An unprotected piece, in harm's way. In chess parlance, to hang a piece means to leave it hanging: i.e., placed on the board so it can be easily captured without consequence.
Its important to emphasise the "without consequence" of this definition. hanging peices is always a blunder [mistake].
if you have thought about your move, and decided to leave a 'peice hanging' then it would be better described as a sacrifice.
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I have a question for chess.com friends and colleques: When they speak of a "hanging pawn" does that mean unprotected by another pawn or unprotected by any piece at all?
helps to know the language so you can know what everyone is talking about
hanging pawns can be strong. any pawns connected to each other like c3 and d4(bad version) or c6(can arrive from a Caro-Kann--not good either) and d5, or c4 and d4(good version and can be combined from the Reversed Sicilian and the Colle) or c5 and d5(also good and can be combined from the Sicilian or the Caro-Kann Push and the Queen's Pawn Game). They're connected from c-pawn under and d-pawn over or adjacent on the fourth rank and c- and d- files. For Black, they're on the fifth rank and the same files.
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