New Tactics & Video Lessons!
Have you been keeping up with your Dacha tactics? Be sure to check out the seven new tactics, and see if you remember how to solve this oldie but goodie, below: New Videos! We've added a new video lesson highlighting Dacha themes in some very interesting games. Watch
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,
Dacha Tactics #73 - Extreme Dark Faith
This is a fabulous combination I saw, which is not easy but very satisfying. White seems to be winning, but the knight appears stuck. We are ahead on dark, and in some cases, if we could push the d pawn, it would be very juicy. How to uproot the defending
Dacha Tactics #72 - Carlsen hiccup!! dark pawn dacha.
I saw this game in a Titled Tuesday tournament, Carlsen is black vs a strong NM. Carlsen misses the correct plan and only draws! This may be a pawn endgame but make no mistake – colors come in prominently in the planning. Find the win! Hint – dark seems to be a
Dacha Tactics #71 - Dark splash!
A simple but elegant motif. We have an attack on the exposed black king. Upon inspection of colors, we are down an exchange but have a Golden dark bishop. So, the dark squares should be the focus! E7, g7, H8, H4....all these are juicy and await our conquest. Somehow
Dacha Tactics #70 - Immortal dacha walk!
A cool position I had vs an Indian IM. Our position looks quite healthy, with reasonable harmony, and all but his Ne4 helps hold the position together. Also, light will be an important color as we don't have a light bishop. Which piece can help infuse light juice
