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Dacha Tactics #88 - dark pin, forks and spoons galore!
An interesting position we have here. Black is up 3 pawns but has a weak king - then again, white's king isn't all roses either. The color money is equal, but white could most definitely attempt to target black's holes around his king and
Dacha Tactics #87 - full light explosion in real time
A juicy position I had in a game. Material is equal, color money is not. It's +1000 light and -1000 dark. Our golden bishop is especially excited at the sight of black's open light around his king. The black queen is helping on light, but certainly
Dacha Tactics #86 - the sleeper Golden Bishop
A nice tactic I came across. Black is down a queen, but the white king is not very safe. Also, we notice that our light bishop here is oh-so comfortable, taking bites out of the white king's safe squares (g2, f1). But we need more....how to infuse
Dacha Tactics #85 - light bishop turns dark
This is a really cool endgame I came across. To start, white is up a pawn. The imbalance of colors – we have a light bishop vs a knight, which means we are +500 light, -500 dark. If this were just kings and pawns, the game would be over. What gets
Dacha Tactics #84 - Dark investments paying light dividends
This was an interesting game of mine. Our king seems a bit safer than his, what with his dark weaknesses and the slight delay in castling. Also note on the queen side how our knights are in party mode, and our dark bishop is enjoying the dark pressure. Color money
Dacha Tactics #83 - Lil August creating dark magic -- Part 2
An endgame has arisen, and August's "a pawn" is oh-so close to queening. There is one - dark- square left to conquer. How to infuse the needed dose of dark energy?
Dacha Tactics #82 - Lil August creating dark magic -- Part 1
This game was played by (6 year old!) August. We are down a piece but have a big center and a Golden dark bishop. How to unleash our dark potential?
Dacha Tactics #81 - GothemChess topples the light resistence
I saw this in a Gothamchess video, he was showing this interesting position where there is 1 and only 1 winning move. It got me thinking about how we can use the colors as a proper guide to finding this outstanding idea of his. So, the color $ is equal, but
Dacha Tactics #80 - Hikaru unleashes the Golden Bishop
This is an exciting blitz game of Hikaru Nakamura. In a chaotic moment, the colors can often guide us. The imbalance is the rook vs Naka's knight and dark bishop. This means Naka has a sizable edge on dark $$. How use our Golden Bishop and wade through the
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'
