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Dacha Tactics #14 - tactical dark rebuild.

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Dacha Tactics #14 - tactical dark rebuild.

An interesting endgame has arisen. Black has the bishop pair plus the more active king. We are ahead on dark, behind on light. As a bonus -- our dark bishop is a Golden Bishop. As we look further, it dominates the hapless white Knight on h3. If the Knight ever pops out to f4/f2, we would be happy enough to trade and simply win the endgame with our far superior king. But how to make progress? Our clue -- Dark....

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