Daily Dacha Tactics
Each day we add a Dacha color-themed tactic for interactive play. Test your color theory and enjoy!
Dacha Tactics #22 - Alekhine vs Yates dark magic.
This is a personal favorite of mine from my early childhood chess days. Alekhine is playing Yates, we have a great knight and 2 strong rooks. First -- what is the color $$? Well knight vs light bishop means we have extra dark $. Which squares are sensitive in black's
Dacha Tactics #21 - Capablanca dreams big for the golden bishop.
Black is clearly doing well here. More space, 2 bishops, and a very compact position. How to form a plan? Let's begin with colors naturally! The imbalance is black has a light bishop for the white knight. This means we are ahead on light. As a bonus --
Dacha Tactics #20 - Capablanca finds dark amidst the light!
An interesting endgame taken from a Capablanca game vs Janowski. Lots of funky pawns everywhere, which are strong which are weak and how to play? Well let's begin with colors! The imbalance is our Golden light bishop vs his knight which means we are +500 light and -500
Dacha Tactics #19 - dark dacha Capablanca vs Vidmar.
A Capablanca game. We are slowly squeezing black with the bishop pair. Well let's look for the pride and joy -- our dark Golden bishop naturally. If so , the knockout will likely be on dark ... Interact with the puzzle below. If you get stuck, you can always click
Dacha Tactics #18 - light dacha finale.
A wild tactical melee has occured and white's king has landed on the edge. How to finish the job? With his light bishop being pinned, our own light bishop may as well be a Golden bishop. We can begin to look for a light knockout... Interact with the
Dacha Tactics #17 - full board light squeeze, featuring a sleeping bishop!
A perfect full board dacha has been built. The last black move was h6, dark brick. Now it is time to cash in on our light central dominance, spearheaded by our light mini bishops and "sleeping bishop" on d3. Interact with the puzzle below. If you get stuck,
Dacha Tactics #16 - hardcore dark dacha.
An interesting position has arisen. Both kings are slightly under fire. How do we begin? Color $$ of course! So it's our dark bishop vs his light. Meaning we're -1000 light and +1000 dark. The swing is real! How valuable is our dark $$? Well his king is
Dacha Tactics #15 - lighthouse dacha!
Very complex! Where to start looking? The colors, naturally. Black has more space and pressure on White's king. As for the color money, the imbalance is Knight vs Dark bishop. Which means we are behind on dark, but ahead on light. Moves like Nf3 spring to mind --
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
Dacha Tactics #13 - cashing in the light money.
Clearly White has a nice attack. The open h file and the pieces peering onto Black's kingside gives us high hope. And what about the color money? The imbalance is Knight for us, Dark bishop for Black. Meaning we are behind on dark but ahead on light. How
