Hanging Piece

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A hanging piece is an attacked piece not defended by own man exposed to capture. While hanging is often used synonymously with being en prise, the latter actually requires not necessary undefended, but also defended insufficiently. To avoid confusion with hanging pawns, which refer a duo of open and half-isolated pawns, undefended or loose pawns are therefor not called hanging. Loose pieces and undefended pawns, even if actually not attacked and en prise, may be considered in evaluation, specially if there are more than one or even two per side, and the opponent has forces and possibilities for double attacks and knight forks. Game phase, an exposed king and the presence of the opponent queen can be considered as well in that evaluation term.

=See also=
 * En prise
 * Hanging Pawns
 * Loose Piece
 * Static Exchange Evaluation

=Forum Posts=
 * Evaluation in REBEL (hanging pieces) by Tony Werten, CCC, January 10, 2003 » Rebel
 * table-based SEE or "evaluation in rebel (hanging pieces)" by Martin Fierz, CCC, November 27, 2003 » Rebel, Static Exchange Evaluation
 * hanging pieces in rebel by Bernward Klocke, CCC, January 15, 2004 » Rebel
 * hanging piece at starting quiescence search - how to handle? by Reinhard Scharnagl, CCC, February 22, 2015 » Quiescence Search
 * hanging pieces by Alexandru Mosoi, CCC, Aug 21, 2016

=External Links=
 * Hanging - Glossary of chess from Wikipedia
 * Hanging Pieces by Roger McIntyre, Huntsville Chess Club
 * The Loose Piece from Chess Tactics Explained in English: Ward Farnsworth's Predator at the Chessboard
 * Herbie Hancock & The Headhunters - Hang Up Your Hang Ups, Ivanhoe Theater, Chicago, February 16, 1977, YouTube Video
 * Herbie Hancock, Jaco Pastorius, James Levi, Bennie Maupin

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