Daily Dacha Tactics
Each day we add a Dacha color-themed tactic for interactive play. Test your color theory and enjoy!
Dacha Tactics #84 - Dark investments paying light dividends
This was an interesting game of mine. Our king seems a bit safer than his , what with his dark weaknesses and the slight delay in castling. Also note on the queen side how our knights are in party mode and our dark bishop is enjoying the dark pressure. Color money
Dacha Tactics #71 - Dark splash!
A simple but elegant motif. We have an attack on the exposed black king. Upon inspection of colors, we are down an exchange but have a Golden dark bishop. So the dark squares should be the focus! E7 , g7, H8 , H4....all these are juicy and await our conquest. Somehow
Dacha Tactics #66 - Dark blow - not a coincidence
The passed pawn has a lust to expand. Note the queening square is dark – how fortunate that we have a Golden dark bishop to assist! Find a smooth and elegant finish... Interact with the puzzle below. If you get stuck, you can always click the "lightbulb" icon in
Dacha Tactics #58 - Endgame finesse - yearning for light harmony.
A really cool endgame I played which is filled with dacha treats! Color money is equal - both sides have a dark bishop and would love to get more light. Note how both kings are already on light - acting as dark builders. One could say that for now black&
Dacha Tactics #55 - Oozing dark.
This is from a game of mine in a blitz time scramble. We are up a whole bunch of material but the a7 pawn is about to queen. The normal response would be Ra2 and trade the rook for the pawn. Is there better? Let color money guide us! We
Dacha Tactics #47 - Dzindi's bishop can change colors!
Yes, Roman's bishops have been known to switch colors mid-game – metaphorically of course. Here the Black pieces are led by the world-class GM Beliavsky. We would like to end matters with Rh1 to h8, but alas the queen guard. Interact with the puzzle below. If you get stuck,
Dacha Tactics #40 - smooth dark knockout!
An exciting position! Starting from a YaacAttack Stonewall , where white usually plays on light, the focus here seems to have switched to dark. The color $ will also guide us this way – knight vs his light bishop means that we are -500 light, but +500 on dark. If we take note,
Dacha Tactics #39 - Dark "Parachute" Dacha!
An interesting position from a game of mine. The position seems quiet and frankly, it'll be painfully quiet once black gets to castle. Any way to prevent it? Well, let's first assess colors, as always. We have a knight vs light bishop which means we'
Dacha Tactics #35 - Nezh's dark magic!
A classic Nezh game here. The position looks normal and a sane player would try and save the queen. However this is Nezh, and to boot -- the dark squares on black's kingside are looking fine and tasty today. How to proceed? Try and procure the Nezh dark
Dacha Tactics #34 - cracking Naroditsky with strict cheesecake dark dacha.
A juicy smooth cheesecake has arisen. Where to look for plans? Well the color money is equal. However there are some weak dark squares in question --and with black's bishop on g7 relatively sleeping, our dark bishop on a3 is ready to pounce! Interact with the puzzle below.
Dacha Tactics #33 - king shows dark chops to hold draw!
White's bishop looks trapped. Is there a form of escape or is it simply over? Let's look at color $ -- both have light bishops, neither have dark. If there is hope -- it will be on dark. But how? Let's dig deep for underground
Dacha Tactics #32 - knight shows off dark.
From a blitz battle -- all seems normal-- but how about some color money investigation! We have a knight vs white's light bishop. Which means we are ahead on dark but behind on light. His king stands on dark, seemingly activating his king like the books tell us
Dacha Tactics #31 - battle versus Caruana, knight showing light juice!
Battle vs Caruana! We are black here, in a bit of a time scramble. How to begin? Well let's see the color $$ -- knight his dark bishop. So we are ahead on light, he's ahead on dark. There are some juicy opportunities for our knight on
Dacha Tactics #30 - oozing dark juices.
This was a cheesecake blitz game vs the strong IM Lawrence Trent. A juicy position has arisen, what with our "Sleeping" Knight on d6. Color money is equal. However , neither side has a dark bishop so it would be helpful to look to replenish our dark! How? Interact
