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#68 Blitz battles with symbolic dacha moments, win vs Naroditsky using important light zwischenzug
Continue learning IM Yaacov Norowitz's unique "Dacha" style of chess. In this lesson, IM Yaacov applies Dacha color theory live in real-time blitz.
#67 Nailbiter vs Nigel Short Instructive Golden- -dark Bishop endgames!
Continue learning IM Yaacov Norowitz's unique "Dacha" style of chess. In this lesson, IM Yaacov applies Dacha color theory live in real-time blitz.
#66 Exquisite display of Golden Bishop and bishop pair by Fischer
Continue learning IM Yaacov Norowitz's unique "Dacha" style of chess. Join IM Yaacov as he discusses Dacha techniques found in games of the greats.
New Tactics & Video Lessons!
Have you been keeping up with your Dacha tactics? Be sure to check out the seven new tactics, and see if you remember how to solve this oldie but goodie, below: New Videos! We've added a new video lesson highlighting Dacha themes in some very interesting games. Watch
Dacha Tactics #76 - Final light straw!!
This is a really cool position I came across. Black to play and win. We are down a queen, but the white king is in a straitjacket. We don't have a light bishop, and his king is on light – that signals to us we need to manufacture some
Dacha Tactics #75 - Dark dacha by hook or by crook.
Amazing position. Maybe not so realistic, or maybe yes. Black's pawns are all rolling up the board, more than one bishop can handle. Our one pawn seems like a longshot and can easily be stopped by Kg7 dark interference. In terms of colors – we are ahead on light,
Dacha Tactics #74 - King and knight heroic dark!!
A nice position I came across. Despite the small number of pieces, White can win. The black rook will be fully trapped! How? Our golden light bishop has much potential and clearly has ideas of discovered checks with the Nb7. To dominate the board, we should probably look to using
Dacha Tactics #73 - Extreme Dark Faith
This is a fabulous combination I saw, which is not easy but very satisfying. White seems to be winning, but the knight appears stuck. We are ahead on dark, and in some cases, if we could push the d pawn, it would be very juicy. How to uproot the defending
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
