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Dacha Tactics #11 - pawn sacrifice enabling the knight to crush on its color!

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Dacha Tactics #11 - pawn sacrifice enabling the knight to crush on its color!

Famous position from Lasker vs Capa! To start, what is the color $$? The imbalance is knight vs light bishop, so that will mean we are behind on light but ahead on dark (+500). We also have more space. And the Ne6 "Sleeping Knight" is already tickling dark. The Nc3 -- not so much. Let's be creative and unlock the latent dark power in the position...

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