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Dacha Tactics #109 - Queen acts as...
The black king is naked, his forces are sleeping, and the end is near! Color money is our golden dark bishop vs his knight, meaning we are +500 dark but behind on light. How to replenish our light and weave a mating net? Interact with the puzzle below. If you
Dacha Tactics #108 - Charlotte's light web
An interesting endgame I came across. Color money is +500 light, -500 dark. The agile knight and its light potential may very well pose issues for the limited white king. That and some dark bricks could be the end! How to tie the noose? Interact with the puzzle below. If
#83 some instructive games and world championship color discussions!
Continue learning IM Yaacov Norowitz's unique "Dacha" style of chess.
#82 Blitz Battles with young talent Tani discussing dark money and the Queen and Knight dangerous combo
Continue learning IM Yaacov Norowitz's unique "Dacha" style of chess.
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YaacAttack Chess Academy with IM Yaacov and NM Logozar.
Dacha Tactics #107 - Queen goes back to acting school.
A fairly straightforward position with some color pizazz! White is looking to weave a mating net around the hapless king. He sits on light – how to complete the light dacha? Interact with the puzzle below. If you get stuck, you can always click the "lightbulb" icon in the
Dacha Tactics #106 - The light dance!- squeezing that tempo.
A cute puzzle shown to me by a student. The first thing we like to look for is material/color imbalance. All equal! However, there is a facet of white's king being loose and the light squares being sensitive. How to parlay this to the win? Any other
Dacha Tactics #105 - Knight is the light undertaker...bishop pair mocked!
An interesting endgame from a blitz game of mine. It's an endgame where we battle the feared bishop pair. We have some things going for us, though! Our mini dark bishops do a nice job of replenishing the lack of a dark bishop. And we are +500 light!
#81 Slower paced games! Featuring dark cheesecake and Budapest Boden mate dacha.
Continue learning IM Yaacov Norowitz's unique "Dacha" style of chess.
Dacha Tactics #104 - Knight got dark bling bling
Here's a cool position I saw from a blitz game with the legendary Hikaru Nakamura manning the white pieces. At first glance, we notice the d5 pawn is loose, but the knight on c5 is somewhat loose, and the b3 pawn is not fully secure either. What'
