Eric is that he is too good and see good move in mind and play according to that and miss their blunder

Eric likes his opening like he likes his women.

mann is it free rook day ? :D

That was a fun watch, but I'm going to take his advice and not support these guys

He hung a rook @10:55 🤣🤣 no way you missed that