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#42 Nezhmetdinov aka Super Nezh Digs Deep for Dark Gems and Treats us to a Beautiful Queen Sacrifice
Continue learning IM Yaacov Norowitz's unique "Dacha" style of chess. In this lesson, we'll cover a classical color-themed Dacha battle between two greats.
Dacha Tactics #8
Although the material is equal, it is clear that white has a nice bind and much more space and activity. Is there a knockout blow? First we look at the color money... White has a knight vs light bishop which means we have more dark $$ -- 500 to be exact.
Dacha Tactics #7
Here white has a roaming pair of bishops. But the first thing to look at is which one is the REAL dangerous of the 2, notably the Golden bishop. Since black does not have a dark bishop , our dark bishop is unopposed and Golden. We must believe in it and
Dacha Tactics #6
This is a beautiful tactic by the great Adolf Anderssen from the 1800s. Clearly we are doing very well and have an attack brewing vs the white king, but how to proceed? As always -- we begin by assessing the Facts -- color facts! The imbalance is light (Golden) bishop
Dacha Tactics #5
This was one of my favorites vs Magnus Carlsen. Through out the game I was proudly showing off my golden dark bishop lurking on b2. After many escapades, it netted me an extra piece. The finish is pretty, and will naturally relate to dark -- note our pressure on the
Grand Prix Attack!
Here, white is in a commanding position. A better pawn structure with a kingside attack well underway. One could calculate some possible breakthrough lines, but why not get some color background first to give us insight! So, the imbalance here is our knight vs his light bishop. Meaning – we are
Dacha Tactics #3
Here we begin by looking at the color imbalance. Well it's a light (golden!) bishop for us, vs a knight for him. This means we are ahead on light (albeit behind on dark). The juicy part is that to top it off, white has no mini light bishops
Dacha Tactics #2
Black has an open h file which could be promising for a kingside attack. In addition , the color money is interesting -- we have a knight vs his light bishop, which means we are behind on light and ahead on dark. All this means that dark squares are especially vulnerable
Dacha Tactics #1
There is a color imbalance here: Black has a light-squared bishop against White's knight, so Black is up on light money, and his light-squared bishop is his golden bishop. Therefore, if there are tactics here -- it would make sense for them to be on light squares, as
IM Armago (2222) - Brilliancy Prize!
Yaacov won a Brilliancy Prize when he played Qg3!