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Dacha Tactics #127 - Immortal 3 egg omelette breakfast dacha!
This battle happened during breakfast! And the resulting position resembled a fully loaded 3-egg omelette!! We are up a pawn. Color money is equal. Often in such positions, we want to look at which color we would like to replenish - here that would be dark, as we have no
Dacha Tactics #126 - Yehuda displays dark dacha part 2!
Continued from the last position, White's king has been sent fleeing straight into the dark tornado. Do remember, we are up 500 dark, which means that all this dark chaos should mean the end is near! Find the final dark blows. Interact with the puzzle below. If you
Dacha Tactics #125 - Yehuda displays dark dacha
Student Yehuda as black has an interesting position. Color money is +500 dark, -500 light. White just played f3, which weakens dark more. How to punish? Interact with the puzzle below. If you get stuck, you can always click the "lightbulb" icon in the lower-left of the puzzle
New Slow-Play Video Lesson!
🔥We have just added a new video lesson of IM Yaacov playing and discussing (with color themes) several slow-paced live games! Would you like a chance to have a one-on-one mini-Zoom session with IM Yaacov? Submit your best color-themed Dacha-style tactic to us, as a PGN file. IM Yaacov will
#90 Slow-paced instructive games, featuring discussions of patient dacha and respecting the Golden Bishop
Continue learning to win at chess with IM Yaacov Norowitz's unique "Dacha" approach.
3 More Dacha Tactics!!
🔥We have added 3 new color-themed Dacha tactics since our last newsletter! Have you been keeping up with your sparring practice? If you haven't been keeping up, here's an interesting tactic that we call "Carlsen gets lost in the dark" IM Yaacov's
Dacha Tactics #124 - Sneaky golden bishop!
Cute tactic I came across! We are down a rook but have a golden dark bishop and the black king and queens both sit on dark – a good omen for us! We have a queen and pawns to help as well. Let's get creative and tie the noose
Dacha Tactics #123 - Carlsen gets lost in the dark
This was a cool game I came across with Carlsen as the white pieces and the very strong GM Peter Svidler as the black. Carlsen is +1000 light, Svidler+1000 dark. Carlsen's last move was Qf5 (light!), but it leaves an opening to a crushing dark rejoinder. In
Dacha Tactics #122 - Light "Turkey" dacha!"
Had this vs an Australian GM. It started in a Budapest gambit, and despite looking fairly quiet, there is a color imbalance! It's our Knight vs his dark bishop, which means we're -500 dark but +500 light. Note that his king is on light; the light
New Video Lesson #89!
YaacAttack Chess Academy with IM Yaacov and NM Logozar.