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Hanging Pawns
Stjepan's Hanging Pawns channel documents his road to IM with deep, structured lessons on openings, middlegame structures, and strategy.
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36 Videos
Bird Opening: Ideas, Structures, Principles, Theory, Transpositions · Chess Openings
Intermediate600–1800Openings
The Torre Attack - Plans, Structures, Patterns, Variations · Chess Openings
Intermediate600–1800Openings
Introduction to the Trompowsky Attack · Plans, Ideas, Structures and Common Variations
Intermediate600–1800Openings
Réti Opening: Ideas, Principles, Theory, Transpositions, Structures · Chess Openings
Advanced1000–2400Openings
Ruy Lopez - Ideas, Principles and Common Variations ⎸Chess Openings
Intermediate600–1800Openings
The Richter-Veresov Attack - Plans, Structures, Patterns, Variations · Chess Openings
Intermediate600–1800Openings
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Understanding Pawn Structure | Chess Middlegames
Why pawns decide your plans: weak squares, pawn islands, majorities, and how structure tells you where to play.
Intermediate1000–1800Middlegame Strategy
Hanging Pawns | Chess Middlegames
The channel's namesake structure: when hanging pawns are a strength, when they're a weakness, and the plans for both sides.
Advanced1200–2200Middlegame Strategy
Pawn Breakthroughs | Chess Middlegames
Breakthrough sacrifices and pawn levers in the middlegame — how to blast open a locked position at the right moment.
Intermediate1200–2000Middlegame Strategy