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Welcome to the YAACATTACK Academy video lessons. Embark on a transformative journey to elevate your chess prowess. Start with our foundational video and progress through the series. As you immerse yourself, the Dacha approach—melding strategy, tactics, and color theory—will become second nature. Envision each move as laying down bricks, building your Dacha masterpiece on the chessboard, guided by the nuances of light and dark squares.

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#8 Lasker Shows His Dacha Chops

Continue learning IM Yaacov Norowitz's unique "Dacha" style of chess.  In this lesson, we'll share lessons on keeping faith in your "golden bishop" and using trades to grow a color advantage.

#8 Lasker Shows His Dacha Chops
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#7 More Tarrasch

Continue learning IM Yacaov Norowitz's unique "Dacha" style of chess.  In this lesson, we'll share lessons on the magic of extreme color swings and the quiet but deadly "golden bishop."

#7 More Tarrasch
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#6 Old School Tarrasch

Continue learning IM Yaacov Norowitz's unique "Dacha" style of chess.  In this lesson, we'll share lessons on space advantage and color dynamics with a splash of leverage Dacha.

#6 Old School Tarrasch
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#5 Old School Positional Masters

Continue learning IM Yaacov Norowitz's unique "Dacha" style of chess.  In this lesson, we'll share lessons on "Dacha Sprinkle Harmony", the bishop pair, and "golden bishops."

#5 Old School Positional Masters
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#4 Famous Morphy Games

Continue learning IM Yaacov Norowitz's unique "Dacha" style of chess. In this lesson, we'll go over some old school magic with "golden bishops."

#4 Famous Morphy Games
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#3 Old School Dacha

Continue learning IM Yaacov Norowitz's unique "Dacha" style of chess.  In this lesson, we'll show Morphy and Anderssen digging for gold (bishops)!

#3 Old School Dacha
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#2 Dacha Fundamentals

Continue learning IM Yaacov Norowitz's unique "Dacha" style of chess.  In this lesson, we'll introduce the concept of "color money" and discuss, knights vs bishops, trades, and "investments."

#2 Dacha Fundamentals
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#1 Dacha Fundamentals

Begin learning IM Yaacov Norowitz's unique "Dacha" style of chess.  We'll begin with "golden bishops" and "mini-bishops."

#1 Dacha Fundamentals