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Dacha Tactics #76 - Final light straw!!

Joshua Kogan
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Dacha Tactics #76 - Final light straw!!

This is a really cool position I came across. Black to play and win. We are down a queen, but the white king is in a straitjacket. We don't have a light bishop, and his king is on light – that signals to us we need to manufacture some good old homemade light! How? F5 light brick almost works, but alas, en passant. Let's pull through!!

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