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Dacha Tactics #110 - Dark chocolate ... with a hint of light caramel

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Dacha Tactics #110 - Dark chocolate ... with a hint of light caramel

A cool position I saw from a game by Levy Rozman, aka "Gothamchess". White's king is under fire and not all that content. Color money? It's our Golden dark bishop vs white's knight. Which means we are ahead on dark, but behind on light. With the king planted on a dark square, this can ring alarm bells...

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