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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?
Dacha Tactics #66 - Dark blow - not a coincidence
The passed pawn has a lust to expand. Note the queening square is dark – how fortunate that we have a Golden dark bishop to assist! Find a smooth and elegant finish...
Dacha Tactics #65 - Light with Dark intentions!
Our attack is brewing. How to efficiently break through the Black king's defenses? We have a nice golden dark bishop, so that can be a guide on the dark attack ...and for light – we can be creative!
Dacha Tactics #64 - Bobby Pin
A neat endgame finish courtesy of Fischer. Both sides have a bunch of pawns and dark bishops. The passed pawn's lust to expand asks us – how to secure the clean dark advance (a7)?
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: Bobby Fischer's Dacha Knock-outs! We've added three new video lessons highlighting Dacha themes in some very
Dacha Tactics #63 - Fischer's Light Shocker!
One of my favorites growing up. The position looks normal enough, but Fischer reminds us that we have a Golden Light Bishop and should feel proud and courageous on light. Let's dig deep and find what Fischer found!
Dacha Tactics #62 - Fischer's oozing light.
Famous moment from Donald Byrne vs (a very young!) Fischer as black. We have a Golden Light Bishop, and the white king is most definitely feeling a breeze. Our dark bishop is no slouch either and will happily help if asked. A piece down is still something, though, so we
Dacha Tactics #61 - Fischer's dark shocker!
Letelier vs Fischer - a famous Fischer miniature. Beautiful, however it comes, with dacha sauces it tastes even more delicious! The white king is clearly not too happy. Color money? Well, the imbalance is our knight vs his light Bishop, meaning we are down on light but ahead (+500) dark.
