Agressive Opening Against 1. e4 as Black

I've explained before how I play my hippopotamus against such

"terrifying" setups. The most pitiful of superficial "arguments" against

hippopotamus is that many players believe them. 

But I will surely keep on playing the hippopotamus - against ALL setups!

My name is Thorsten Michael Haub, you'll find many hippopotamus games

of mine in big databases. Of course, I've lost some of them, but you 

also loose with other openings. When I lost these games, it was me

who lost, not the opening. By the way - my idol was the German 

FM Bernd Feustel (former German blitz champion). He celebrated this 

opening at the beginning of the eighties and equally fought against

a lot of prejudice and jokes.

DJ_Haubi, I do not believe that the opening you are playing is technically sound, but that your opponents aren't being aggressive enough. In some ways, the hedgehog would be a less unorthodox choice than the hippopotamus.

@ IMAfoltin: I'm really happy when my opponents try to overrun me.

But it takes a very long time (even for strong players) to understand 

this opening by 100%. I also often lost at the beginning. 

It might be the same problem with the hedgehog. Maybe that's why

my few tries with the hedgehog (of course not in real tournaments)

have been without success.

I don't think any opening with black is "passive"..I mean the Sicilian and Open games are supposed to be the most "tactical" right? But I've had games in the Caro Kann advance and French winawer more tactical than my games as black in the Najdorf or playing the Ruy.

As I said, make your own conclusions about the value of winning percentages.

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You could try Alekihine's defense