#46 A Colorful Grunfeld
Continue learning IM Yaacov Norowitz's unique "Dacha" style of chess. In this lesson, we'll cover a classical color-themed Dacha battle between two greats.
#45 Blitz battles -- some light tickles , an extreme dark inspiration from Petrosian , and battling vs 3(!!) Queens successful
Continue learning IM Yaacov Norowitz's unique "Dacha" style of chess. In this lesson, Yaacov applies Dacha color theory live in real-time blitz.
#44 Queen sacrifice extravaganza... Tigran Petrosian queen sacrifice for dark, Bent Larsen repays the favor on light!
Continue learning IM Yaacov Norowitz's unique "Dacha" style of chess. In this lesson, we'll cover a classical color-themed Dacha battle between two greats.
Dacha Tactics #35 - Nezh's dark magic!
A classic Nezh game here. The position looks normal and a sane player would try and save the queen. However this is Nezh, and to boot -- the dark squares on black's kingside are looking fine and tasty today. How to proceed? Try and procure the Nezh dark
Dacha Tactics #34 - Cracking Naroditsky with Strict Cheesecake Dark Dacha.
A juicy, smooth cheesecake has arisen. Where to look for plans? Well, the color money is equal. However, there are some weak dark squares in question – and with black's bishop on g7 relatively sleeping, our dark bishop on a3 is ready to pounce! Interact with the puzzle below.
Dacha Tactics #33 - king shows dark chops to hold draw!
White's bishop looks trapped. Is there a form of escape or is it simply over? Let's look at color $ -- both have light bishops, neither have dark. If there is hope -- it will be on dark. But how? Let's dig deep for underground
Dacha Tactics #32 - knight shows off dark.
From a blitz battle -- all seems normal-- but how about some color money investigation! We have a knight vs white's light bishop. Which means we are ahead on dark but behind on light. His king stands on dark, seemingly activating his king like the books tell us
Dacha Tactics #31 - battle versus Caruana, knight showing light juice!
Battle vs Caruana! We are black here, in a bit of a time scramble. How to begin? Well let's see the color $$ -- knight his dark bishop. So we are ahead on light, he's ahead on dark. There are some juicy opportunities for our knight on
Dacha Tactics #30 - oozing dark juices.
This was a cheesecake blitz game vs the strong IM Lawrence Trent. A juicy position has arisen, what with our "Sleeping" Knight on d6. Color money is equal. However , neither side has a dark bishop so it would be helpful to look to replenish our dark! How? Interact
Dacha Tactics #29 - light rebuild.
An interesting endgame from a blitz game of mine. Knight vs Bishop -- means that we are behind on light but ahead on dark. His d4 pawn might be a target one day -- who knows. His pawn on c6 is a nuisance and is on light. How to replenish,
