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Dacha Tactics #72 - Carlsen hiccup!! dark pawn dacha.
I saw this game in a Titled Tuesday tournament, Carlsen is black vs a strong NM. Carlsen misses the correct plan and only draws! This may be a pawn endgame but make no mistake – colors come in prominently in the planning. Find the win! Hint – dark seems to be a
Dacha Tactics #71 - Dark splash!
A simple but elegant motif. We have an attack on the exposed black king. Upon inspection of colors, we are down an exchange but have a Golden dark bishop. So, the dark squares should be the focus! E7, g7, H8, H4....all these are juicy and await our conquest. Somehow
Dacha Tactics #70 - Immortal dacha walk!
A cool position I had vs an Indian IM. Our position looks quite healthy, with reasonable harmony, and all but his Ne4 helps hold the position together. Also, light will be an important color as we don't have a light bishop. Which piece can help infuse light juice
New Tactics & Video Lessons!
Have you been keeping up with your Dacha tactics? Be sure to check out the new tactics, and see if you remember how to solve this oldie but goodie, below: New Videos! We've added three new video lessons highlighting Dacha themes in some very interesting games. Watch IM
Dacha Tactics #69 - The light straw that broke the camel's back
Black's king is under fire! So much dark energy is looming, but how to break through? Sometimes a dark attack, with a golden dark bishop, can be defended just enough – but a little light zinger at the end can do the trick and break the camel's
Dacha Tactics #68 - Golden light bishop lurking!
An extremely interesting – and difficult!! - position from Caruana vs Nepomniatchi game I recently witnessed. It looks normal, but it's on the verge of winning for white. Where to start looking? Color money, naturally. We have a Golden Light Bishop vs a knight (+$500 light). How to infuse
Dacha Tactics #67 - Light Zwischenzug - with dark intentions
Fischer vs Geller miniature. Blacks King on f8 is not safe. And with our Golden Dark bishop helping out, its days are numbered. How to most efficiently use our dark energy? To paraphrase Lasker's famous guidance– When we see a good move on dark, what do we do?
