do not play the moves as in the game on move 3...try h6 the mbembe is to greedy 3...h6 some you win some you dont
My game against the Mokele Mbembe

After Ne4 I would prefer d3, black has to play Nc5 and then d4, if he goes ne6 you can grab more space with d5, if back to e4 you've just gained a tempo, and na6 is a bad square for the knight.
After 8.. Ng5 9. h4 traps the knight.
On Ke7 Bg6 he can survive with Qf8, then Qe3 attacking the g pawn, black has to play Qf4, and then Be4 protects your d pawn keeping you a pawn up.

d4 may be objectively better but, I'd feel better knowing I'm getting a huge advantage for free kicking around that knight, than worrying about trying to trap it in some posistion where my advantage isn't as simple.
Why is this opening named this?
All I could find on google are pictures of an African loch ness monster..

Why is this opening named this?
All I could find on google are pictures of an African loch ness monster..
Nice I found it too. Did not know about this Afrika legent. Just like Nessie.
But no reality of course the same as the Noch Ness Monster or the Yeti. ( Big foot legents )
Maybe this name is just like 1.b4 is named the Oerang Oetang from Indonesia. Because the move looked so strange and primitive just like the red ape from Indonesia.
Maybe Also the Mokele Mnembe 2.Ne4!? is named after the beast in Congo. The Dinosaur.
It can also be named after an Afrikan player that played this opening first? Although this is maybe more unlikely. I don t know it in any case.

Why is this opening named this?
All I could find on google are pictures of an African loch ness monster..
Hey, Sambha - if you go to my post [within here]: https://www.chess.com/openings/B02_Alekhine_Defense_Mokele_Mbembe_Variation, you can read about some info I recently searched upon as to why this unusual (if not downright, tricky) opening defence was named.
My Q's are: How can Black sac a knight for 2 pawns, and if ...Ke7 was played, was ther any way to continue the attack?