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Dacha Tactics #97 - Unlocking the gates.

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Dacha Tactics #97 - Unlocking the gates.

A cool position I saw in a game, with the tricky GM Daniel Naroditsky manning the black pieces. We are down a rook, but lots of pressure on the white king. And the color money? Well, leaving the rook deficit aside, we have a golden dark bishop vs light – bishop so +1000 dark. While the knee-jerk reaction is to deal with the attack on our queen, let's also look for potential dark opportunities...

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