Archive

Nov 2023

28: Dacha Wins at World Chessboxing Championship!

Nov 2023

28: Dacha Tactics #58 - Endgame finesse - yearning for light harmony.

Nov 2023

28: Dacha Tactics #57 - Golden light bishop shows what it's got!

Nov 2023

26: #60 Fischer springs the light slow squeeze on Saidy, then an 11 move light shocker vs Reshevsky!!

Nov 2023

26: #59 Fischer!!! First light, then dark. Neither a coincidence.

Nov 2023

9: 2 More Dacha Video Lessons!

Nov 2023

9: 2 More Dacha Video Lessons!!

Nov 2023

9: #58 The legendary Spassky shows us how to use a hidden light advantage!

Nov 2023

3: Dacha Tactics #56 - a dark shocker -- a dacha special!!

Oct 2023

29: #57 blitz battles; Hardcore match vs top Peruvian GM followed by Dark Dacha win vs Nigel Short! Comin' around the mountain!

Oct 2023

29: Dacha Tactics #55 - Oozing dark.

Oct 2023

25: Dacha Tactics #54 - Soft light tickle!

Oct 2023

25: Dacha Tactics #53 - Dzindzi soft dark touch!

Oct 2023

25: Dacha Tactics #52 - Dzindzi wants the juicy golden bishop!

Oct 2023

25: Dacha Tactics #51 - Bishop pair + passed pawn is too much harmony!!

Oct 2023

25: Dacha Tactics #50 - Dzindzi's golden bishop and its henchmen!

Oct 2023

25: Dacha Tactics #49 - Dzindzi's bear hug on the light squares!

Oct 2023

20: 12 More Dacha Tactics!!

Oct 2023

20: 12 More Dacha Tactics!

Oct 2023

20: Dacha Tactics #48 - The light straw that broke the dacha's back!

Oct 2023

20: Dacha Tactics #47 - Dzindi's bishop can change colors!

Oct 2023

20: Dacha Tactics #46 - Dzindzi's dark shocker!

Oct 2023

20: Dacha Tactics #45 - Dzindzi's light saber!

Oct 2023

20: Dacha Tactics #44 - Dzindzi's dark knockout blow!

Oct 2023

13: Dacha Tactics #43 - "sleeping knight" gets a good night's sleep in the dark.

Oct 2023

13: Dacha Tactics #42 - "trapped" horsie shows its worth in light.

Oct 2023

13: Dacha Tactics #41 - another smooth dark knockout!

Oct 2023

13: Dacha Tactics #40 - smooth dark knockout!

Oct 2023

13: Dacha Tactics #39 - dark "parachute" dacha!

Oct 2023

13: Dacha Tactics #38 - Bent Larsen golden bishop queen sacrifice!

Oct 2023

13: Dacha Tactics #37 - Petrosian queen sacrifice is Nehz's inspiration!

Oct 2023

13: Dacha Tactics #36 - dark and light.

Oct 2023

11: #56 Blitz battles - Epic match vs Australian GM -- the queen keeps acting as a dark bishop!

Oct 2023

11: #55 Petrosian gives us a clinic in Golden Bishop

Oct 2023

6: YAACATTACK Academy Live!

Sep 2023

22: #54 Blitz! Trapping rooks in broad daylight, battling GingerGm and a spicy knight Vs. bishop endgame!

Sep 2023

8: #53 Welcome back Hans! Featuring YaacAttack dark with light intentions

Sep 2023

2: #52 Blitz Battles--Soft light touch in pawn endgame, and queen sacrifice vs young Hungarian prodigy GM Gledura

Sep 2023

2: #51 Blitz battles featuring Black and White Cookie dacha with a pawn endgame & a swindle finale!

Sep 2023

2: #50 Golden Anniversary!! Featuring the Gold Coin dark dacha brilliancy, and it's successors

Sep 2023

2: #49 Blitz battles Featuring fancy knight dacha, 3 pieces vs queen (!!) and some instructive rook endgames

Sep 2023

2: #48 Blitz! The ultimate knight vs bishop duels

Sep 2023

2: #47 Petrosian vs. Smyslov - Light and Dark!

Sep 2023

2: #46 A Colorful Grunfeld

Sep 2023

2: #45 Blitz battles -- some light tickles , an extreme dark inspiration from Petrosian , and battling vs 3(!!) Queens successful

Sep 2023

2: #44 Queen sacrifice extravaganza... Tigran Petrosian queen sacrifice for dark, Bent Larsen repays the favor on light!

Aug 2023

25: Dacha Tactics #35 - Nezh's dark magic!

Aug 2023

25: Dacha Tactics #34 - cracking Naroditsky with strict cheesecake dark dacha.

Aug 2023

25: Dacha Tactics #33 - king shows dark chops to hold draw!

Aug 2023

25: Dacha Tactics #32 - knight shows off dark.

Aug 2023

25: Dacha Tactics #31 - battle versus Caruana, knight showing light juice!

Aug 2023

25: Dacha Tactics #30 - oozing dark juices.

Aug 2023

25: Dacha Tactics #29 - light rebuild.

Aug 2023

25: Dacha Tactics #28 - Max Euwe shows faith in light golden bishop.

Aug 2023

25: Dacha Tactics #27 - Reshevsky shows off golden light bishop.

Aug 2023

25: Dacha Tactics #26 - oozing dark for the win!

Aug 2023

25: Dacha Tactics #25 - dark nugget incoming!

Aug 2023

24: Dacha Tactics #24 - Nimzo light squeeze featuring triangulation!

Aug 2023

24: Dacha Tactics #23 - Reti vs Romanovsky light magic.

Aug 2023

24: Dacha Tactics #22 - Alekhine vs Yates dark magic.

Aug 2023

24: Dacha Tactics #21 - Capablanca dreams big for the golden bishop.

Aug 2023

24: Dacha Tactics #20 - Capablanca finds dark amidst the light!

Aug 2023

23: Dacha Tactics #19 - dark dacha Capablanca vs Vidmar.

Aug 2023

23: Dacha Tactics #18 - light dacha finale.

Aug 2023

23: Dacha Tactics #17 - full board light squeeze, featuring a sleeping bishop!

Aug 2023

23: Dacha Tactics #16 - hardcore dark dacha.

Aug 2023

23: Hello from the YAACATTACK Academy!

Jul 2023

21: Dacha Tactics #15 - lighthouse dacha!

Jul 2023

21: Dacha Tactics #14 - tactical dark rebuild.

Jul 2023

21: Dacha Tactics #13 - cashing in the light money.

Jul 2023

21: Dacha Tactics #12 - light with DARK intentions!

Jul 2023

21: Dacha Tactics #11 - pawn sacrifice enabling the knight to crush on its color!

Jul 2023

21: Dacha Tactics #10 - golden bishop oozing dark energies.

Jul 2023

5: Dacha Tactics #9 - yearning for dark rebuild!

Jun 2023

16: New Puzzle Design

May 2023

26: #43 Blitz Roller coasters , we find the recipe of humble and pure dacha style with a side dish of Budapest!

May 2023

26: #42 Nezhmetdinov aka Super Nezh Digs Deep for Dark Gems and Treats us to a Beautiful Queen Sacrifice

May 2023

26: Dacha Tactics #8

May 2023

26: Dacha Tactics #7

May 2023

26: Dacha Tactics #6

May 2023

26: Dacha Tactics #5

May 2023

26: Dacha Tactics #4

May 2023

26: Dacha Tactics #3

May 2023

26: Dacha Tactics #2

May 2023

26: Dacha Tactics #1

May 2023

23: IM Armago (2222) - Brilliancy Prize!

May 2023

15: #41 Blitz Battles, Featuring the Slow Squeeze Babysitter Dacha + Budapest Gambit move 4 Accidental Novelty!

May 2023

15: #40 Ding Liren vs. Ian Nepomniachtchi, World Championship Round 4

May 2023

15: #39 Dynamic Dark Money

May 2023

15: #38 Isaak Birbrager vs. Mikhail Tal

May 2023

15: #37 Queen sacrifice saga! The Golden Dark Bishop is worth a Queen... By the great Mikhail Tal

May 2023

15: #36 Botvinnik vs. Tal, 1960

May 2023

15: #35 Blitz Battles including a sneak peak into Budapest Yaac Attack!! Taking 2900 IM's queen on move 10

May 2023

15: #34 Showdown vs Daniel Naroditsky Doubled pawns adding Harmony + a taste of Cheesecake for dessert

May 2023

15: #33 Blitz Special -- A Bit of Style!

May 2023

15: #32 Blitz Special - Yaacov versus Caruana!

May 2023

15: #31 Blitz Battles, Color Wars and hopping knights with a Bulgarian Female Phenom!

May 2023

15: #30 Max Euwe springs one of the most iconic moves in chess history teaching us light faith

May 2023

15: #29 The Great Reshevsky shows the beauty of trades and vigilant harmony, with light at the end of the tunnel

May 2023

15: #28 Blitz Special!

May 2023

15: #27 Nimzovitch shows knight vs bishop light Dacha... knight on rim -- not so grim! Featuring rare DOUBLE triangulation

May 2023

15: #26 Blitz Special!

May 2023

15: #25 Richard Reti vs. Peter Romanovsky Light vs Dark -- Dacha Showdown

May 2023

15: #24 Botvinnik invents the Dacha exchange sacrifice dark with light intentions

May 2023

15: #23 Richard Reti vs. Peter Romanovsky

May 2023

15: #22 Alekhine vs. Yates

May 2023

15: #21 Stapfer vs. Capablanca

May 2023

15: #20 Brick or Bug the age old question Capablanca shows us there is light (and dark!!) at the end of the tunnel ...

May 2023

15: #19 Capablanca grabs dark $ and takes it straight to the (endgame) bank

May 2023

15: #18 Capablanca Light Square Tease Dacha

May 2023

15: #17 Capa the sleeping giant shows off his shiny bishop pair

May 2023

15: #16 Dark with light intentions , immortal Zugzwang and sleeping bishop!!

May 2023

15: #15 Nimzovitch shows us how a blockade is done -- with a smooth dacha twist!

May 2023

15: #14 Akiba Rubinstein vs. Karel Hromadka

May 2023

15: #13 Akiba Rubenstein's Slow Squeeze and Fireworks

May 2023

15: #12 Frank Marshall Introduces Pipe Dacha

May 2023

15: #11 Maroczy Shows Off His Knights and Dark $

May 2023

12: #10 Schlechter's Dark Dacha

May 2023

12: #9 Lasker Shows Off His Sleeping Knight

May 2023

12: #8 Lasker Shows His Dacha Chops

May 2023

12: #7 More Tarrasch

May 2023

12: #6 Old School Tarrasch

May 2023

12: #5 Old School Positional Masters

May 2023

12: #4 Famous Morphy Games

May 2023

12: #3 Old School Dacha

May 2023

12: #2 Dacha Fundamentals

May 2023

12: #1 Dacha Fundamentals

May 2023

10: Yaacov on Perpetual Chess Podcast

May 2023

5: IM Mykola-Bortnyk (2952)

Apr 2023

24: Test Puzzle Embed

Apr 2023

24: Test GIF Embed

Apr 2023

21: Course: The Yaac Attack Stonewall Attack for White

Apr 2023

18: Course: The Yaac Attack: Caro-Kann for Black

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