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- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game B00
- Hippopotamus Defense B00
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Hippopotamus Defense
Overview
Hippopotamus Defense is a variation within the Semi-Open Games family, indexed as ECO B00.
The Semi-Open Games group covers semi-open games — replies to 1.e4 where Black declines the symmetrical 1…e5 in favour of an asymmetric pawn structure.
It is reached after 6 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. e4 Nh6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 f6.
It is a variation of Hippopotamus Defense, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- B00
- Group
- Semi-Open Games (B)
- Plies
- 6
- Parent
- Hippopotamus Defense
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