Daily Dacha Tactics
Each day we add a Dacha color-themed tactic for interactive play. Test your color theory and enjoy!
Dacha Tactics #85 - light bishop turns dark
This is a really cool endgame I came across. To start, white is up a pawn. The imbalance of colors – we have a light bishop vs a knight, which means we are +500 light, -500 dark. If this were just kings and pawns, the game would be over. What gets
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 #83 - Lil August creating dark magic -- Part 2
An endgame has arisen, and August's "a pawn" is oh-so close to queening. There is one - dark- square left to conquer. How to infuse the needed dose of dark energy?
Dacha Tactics #82 - Lil August creating dark magic -- Part 1
This game was played by (6 year old!) August. We are down a piece but have a big center and a Golden dark bishop. How to unleash our dark potential?
Dacha Tactics #81 - GothemChess topples the light resistence
I saw this in a Gothamchess video, he was showing this interesting position where there is 1 and only 1 winning move. It got me thinking about how we can use the colors as a proper guide to finding this outstanding idea of his. So, the color $ is equal, but
Dacha Tactics #80 - Hikaru unleashes the Golden Bishop
This is an exciting blitz game of Hikaru Nakamura. In a chaotic moment, the colors can often guide us. The imbalance is the rook vs Naka's knight and dark bishop. This means Naka has a sizable edge on dark $$. How use our Golden Bishop and wade through the
Dacha Tactics #79 - yearning for dark, purest of pure
A classic motif here, and when I came across it for the umpteenth time, I was excited and inspired at the thought of the underlying color dynamics! Here, black's king is on dark, and our goal is to mate. Our queen can help on dark, but let'
Dacha Tactics #78 - light peekabo Dacha
A cool puzzle I came across. White's king is in the center and would love to jump ship and castle. E2 light seems a focal point. There is some dark pressure as well. How to squeeze the light juices and punish the white king?
Dacha Tactics #77 - oozing light!
An interesting game I had. Material is level, how about colors? We have a golden light bishop, and he has a golden dark bishop. So the color money swing is we are ahead $1000 light, down $1000 dark. How to use our light money? On the kingside G6, f7, e6,
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
