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New Tactics & Video Lessons!
Have you been keeping up with your Dacha tactics? Be sure to check out twelve new tactics, and see if you solve this new one we added, below: New Videos! We've added a new video lesson highlighting Dacha themes in some very interesting games. Watch IM Yaacov go
Dacha Tactics #89 - rarest of rare -- dark Dacha stairway to heaven!
I just came across this position, and it is a beautiful one. The black king is a sitting dark duck on a1, but for now it seems mostly safe. Clearly, the goal will be to lock up the black king with the knight, bishop, and hopefully the king. Let'
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?
