The Dead Hippo
Name of this unorthodox opening?
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Thanks cornbeefhashvili.
It seems that even though your answer is not 'exactly' the one as I was looking for, I did find that my opponent's opening does fall into the Hippopotamus irregular chess openings system.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippopotamus_Defence
From the wiki above, it was interesting to find that some GMs have actual played some form of the Hippo. I suppose at that level you can almost get away with playing anything.
This prompts me to ask, when you are faced with an offbeat, but somewhat strategic opening like the one my opponent played, how do you handle it? - It's tricky to just play 'straight-forward' moves against this kind of play.
Hey chess.com community.
I've seen this set-up before. And I also understand, to a certain degree, why it's played; mainly in blitz. It has a somewhat universal nature to it, to respond to just about any opening that your opponent will throw at you.
I realize this, because the few games that I played my opponent, of which I lost 2 games and won 1, he used his|her pawns in a very structured way (...even with the exchanges.).
Well, it would best for you all to just check out the game for yourself below. (I'm playing white.)
Note: There are a lot of errors that are made on both sides. I'm really not posting this game, for it to be analyzed. But, if anyone has some constructive criticism to give, I'm open to it.
[Also, I was having trouble figuring out how to post this from the chess.com diagram. So, if anyone here knows how to do it, and can post it, I'd appreciate it. Thanks.]
1.c4 f6 2.Nc3 e6 3.d4 d6 4.e4 c6 5.Be3 b6 6.g3 a6 7.Bg2 Ra7 8.Nge2 g6 9.Qc2 Rg7
10.f4 h6 11.e5 fxe5 12.dxe5 d5 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Nd4 Bc5 15.O-O g5 16.Na4 gxf4 17.Rxf4
Rc7 18.Nxc5 bxc5 19.Raf1 Ne7 20.Ne2 Nf5 21.Bxc5 Nd7 22.b4 Nxc5 23.bxc5 Qe7 24.c6
O-O 25.Bh3 Qb4 26.Bxf5 Qb6+ 27.Kg2 exf5 28.Nd4 Rff7 29.Qe2 Rce7 30.e6 Rf6 31.Qe5
Rg6 32.Qxd5 Bxe6 33.Nxe6 Rexe6 34.Qxf5 Re8 35.Qf7+ Kh8 36.Qxe8+ Rg8 37.Rf8 1-0