Daily Dacha Tactics
Each day we add a Dacha color-themed tactic for interactive play. Test your color theory and enjoy!
Dacha Tactics #75 - Dark dacha by hook or by crook.
Amazing position. Maybe not so realistic, or maybe yes. Black's pawns are all rolling up the board, more than one bishop can handle. Our one pawn seems like a longshot and can easily be stopped by Kg7 dark interference. In terms of colors – we are ahead on light,
Dacha Tactics #73 - Extreme Dark Faith
This is a fabulous combination I saw, which is not easy but very satisfying. White seems to be winning, but the knight appears stuck. We are ahead on dark, and in some cases, if we could push the d pawn, it would be very juicy. How to uproot the defending
Dacha Tactics #72 - Carlsen hiccup!! dark pawn dacha.
I saw this game in a Titled Tuesday tournament, Carlsen is black vs a strong NM. Carlsen misses the correct plan and only draws! This may be a pawn endgame but make no mistake – colors come in prominently in the planning. Find the win! Hint – dark seems to be a
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 #70 - Immortal dacha walk!
A cool position I had vs an Indian IM. Our position looks quite healthy, with reasonable harmony, and all but his Ne4 helps hold the position together. Also, light will be an important color as we don't have a light bishop. Which piece can help infuse light juice
Dacha Tactics #69 - The light straw that broke the camel's back
Black's king is under fire! So much dark energy is looming, but how to break through? Sometimes a dark attack, with a golden dark bishop, can be defended just enough – but a little light zinger at the end can do the trick and break the camel's
Dacha Tactics #68 - Golden light bishop lurking!
An extremely interesting – and difficult!! - position from Caruana vs Nepomniatchi game I recently witnessed. It looks normal, but it's on the verge of winning for white. Where to start looking? Color money, naturally. We have a Golden Light Bishop vs a knight (+$500 light). How to infuse
Dacha Tactics #67 - Light Zwischenzug - with dark intentions
Fischer vs Geller miniature. Blacks King on f8 is not safe. And with our Golden Dark bishop helping out, its days are numbered. How to most efficiently use our dark energy? To paraphrase Lasker's famous guidance– When we see a good move on dark, what do we do?
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...
