Powerplay 12 - The hedgehog - King "VENDOR USAopoly" This is an opening well-suited

This is an opening well-suited to the needs of the club player

Published: September 2011

King height: 13/16"

Opening of file (rank

Notation: Algebraic

Powerplay 12 - The hedgehog - King "VENDOR USAopoly" This is an opening well-suitedThe Hedgehog is not just an opening, it is a system. A system that can be used against 1 c4, against 1 e4 and also 1 d4. Some players, such as the Swedish Grandmaster Ulf Andersson, appear to play very little else with the black pieces. Black's pieces curl up behind a row of pawns on the third rank and invite White to attack at which point they spring out from behind the barricades to give the aggressor a nasty shock. The Hedgehog can easily transform