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buddyrevell 08-Feb-08, 22:58	Hippo blitzing in Moscow last year This post is kind of a rip-off of something I read on Unorthodox Chess Openings Yahoo! Group. But it's interesting stuff. 5 games with the Hippo set-up played by Gata Kamsky in the World Blitz Cup that took place in Moscow last year. In one of the games he was White. He didn't lose any of those games and had one draw. I was aware of that tournament, even played through some games, but didn't come across those Kamsky's games back then (at least I don't remember). I'm surprised with the fact that I completely forgot about this opening in the Unorthodox Bishops team matches, seeing how we discussed it last year. Something that also surprises me is that I've been playing blitz games lately and never occurred to me giving the Hippo a try, even though I'm definitely playing unusual stuff on ICC. I'll try not to forget next time. Well, here are the games, enjoy! Beating Rublevsky: www.chessgames.com Beating Carlsen: www.chessgames.com Beating Bacrot: www.chessgames.com Drawing with Ivanchuk (winner of the tournament): www.chessgames.com Beating Ponomariov with a White Hippo: www.chessgames.com Here are the games in PGN: [Event "World Blitz Championship 2007"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "15"] [White "Rublevsky, Sergei"] [Black "Kamsky, Gata"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "96"] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 b6 4. c4 Bb7 5. Nc3 d6 6. h3 e6 7. Be3 Ne7 8. Bd3 a6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Qd2 h6 11. d5 e5 12. Ne1 f5 13. exf5 Nxf5 14. Bxf5 gxf5 15. f4 Qf6 16. Nd3 O-O 17. Rae1 Rae8 18. Re2 Qg6 19. Ref2 Kh7 20. Qc2 Bc8 21. Nb4 Nf6 22. Nc6 Nh5 23. fxe5 dxe5 24. c5 Ng3 25. Rd1 f4 26. Qxg6+ Kxg6 27. Rf3 Nh5 28. Bc1 e4 29. Rff1 e3 30. Rfe1 bxc5 31. Na4 Bf6 32. Nxc5 Bh4 33. Re2 Ng3 34. Rc2 f3 35. gxf3 Rxf3 36. Kg2 Rf2+ 37. Rxf2 exf2 38. Kxf2 Ne4+ 39. Kf3 Nxc5 40. Be3 Ne4 41. Rg1+ Ng5+ 42. Ke2 Bxh3 43. Kd2 h5 44. Nd4 Bg4 45. Rc1 Bg3 46. Rc6+ Bd6 47. Rxa6 Ne4+ 48. Kd3 Nc5+ 0-1 [Event "World Blitz Championship 2007"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "22"] [White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Black "Kamsky, Gata"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "116"] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Be3 d6 6. Qd2 Nd7 7. O-O-O e6 8. f3 a6 9. h4 h6 10. Kb1 Ne7 11. Nh3 c5 12. Nf2 Qc7 13. d5 e5 14. Bd3 h5 15. Nh3 Nf6 16. Bc2 Bc8 17. Ba4+ Bd7 18. Bxd7+ Qxd7 19. a4 Neg8 20. Kc2 Bh6 21. Ng5 Kf8 22. Rb1 a5 23. Nb5 Kg7 24. Rbf1 Re8 25. b3 Nh7 26. Rf2 Nf8 27. Rd1 Nf6 28. Rdf1 Re7 29. Qd3 Ne8 30. Nc3 f6 31. Nh3 Bxe3 32. Qxe3 f5 33. exf5 Qxf5+ 34. Ne4 Nh7 35. Kb2 Rf8 36. Qd2 Qd7 37. Qc3 Kg8 38. Qe3 Nef6 39. Neg5 Nxg5 40. Nxg5 Qf5 41. Ne6 Rff7 42. Ka3 Nh7 43. g4 Qf6 44. gxh5 gxh5 45. Rg2+ Kh8 46. Rfg1 Re8 47. Rg6 Qxf3 48. Qh6 Qc3 49. Rf6 Ree7 50. Rff1 e4 51. Nf4 Qb4+ 52. Ka2 Qd2+ 53. Kb1 Rxf4 54. Qxf4 Qd3+ 55. Kb2 e3 56. Qh6 Qd2+ 57. Kb1 Qd3+ 58. Ka2 Qd2+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Blitz Championship 2007"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "35"] [White "Bacrot, Etienne"] [Black "Kamsky, Gata"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "116"] 1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bd3 e6 7. Be3 Nd7 8. Qd2 h6 9. h3 Ne7 10. g4 a6 11. h4 Nf6 12. Rg1 h5 13. gxh5 Nxh5 14. Bg5 Qd7 15. a4 Nc6 16. O-O-O Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Bc2 Bg7 19. f4 b5 20. e5 bxc4 21. Ne4 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 d5 23. Qb4 c6 24. f5 Bf8 25. Qc3 gxf5 26. Bf3 Qb7 27. Bxh5 Rxh5 28. Bf6 Qb4 29. Qxb4 Bxb4 30. Rg8+ Bf8 31. Kc2 Rc8 32. Rdg1 Kd7 33. Kc3 Rh7 34. R1g2 a5 35. Kc2 Re8 36. R2g3 d4 37. b3 Be7 38. Rxe8 Kxe8 39. Rg8+ Kd7 40. bxc4 Bxf6 41. exf6 e5 42. Ra8 Rxh4 43. Rxa5 Rh2+ 44. Kd3 Rh3+ 45. Ke2 Ke6 46. Rc5 Kd6 47. Ra5 f4 48. Ra7 Ke6 49. a5 e4 50. Re7+ Kf5 51. Rxf7 d3+ 52. Kd2 Rh2+ 53. Kc3 Rc2+ 54. Kb3 f3 55. Re7 Kxf6 56. Rxe4 Rc1 57. Re3 d2 58. Rxf3+ Ke5 0-1 [Event "World Blitz Championship 2007"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Kamsky, Gata"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "70"] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 b6 4. Be3 Bb7 5. Qd2 e6 6. h4 h6 7. f3 d6 8. O-O-O Nd7 9. g4 a6 10. Bd3 b5 11. Nge2 b4 12. Na4 a5 13. b3 Ne7 14. f4 Nf6 15. Bb5+ Kf8 16. Ng3 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Rhe1 h5 19. f5 gxf5 20. gxf5 Bxf5 21. Bg5 f6 22. Bf4 Nd5 23. Bc4 Nxf4 24. Kb1 Bh6 25. Rf1 Nd5 26. Qe1 Ne3 27. Rxf5 exf5 28. Be6 Nxd1 29. Qxd1 Qe8 30. d5 Qg6 31. Qd4 Kg7 32. a3 Qg4 33. Qd3 Rhe8 34. Qb5 Re7 35. Qc6 Rb8 0-1 [Event "World Blitz Championship 2007"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "36"] [White "Kamsky, Gata"] [Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "93"] 1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. b3 e5 4. Bb2 Nc6 5. d3 h5 6. h3 Bb4+ 7. Nd2 Be6 8. a3 Bd6 9. e3 Qe7 10. b4 O-O-O 11. b5 Nb8 12. a4 Nbd7 13. Ngf3 Kb8 14. a5 Rc8 15. a6 b6 16. Ng5 c6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. bxc6 Rxc6 19. O-O Rc7 20. c4 Rhc8 21. Qe2 Bb4 22. Rfc1 Qd6 23. Nf3 e4 24. dxe4 dxe4 25. Nd4 Qe7 26. Nb5 Rc6 27. Rc2 e5 28. Ra4 Bc5 29. Nc3 R6c7 30. Nxe4 Nxe4 31. Bxe4 Nf6 32. Bg2 e4 33. Bxf6 gxf6 34. Qxh5 Rd7 35. Ra1 Rcd8 36. Qf5 Re8 37. Rcc1 Qe6 38. Qxe6 Rxe6 39. Rd1 Kc7 40. Rxd7+ Kxd7 41. Rd1+ Kc6 42. g4 b5 43. cxb5+ Kxb5 44. Bf1+ Kb4 45. Rb1+ Kc3 46. Rc1+ Kb4 47. Rc4+ 1-0
owenss1 10-Feb-08, 08:31	Just shows you how good the hippo is then dunnit? 4.5 / 5 with the hippo. How mnay openings do supergrandmasters get that score with, especially when 4 of them are with Black?

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buddyrevell
08-Feb-08, 22:58

Hippo blitzing in Moscow last year

This post is kind of a rip-off of something I read on Unorthodox Chess Openings Yahoo! Group. But it's interesting stuff. 5 games with the Hippo set-up played by Gata Kamsky in the World Blitz Cup that took place in Moscow last year. In one of the games he was White. He didn't lose any of those games and had one draw.

I was aware of that tournament, even played through some games, but didn't come across those Kamsky's games back then (at least I don't remember). I'm surprised with the fact that I completely forgot about this opening in the Unorthodox Bishops team matches, seeing how we discussed it last year. Something that also surprises me is that I've been playing blitz games lately and never occurred to me giving the Hippo a try, even though I'm definitely playing unusual stuff on ICC. I'll try not to forget next time.

Well, here are the games, enjoy!

Beating Rublevsky:

www.chessgames.com

Beating Carlsen:

www.chessgames.com

Beating Bacrot:

www.chessgames.com

Drawing with Ivanchuk (winner of the tournament):

www.chessgames.com

Beating Ponomariov with a White Hippo:

www.chessgames.com

Here are the games in PGN:

[Event "World Blitz Championship 2007"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 b6 4. c4 Bb7 5. Nc3 d6 6. h3 e6 7. Be3 Ne7
8. Bd3 a6
9. O-O Nd7 10. Qd2 h6 11. d5 e5 12. Ne1 f5 13. exf5 Nxf5 14. Bxf5
gxf5 15. f4
Qf6 16. Nd3 O-O 17. Rae1 Rae8 18. Re2 Qg6 19. Ref2 Kh7 20. Qc2 Bc8
21. Nb4 Nf6
22. Nc6 Nh5 23. fxe5 dxe5 24. c5 Ng3 25. Rd1 f4 26. Qxg6+ Kxg6 27.
Rf3 Nh5 28.
Bc1 e4 29. Rff1 e3 30. Rfe1 bxc5 31. Na4 Bf6 32. Nxc5 Bh4 33. Re2
Ng3 34. Rc2
f3 35. gxf3 Rxf3 36. Kg2 Rf2+ 37. Rxf2 exf2 38. Kxf2 Ne4+ 39. Kf3
Nxc5 40. Be3
Ne4 41. Rg1+ Ng5+ 42. Ke2 Bxh3 43. Kd2 h5 44. Nd4 Bg4 45. Rc1 Bg3
46. Rc6+ Bd6
47. Rxa6 Ne4+ 48. Kd3 Nc5+ 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship 2007"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Be3 d6 6. Qd2 Nd7 7. O-O-O
e6 8. f3
a6 9. h4 h6 10. Kb1 Ne7 11. Nh3 c5 12. Nf2 Qc7 13. d5 e5 14. Bd3 h5
15. Nh3 Nf6
16. Bc2 Bc8 17. Ba4+ Bd7 18. Bxd7+ Qxd7 19. a4 Neg8 20. Kc2 Bh6 21.
Ng5 Kf8 22.
Rb1 a5 23. Nb5 Kg7 24. Rbf1 Re8 25. b3 Nh7 26. Rf2 Nf8 27. Rd1 Nf6
28. Rdf1 Re7
29. Qd3 Ne8 30. Nc3 f6 31. Nh3 Bxe3 32. Qxe3 f5 33. exf5 Qxf5+ 34.
Ne4 Nh7 35.
Kb2 Rf8 36. Qd2 Qd7 37. Qc3 Kg8 38. Qe3 Nef6 39. Neg5 Nxg5 40. Nxg5
Qf5 41. Ne6
Rff7 42. Ka3 Nh7 43. g4 Qf6 44. gxh5 gxh5 45. Rg2+ Kh8 46. Rfg1 Re8
47. Rg6
Qxf3 48. Qh6 Qc3 49. Rf6 Ree7 50. Rff1 e4 51. Nf4 Qb4+ 52. Ka2 Qd2+
53. Kb1
Rxf4 54. Qxf4 Qd3+ 55. Kb2 e3 56. Qh6 Qd2+ 57. Kb1 Qd3+ 58. Ka2 Qd2+
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship 2007"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "35"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bd3 e6 7. Be3
Nd7 8. Qd2 h6
9. h3 Ne7 10. g4 a6 11. h4 Nf6 12. Rg1 h5 13. gxh5 Nxh5 14. Bg5 Qd7
15. a4 Nc6
16. O-O-O Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Bc2 Bg7 19. f4 b5 20. e5 bxc4 21.
Ne4 Bxe4 22.
Bxe4 d5 23. Qb4 c6 24. f5 Bf8 25. Qc3 gxf5 26. Bf3 Qb7 27. Bxh5 Rxh5
28. Bf6
Qb4 29. Qxb4 Bxb4 30. Rg8+ Bf8 31. Kc2 Rc8 32. Rdg1 Kd7 33. Kc3 Rh7
34. R1g2 a5
35. Kc2 Re8 36. R2g3 d4 37. b3 Be7 38. Rxe8 Kxe8 39. Rg8+ Kd7 40.
bxc4 Bxf6 41.
exf6 e5 42. Ra8 Rxh4 43. Rxa5 Rh2+ 44. Kd3 Rh3+ 45. Ke2 Ke6 46. Rc5
Kd6 47. Ra5
f4 48. Ra7 Ke6 49. a5 e4 50. Re7+ Kf5 51. Rxf7 d3+ 52. Kd2 Rh2+ 53.
Kc3 Rc2+
54. Kb3 f3 55. Re7 Kxf6 56. Rxe4 Rc1 57. Re3 d2 58. Rxf3+ Ke5 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship 2007"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 b6 4. Be3 Bb7 5. Qd2 e6 6. h4 h6 7. f3 d6
8. O-O-O
Nd7 9. g4 a6 10. Bd3 b5 11. Nge2 b4 12. Na4 a5 13. b3 Ne7 14. f4 Nf6
15. Bb5+
Kf8 16. Ng3 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Rhe1 h5 19. f5 gxf5 20. gxf5 Bxf5
21. Bg5 f6
22. Bf4 Nd5 23. Bc4 Nxf4 24. Kb1 Bh6 25. Rf1 Nd5 26. Qe1 Ne3 27.
Rxf5 exf5 28.
Be6 Nxd1 29. Qxd1 Qe8 30. d5 Qg6 31. Qd4 Kg7 32. a3 Qg4 33. Qd3 Rhe8
34. Qb5
Re7 35. Qc6 Rb8 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship 2007"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "36"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. b3 e5 4. Bb2 Nc6 5. d3 h5 6. h3 Bb4+ 7. Nd2
Be6 8. a3
Bd6 9. e3 Qe7 10. b4 O-O-O 11. b5 Nb8 12. a4 Nbd7 13. Ngf3 Kb8 14.
a5 Rc8 15.
a6 b6 16. Ng5 c6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. bxc6 Rxc6 19. O-O Rc7 20. c4 Rhc8
21. Qe2
Bb4 22. Rfc1 Qd6 23. Nf3 e4 24. dxe4 dxe4 25. Nd4 Qe7 26. Nb5 Rc6
27. Rc2 e5
28. Ra4 Bc5 29. Nc3 R6c7 30. Nxe4 Nxe4 31. Bxe4 Nf6 32. Bg2 e4 33.
Bxf6 gxf6
34. Qxh5 Rd7 35. Ra1 Rcd8 36. Qf5 Re8 37. Rcc1 Qe6 38. Qxe6 Rxe6 39.
Rd1 Kc7
40. Rxd7+ Kxd7 41. Rd1+ Kc6 42. g4 b5 43. cxb5+ Kxb5 44. Bf1+ Kb4
45. Rb1+ Kc3
46. Rc1+ Kb4 47. Rc4+ 1-0

owenss1
10-Feb-08, 08:31

Just shows you how good the hippo is then dunnit?

4.5 / 5 with the hippo. How mnay openings do supergrandmasters get that score with, especially when 4 of them are with Black?

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