Dacha Tactics #14 - tactical dark rebuild.
An interesting endgame has arisen. Black has the bishop pair plus the more active king. We are ahead on dark, behind on light. As a bonus -- our dark bishop is a Golden Bishop. As we look further, it dominates the hapless white Knight on h3. If the Knight ever
Dacha Tactics #13 - cashing in the light money.
Clearly White has a nice attack. The open h file and the pieces peering onto Black's kingside gives us high hope. And what about the color money? The imbalance is Knight for us, Dark bishop for Black. Meaning we are behind on dark but ahead on light. How
Dacha Tactics #12 - light with DARK intentions!
A complex position. We could start calculating and crunching variations. Well, bravo for that! But – even better, let's have colors be our guide. To start – what is the color $$? The imbalance is our knight for black's light bishop. This means he is ahead on light, and
Dacha Tactics #11 - pawn sacrifice enabling the knight to crush on its color!
Famous position from Lasker vs Capa! To start, what is the color $$? The imbalance is knight vs light bishop, so that will mean we are behind on light but ahead on dark (+500). We also have more space. And the Ne6 "Sleeping Knight" is already tickling dark. The
Dacha Tactics #10 - golden bishop oozing dark energies.
Interesting position we have here. Black has a nice golden dark bishop and with the white king on dark, there promises to be juicy ideas. Also note how white has little to no pawns on dark -- i.e. no dark rebuild. Find the knockout blow! Interact with the puzzle
Dacha Tactics #9 - yearning for dark rebuild!
White has lots of passed pawns -- it should be simple to win! Except that Black has a strong blockade on the dark-squares, preventing us from advancing to promote. If we can break this blockade, then we win with our passed pawns! Therefore, it's time to march in
New Puzzle Design
Hint: this is a beautiful tactic by the great Adolf Anderssen from the 1800s. Clearly we are doing very well and have an attack brewing vs the white king, but how to proceed $2 As always -- we begin by assessing the Facts -- color facts $1 The imbalance is
#43 Blitz Roller coasters , we find the recipe of humble and pure dacha style with a side dish of Budapest!
Continue learning IM Yaacov Norowitz's unique "Dacha" style of chess. In this lesson, Yaacov applies Dacha color theory live in real-time blitz.
#42 Nezhmetdinov aka Super Nezh Digs Deep for Dark Gems and Treats us to a Beautiful Queen Sacrifice
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 #8
Although the material is equal, it is clear that white has a nice bind and much more space and activity. Is there a knockout blow? First we look at the color money... White has a knight vs light bishop which means we have more dark $$ -- 500 to be exact.
