Hans Niemann CRUSHES Hippopotamus Defense??????

MY ADVANCED HIPPOPOTAMUS DEFENSE COURSE: https://thechessgiant.gumroad.com/l/h... HERE IS THE LINK! https://thechessgiant.gumroad.com/ Interested in PRIVATE LESSONS? Here's the link! https://www.thechessgiant.com/lessons Join me on Patreon! (Rewards and benefits included!)   / thechessgiant   Today we got a chess game on chess.com, played by none other than GM Hans Niemann and GM Hikaru Nakamura. Hans Niemann has had tons of attention from the chess community over his game with GM Magnus Carlsen. I have not made a single video about Hans Niemann because I truly do not know what happened. Most don't, and we can all speculate, but OTB chess is a very hard thing if you are trying to find someone cheating. Many say that Hans Niemann was cheating, others did not. I will keep my opinions to myself at the moment, as again, I truly do not know! I can havea hypothesis, but the purpose of this channel is to help you guys in chess! It's not to stir up some chess drama. That said, Hans Niemann has now been featured in a video on this channel because he played against the Hippopotamus Defense. We've looked at many Hippo Defense chess games by Hikaru Nakamura on this channel, but only wins. In the recent Hippo Defense loss, did Hans Niemann just refute the Hippo chess opening? Is the entire Hippo chess system gone into the wind? The answer is no. The Hippopotamus Defense is still a great chess opening for white, and a great chess opening for black! It has great chess opening strategy, chess opening theory, chess opening moves, chess opening ideas, chess opening tricks, chess opening lines, chess opening theory, and chess opening principles. It also can turn into certain systems (if chosen) such as the Pterodactyl Defense, Gurgenidze System of the Caro-Kann Defense, and many more! The Hippo Defense can also start with openings including the Modern Defense, French Defense, Pirc Defense, or Owen's Defense. That said, the Hippopotamus Defense can start initially with different chess opening defenses/chess opening systems and can teach you a ton about chess opening theory. That said, the Hippopotamus Defense is a middlegame focused chess system. We aren't trying to win the game in 5 moves with a chess opening trap. We are trying to reach a chess game in which each player has to think for themselves. In this chess game, GM Hikaru simply got outplayed by Hans. The chess opening theory was not the issue, but some chess mistakes/chess blunders/chess inaccuracies made the difference. I include this game for two reasons! The first is to show where GM Hikaru went wrong. It is good to not just go over the greatest chess games of all time, but also games in which case a player lost in a certain opening. This is important because in addition to knowing how to play good chess, we also want to know what to avoid. Learning common chess mistakes and also how to avoid them can help you improve at chess, win at chess, and gain chess elo/skyrocket chess Elo. The second reason I included this is because I don't want people thinking that the Hippopotamus Defense has been cracked. In the grandmaster chess game, Stockfish had Hikaru Nakamura as close to equal, but he misplayed it. We hope you enjoy this video and improve at chess because of it! #hansniemman #hikarunakamura #chess Support the Chess Giant Here! https://paypal.me/thechessgiant Follow THE CHESS GIANT on social media Instagram //   / thechessgiant   Twitter //   / thechessgiant   Facebook //   / thechessgiant   Video and channel designs by COASTLAND CREATIVE Website // https://www.coastlandcreative.com Instagram //   / coastlandcreative