# Hanging Pawns: Latest YouTube Videos & Shorts

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As of 2026-11-10, Hanging Pawns has 305,000 subscribers, 40,464,920 total views, and 1,650 videos. It ranks #250,648 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ.

The most recent uploads from [Hanging Pawns](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hangingpawns/). Each video links to its own stats page. The page lists the rest of the channel's videos to signed-in vidIQ users.

## About this sample

- The latest upload vidIQ has for Hanging Pawns is “Round one of the Lagos Open and my preparation · Road to GM, Game 441”, a long-form video published Nov 9, 2026.
- These are Hanging Pawns’s 48 most recent public uploads vidIQ has data for, published between May 31, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026 (48 long-form videos).
- Median views across these 48 uploads: 7,251. 24 videos are above that median and 24 below.
- Most viewed in the sample: “12 Best Chess Training Methods Ranked and Explained” (91,037 views, Jun 4, 2026). Least viewed: “Sicilian Wing Gambit (2.b4)” (3,186 views, Aug 18, 2026).
- Median length: 29:55 for 48 long-form videos.
- In this sample, Hanging Pawns’s consecutive uploads were a median of 2 days apart (shortest gap 1 day, longest 18 days).
- Views are lifetime totals as of Nov 10, 2026, so newer uploads have had less time to collect them. These figures describe only the videos listed here, not the whole channel, and do not show why any video performed as it did. Dates are UTC.

## Recent uploads

| Video | Published (UTC) | Format | Views | Duration | Outlier score |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Round one of the Lagos Open and my preparation · Road to GM, Game 441](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hangingpawns/videos/lj7t7WiGJOU/) | 2026-11-09 | Long-form | 6,817 | 28:34 | 1.54x |
| [My first Vienna Gambit · 1.e4, Dutch, Sicilian repertoire · Game 3](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hangingpawns/videos/EGoPtSi3sfU/) | 2026-11-01 | Long-form | 12,168 | 59:36 | 1.09x |
| [Staunton Gambit in my first Dutch · 1.e4, Dutch, Sicilian repertoire · Game 2](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hangingpawns/videos/-v8jgOJxWlU/) | 2026-10-31 | Long-form | 7,936 | 31:07 | - |
| [The Grob Variation and how to refute it · Sicilian Defense Theory](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hangingpawns/videos/C-mqYSEl7J8/) | 2026-10-30 | Long-form | 4,146 | 15:37 | - |
| [1.e4, Dutch, Sicilian, the repertoire you voted for · Game 1](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hangingpawns/videos/wFlqOp-rSNs/) | 2026-10-29 | Long-form | 11,111 | 54:46 | - |
| [The Brick Variation and how to fight it · Sicilian Defense Theory](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hangingpawns/videos/NaGdDkPM-Yk/) | 2026-10-28 | Long-form | 5,407 | 17:44 | - |
| [The Amazon Attack and how to refute it · Sicilian Defense Theory](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hangingpawns/videos/oD2u3EJBNrw/) | 2026-10-27 | Long-form | 5,601 | 13:51 | - |
| [The Caro-Kann is the king of openings · Road to GM, Game 440](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hangingpawns/videos/LCPUcd6mSUo/) | 2026-10-26 | Long-form | 16,368 | 33:13 | 1.39x |
| [Out of book on move 2 · Road to GM, Game 439](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hangingpawns/videos/TmCSHd8gaOQ/) | 2026-10-21 | Long-form | 15,896 | 29:53 | 1.3x |
| [Understanding Pawn Structures: Closed vs Open Positions (Part 2/30)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hangingpawns/videos/5kkRmrN7uHs/) | 2026-10-08 | Long-form | 14,466 | 56:39 | 1.2x |
| [My favorite defense for black · Road to GM, Game 438](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hangingpawns/videos/7lC0w_auRfY/) | 2026-10-06 | Long-form | 18,196 | 37:26 | 1.53x |
| [Understanding Pawn Structures: Introduction and Basics of Positional Play (Part 1/30)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hangingpawns/videos/sVWwCGrPDDM/) | 2026-09-30 | Long-form | 33,884 | 1:10:09 | 2.72x |
| [The Moscow Variation of the Sicilian (3.Bb5+)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hangingpawns/videos/XI9_mUSzAF4/) | 2026-09-29 | Long-form | 6,927 | 47:06 | - |
| [The Chekover Sicilian (Qxd4)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hangingpawns/videos/jKYqqsmO-7U/) | 2026-09-28 | Long-form | 5,805 | 35:53 | - |
| [The Grand Prix Attack against the Sicilian](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hangingpawns/videos/y_nTGCFsrUc/) | 2026-09-23 | Long-form | 12,184 | 38:07 | 1.01x |
| [I no longer fear the Budapest Gambit! · Road to GM, Game 437](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hangingpawns/videos/_uOQff1Tc9w/) | 2026-09-21 | Long-form | 11,540 | 25:17 | 1.04x |
| [Sicilian McDonnell Attack (2.f4)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hangingpawns/videos/1fT9aSl1cGE/) | 2026-09-15 | Long-form | 7,895 | 36:26 | - |
| [How to solve chess tactics effectively and improve](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hangingpawns/videos/KRUj9gofIXY/) | 2026-09-09 | Long-form | 21,238 | 26:38 | 2.74x |
| [The Chameleon Sicilian](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hangingpawns/videos/mhskDZEIF7U/) | 2026-08-31 | Long-form | 12,737 | 25:26 | 2.95x |
| [6 chess games even civilians should know](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hangingpawns/videos/nnKUVvnsEfI/) | 2026-08-30 | Long-form | 20,737 | 1:02:02 | 4.8x |
| [The story of the most painful chess experience I ever had](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hangingpawns/videos/Nna8bVw9eso/) | 2026-08-29 | Long-form | 14,780 | 13:53 | 3.42x |
| [Mongoose Sicilian?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hangingpawns/videos/4HRicoI7kxo/) | 2026-08-27 | Long-form | 10,655 | 11:24 | 2.47x |
| [Sicilian O'Kelly Variation (2...a6)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hangingpawns/videos/muhZ5o0qNsc/) | 2026-08-26 | Long-form | 4,842 | 35:37 | 1.07x |
| [Sicilian Nimzowitsch Variation (2...Nf6)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hangingpawns/videos/snhyG5FKKlk/) | 2026-08-25 | Long-form | 3,789 | 37:01 | - |
| [Sicilian Snyder Variation (2.b3)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hangingpawns/videos/D22HH4UYZAg/) | 2026-08-20 | Long-form | 3,513 | 30:44 | - |
| [Sicilian Wing Gambit (2.b4)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hangingpawns/videos/kluMMOEQ35k/) | 2026-08-18 | Long-form | 3,186 | 23:09 | - |
| [Sicilian Kronberger Variation (2.Na3)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hangingpawns/videos/CyDpcnaRpl8/) | 2026-07-31 | Long-form | 3,294 | 16:08 | - |
| [Sicilian Pin Variation (and why it's bad for black)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hangingpawns/videos/QFggixdt3JQ/) | 2026-07-30 | Long-form | 3,797 | 13:14 | - |
| [1.e4 or 1.d4? 10 main differences and which first move most people should play.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hangingpawns/videos/Z4kNGVF_XzQ/) | 2026-07-26 | Long-form | 20,406 | 24:04 | 3.51x |
| [How do Grandmasters beat weaker players?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hangingpawns/videos/QbHzI1ZYjeA/) | 2026-07-25 | Long-form | 6,437 | 43:55 | 1.22x |
| [My 10 most painful blunders (in order of idiocy)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hangingpawns/videos/ztwqcHiR-94/) | 2026-07-23 | Long-form | 5,418 | 35:48 | 1.06x |
| [Should you study openings?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hangingpawns/videos/4JUmEizLPW0/) | 2026-07-18 | Long-form | 8,829 | 24:21 | 1.52x |
| [Attacking the Sicilian Defense · Road to GM, Game 436](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hangingpawns/videos/QUk6j7wSlT0/) | 2026-07-09 | Long-form | 6,544 | 29:58 | 1.18x |
| [Move order tricks in the Caro-Kann · Road to GM, Game 435](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hangingpawns/videos/HFkHRtBUeKo/) | 2026-07-08 | Long-form | 5,383 | 33:38 | 1.03x |
| [Brutal preparation in the Caro-Kann · Road to GM, Game 434](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hangingpawns/videos/5UheNiiaMCA/) | 2026-07-07 | Long-form | 6,205 | 28:41 | 1.21x |
| [Attacking the Modern Defense · Road to GM, Game 433](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hangingpawns/videos/inAONncombc/) | 2026-07-06 | Long-form | 4,824 | 17:15 | - |
| [Weird sidelines don't work against the Caro-Kann · Road to GM, Game 432](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hangingpawns/videos/6PcPPQq4g5M/) | 2026-07-05 | Long-form | 4,675 | 23:58 | - |
| [The importance of candidate moves · Road to GM, Game 431](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hangingpawns/videos/NO7pa51dXWY/) | 2026-07-04 | Long-form | 3,948 | 32:42 | - |
| [My Chess Training Routine (July and August 2026)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hangingpawns/videos/ARzpi8z2vrc/) | 2026-07-02 | Long-form | 4,633 | 24:57 | - |
| [Playing the Sicilian after 10 years of the Caro-Kann · Road to GM, Game 430](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hangingpawns/videos/UXwjVXoi7iI/) | 2026-07-01 | Long-form | 6,827 | 31:53 | - |
| [Building a smart repertoire by choosing complementary openings](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hangingpawns/videos/u4LiO1BKv3Y/) | 2026-06-30 | Long-form | 7,574 | 18:57 | - |
| [Playing Your First OTB Tournament? Rules, Etiquette, Preparation and everything else you must know.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hangingpawns/videos/UUCjI8unJwI/) | 2026-06-26 | Long-form | 5,331 | 45:45 | - |
| [Here is how I prepare for games (my prep and game against an IM) · Road to GM, Game 429](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hangingpawns/videos/_BX4rz_XU8c/) | 2026-06-25 | Long-form | 4,961 | 46:19 | - |
| [Why are e4 players unprepared for this? · Road to GM, Game 428](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hangingpawns/videos/eft_gEZC7J0/) | 2026-06-24 | Long-form | 12,324 | 18:52 | 1.03x |
| [How to learn openings and build a repertoire without getting overwhelmed](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hangingpawns/videos/XT05vyg6ITE/) | 2026-06-14 | Long-form | 16,021 | 27:26 | 1.16x |
| [5 Best Chess Training Methods For Each Rating Range (from beginner to master)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hangingpawns/videos/tg__xL8KlLo/) | 2026-06-11 | Long-form | 32,583 | 33:48 | 3.88x |
| [12 Best Chess Training Methods Ranked and Explained](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hangingpawns/videos/KXroUeRJV7g/) | 2026-06-04 | Long-form | 91,037 | 28:24 | 12.78x |
| [10 Most Common Chess Training Mistakes (and how to avoid them)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hangingpawns/videos/qtaASchjP74/) | 2026-05-31 | Long-form | 16,656 | 20:52 | 2.94x |

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