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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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#27 Nimzovitch shows knight vs bishop light Dacha... knight on rim -- not so grim! Featuring rare DOUBLE triangulation

Continue learning IM Yaacov Norowitz's unique "Dacha" style of chess.  In this lesson, we'll cover unique color-themed play by Nimzovitch.

#27 Nimzovitch shows knight vs bishop light Dacha... knight on rim -- not so grim!  Featuring rare DOUBLE triangulation
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#26 Blitz Special!

Continue learning IM Yaacov Norowitz's unique "Dacha" style of chess.  In this lesson, Yaacov applies Dacha color theory live in real-time blitz.

#26 Blitz Special!
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#25 Richard Reti vs. Peter Romanovsky Light vs Dark -- Dacha Showdown

Continue learning IM Yaacov Norowitz's unique "Dacha" style of chess.  In this lesson, we'll cover a classical color-themed Dacha battle between two greats.

#25 Richard Reti vs. Peter Romanovsky Light vs Dark -- Dacha Showdown
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#24 Botvinnik invents the Dacha exchange sacrifice dark with light intentions

Continue learning IM Yaacov Norowitz's unique "Dacha" style of chess.  In this lesson, we'll cover exchange sacrifice, Dacha style!

#24 Botvinnik invents the Dacha exchange sacrifice dark with light intentions
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#23 Richard Reti vs. Peter Romanovsky

Continue learning IM Yaacov Norowitz's unique "Dacha" style of chess.  In this lesson, we'll cover a classical color-themed Dacha battle between two greats.

#23 Richard Reti vs. Peter Romanovsky
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#22 Alekhine vs. Yates

Continue learning IM Yaacov Norowitz's unique "Dacha" style of chess.  In this lesson, we'll cover a classical color-themed Dacha battle between two greats.

#22 Alekhine vs. Yates
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#21 Stapfer vs. Capablanca

Continue learning IM Yaacov Norowitz's unique "Dacha" style of chess.  In this lesson, we'll cover a classical color-themed Dacha battle between two greats.

#21 Stapfer vs. Capablanca
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#20 Brick or Bug the age old question Capablanca shows us there is light (and dark!!) at the end of the tunnel ...

Continue learning IM Yaacov Norowitz's unique "Dacha" style of chess.  In this lesson, we'll cover a very interesting game by Capablanca the great!

#20 Brick or Bug the age old question  Capablanca shows us there is light (and dark!!) at the end of the tunnel ...
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#19 Capablanca grabs dark $ and takes it straight to the (endgame) bank

Continue learning IM Yaacov Norowitz's unique "Dacha" style of chess.  In this lesson, we'll cover the power of color-themed play and its impact on the endgame, with IM Elijah Logozar

#19 Capablanca grabs dark $ and takes it straight to the (endgame) bank
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#18 Capablanca Light Square Tease Dacha

Continue learning IM Yaacov Norowitz's unique "Dacha" style of chess.  In this lesson, we'll cover a color-themed game by Capablanca on the light squares.

#18 Capablanca Light Square Tease Dacha