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Hippopotamus Defence

group of chess openings in which Black moves a number of pawns to the sixth rank, often developing pieces to the seventh rank, and does not move any pawns to the fifth rank in the opening
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Hippopotamus Defence

Summary

Hippopotamus Defence ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (133 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Nile hippopotamus is named after Hippopotamus Defence[2].
  • Hippopotamus Defence's subclass of is recorded as chess opening[3].
  • Hippopotamus Defence's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03tlzd[4].

Why It Matters

Hippopotamus Defence ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (133 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[5] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[6]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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