Answers.Body: <p>This would still be called a hanging piece. <strong>If the piece can be taken with impunity</strong>, it is a hanging piece. It is irrelevant how many attackers there are on the piece, how many defenders there are on the piece, or the point value of the attackers/defenders. </p>
  
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Answers.Text: Correct. Very often there is a tactic that allows you to take an otherwise well-defended piece. People still say that the opponent hung a piece due to some tactic. This only gets complicated when the tactics are extremely complicated.
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Body: <p>In this extreme examplethe c5 pawn is defended three times, though white can take the pawn with an advantage.</p>
  
  <pre><code> [FEN "2r1k3/2r5/2q5/2p5/8/8/PPR5/KN4B1 w - - 0 1"]
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>What about if the defender is a higher value piece than the attackers, even though it's defended and attacked twice? Clearly, White can take the pawn with an advantage.</p>
  
  <pre><code> [FEN "8/8/3k4/2p2q2/8/8/PPR5/KN4B1 w - - 0 1"]
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Now it's not hanging:</p>
  
  <pre><code> [FEN "8/8/3k4/2p2r2/8/8/PPR5/KN4B1 w - - 0 1"]
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>What do you call these type of situations if it's not hanging piece?</p>
  
  <p>This position also has a hanging piece:</p>
  
  <pre><code>[FEN "2b4k/3q2pp/8/5p2/8/2B1N3/PP6/KN4Q1 w - - 0 1"]
  </code></pre>
  
Tags: <tactics><patterns>
Title: Is a piece hanging if it is defended by a higher value piece?
ThreadText: # Is a piece hanging if it is defended by a higher value piece?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2019-08-11)
  
  In this extreme examplethe c5 pawn is defended three times, though white can take the pawn with an advantage.
   [FEN "2r1k3/2r5/2q5/2p5/8/8/PPR5/KN4B1 w - - 0 1"]
  
  What about if the defender is a higher value piece than the attackers, even though it's defended and attacked twice? Clearly, White can take the pawn with an advantage.
   [FEN "8/8/3k4/2p2q2/8/8/PPR5/KN4B1 w - - 0 1"]
  
  Now it's not hanging:
   [FEN "8/8/3k4/2p2r2/8/8/PPR5/KN4B1 w - - 0 1"]
  
  What do you call these type of situations if it's not hanging piece?
  This position also has a hanging piece:
  [FEN "2b4k/3q2pp/8/5p2/8/2B1N3/PP6/KN4Q1 w - - 0 1"]
  
  **Tags:** tactics, patterns
  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2019-08-11. Score: 1 | Accepted answer
  
  This would still be called a hanging piece. **If the piece can be taken with impunity**, it is a hanging piece. It is irrelevant how many attackers there are on the piece, how many defenders there are on the piece, or the point value of the attackers/defenders.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: So you can only determine a hanging piece by calculating into the position and making sure it's safe to take?  
  > **username_1**: Correct. Very often there is a tactic that allows you to take an otherwise well-defended piece. People still say that the opponent hung a piece due to some tactic. This only gets complicated when the tactics are extremely complicated.  
  > **username_0**: So a tactic is not really a tactic if it doesn't work.  
  
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