Dacha Tactics #79 - yearning for dark, purest of pure
A classic motif here, and when I came across it for the umpteenth time, I was excited and inspired at the thought of the underlying color dynamics! Here, black's king is on dark, and our goal is to mate. Our queen can help on dark, but let'
Dacha Tactics #78 - light peekabo Dacha
A cool puzzle I came across. White's king is in the center and would love to jump ship and castle. E2 light seems a focal point. There is some dark pressure as well. How to squeeze the light juices and punish the white king?
Dacha Tactics #77 - oozing light!
An interesting game I had. Material is level, how about colors? We have a golden light bishop, and he has a golden dark bishop. So the color money swing is we are ahead $1000 light, down $1000 dark. How to use our light money? On the kingside G6, f7, e6,
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Dacha Tactics #76 - Final light straw!!
This is a really cool position I came across. Black to play and win. We are down a queen, but the white king is in a straitjacket. We don't have a light bishop, and his king is on light – that signals to us we need to manufacture some
Dacha Tactics #75 - Dark dacha by hook or by crook.
Amazing position. Maybe not so realistic, or maybe yes. Black's pawns are all rolling up the board, more than one bishop can handle. Our one pawn seems like a longshot and can easily be stopped by Kg7 dark interference. In terms of colors – we are ahead on light,
