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Classic Chess Games

Welcome to the YAACATTACK Academy classic games video lessons. Here, IM Yaacov will discuss the games of the greats move by move with a Dacha twist, guided by the nuances of light and dark squares.

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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
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#17 Capa the sleeping giant shows off his shiny bishop pair

Continue learning IM Yaacov Norowitz's unique "Dacha" style of chess.  In this lesson, we'll cover playing with the bishop pair Dacha style!

#17 Capa the sleeping giant shows off his shiny bishop pair
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#16 Dark with light intentions , immortal Zugzwang and sleeping bishop!!

Continue learning IM Yaacov Norowitz's unique "Dacha" style of chess.  In this lesson, we'll cover the power of the "sleeping" bishop and the immortal Zugzwang.

#16 Dark with light intentions , immortal Zugzwang and sleeping bishop!!