Adams Defense

Adams Defense

Infobox chess opening

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moves = 1.e4 Nh6
ECO = B00
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parentopening = King's Pawn Game
AKA = Wild Bull Defense
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Adams Defense or the Wild Bull Defense is a chess opening characterized by the moves:

:1. e4 Nh6?!

The Adams Defense is generally regarded as a dubious response to the King's Pawn Opening, as it develops the Knight to an inferior square ( Much like the Amar Opening ), allows White a free hand in the center, and opens no lines for developing Black's pieces. Therefore, the Adams Defense is rarely seen in serious chess, and is classified with the code B00 in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings.

The Hippopotamus Defense

The name Hippopotamus Defense is often erroneously used as another name for the Adams Defense. Instead, the Hippopotamus Defense is the only named variation in the Adams Defense, and continues:

*2. d4 g6
*3. c4 f6

However, the term "Hippopotamus Defense" is more often used today to describe a system where Black develops his bishops to b7 and g7, and his knights to d7 and e7.

See also

* Semi-Open Game
* Amar Opening

References

*cite web|accessdate=2008-04-08
url=http://www.chess.com/article/view/chess-opening-classification-1-e4
title=Chess Opening Classification 1. e4
publisher=Chess.com

External links

* [http://homepage.ntlworld.com/adam.bozon/hippo.htm An article on the Hippopotamus Defense.]


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