Removing the defender

Hi everyone! This is Pomi. And now I'm going to show you an important tactic in chess. This tactic is known as Removing the Defender.

What's a hanging piece?

A hanging piece is an undefended piece that can be captured. It can also be a piece that is defended, but not by enough pieces (1 defender vs 2 attackers, for example). Look at this position:

 What's removing the defender?

Removing the defender is a tactic that consists on eliminating the defender of another piece, so after the exchange, it will be a hanging piece, and we can take it. Generally we can do it by exchanging it, but you can just attack it, or deflect it. Look at this example:

Here's another example

Why is removing the defender important?

It's important because this can make you win a lot of games, but mostly, because if you don't know what it is, you can lose a lot of games if you ignore it.

Thanks for reading! I hope you can use this in your games!

 

Also, thanks @tsrif1 for helping me with the article 

Nice! This definitely should be an interesting read for beginners! I like the effort you put in as well!

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Great Article!

Great article, but in the third example, both black bishops are on the same color. The position is impossible in a real game.

Yeah, I changed it.