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Jan 2025
10:
25 Free Tactics! Week #2
Jan 2025
8:
Another video lesson posted!
Jan 2025
8:
#84 instructive games with color discussions featuring bishop vs knight and a surprise finish
Jan 2025
3:
25 Free Tactics! Week #1
Jan 2025
3:
Dacha Tactics #118 - Silent dark!
Jan 2025
3:
Dacha Tactics #117 - Pathway to light heaven!
Jan 2025
3:
Dacha Tactics #116 - Golden bishop shining bright
Jan 2025
3:
Dacha Tactics #115 - Abe turner - dark scorpion tail!
Dec 2024
20:
New Tactics!
Dec 2024
20:
Dacha Tactics #114 - Abe Turner - oozing dark
Dec 2024
20:
Dacha Tactics #113 - All the players participate in the dacha!!
Dec 2024
20:
Dacha Tactics #112 - Golden light bishop doing magic
Dec 2024
20:
Dacha Tactics #111 - Silent light!!
Dec 2024
13:
3 New Tactics & 2 Video Lessons!
Dec 2024
13:
Dacha Tactics #110 - Dark chocolate ... with a hint of light caramel
Dec 2024
13:
Dacha Tactics #109 - Queen acts as...
Dec 2024
13:
Dacha Tactics #108 - Charlotte's light web
Dec 2024
13:
#83 some instructive games and world championship color discussions!
Dec 2024
13:
#82 Blitz Battles with young talent Tani discussing dark money and the Queen and Knight dangerous combo
Nov 2024
24:
New Tactics!
Nov 2024
24:
Dacha Tactics #107 - Queen goes back to acting school.
Nov 2024
24:
Dacha Tactics #106 - The light dance!- squeezing that tempo.
Nov 2024
24:
Dacha Tactics #105 - Knight is the light undertaker...bishop pair mocked!
Nov 2024
14:
#81 Slower paced games! Featuring dark cheesecake and Budapest Boden mate dacha.
Nov 2024
14:
Dacha Tactics #104 - Knight got dark bling bling
Oct 2024
14:
#80 Instructive games featuring a Yaacattack Stonewall special - bishop followed by queen sacrifice!! with light rebuild.
Oct 2024
14:
Dacha Tactics #103 - Cashing in all that dark money
Oct 2024
1:
#79 Instructive games, forming plans when color money is balanced , and endgame backgammon dacha!
Oct 2024
1:
Dacha Tactics #102 - Hips don't lie...same for color money.
Sep 2024
30:
Dacha Tactics #101 - The overly eager king.
Sep 2024
25:
Dacha Tactics #100 - Dark Zinger.
Sep 2024
25:
#78 Karpov Vs. Yasser the great positional masters battle. Dark nuggets with final dark blow!
Sep 2024
16:
Dacha Tactics #99 - Bughouse dacha.
Jul 2024
22:
#77 The great Karpov displays the smoothest of light dachas, featuring an old lesson from GM Edmar Mednis!
Jul 2024
8:
#76 Instructive games focusing on fianchetto bishops, dacha opening traps and leverage dacha!
Jun 2024
28:
Youtube Yaac Attack!
Jun 2024
21:
Win vs Hans! New Video Lesson
Jun 2024
21:
#75 Win vs Hans! Instructive dark money edge from opening thru endgame. Featuring dacha blitz tactic for dessert.
Jun 2024
7:
Youtube Yaac Attack!
May 2024
31:
4 New Tactics & 1 Video Lesson!
May 2024
31:
#74 Blitz battles featuring instructive knight vs bishop endgames and the pawn endgame transitions.
May 2024
31:
Dacha Tactics #98 - Classic light faith.
May 2024
31:
Dacha Tactics #97 - Unlocking the gates.
May 2024
31:
Dacha Tactics #96 - Dark medley.
May 2024
31:
Dacha Tactics #95 - Dark surprise - not a coincidence.
May 2024
25:
5 New Tactics & 1 Video Lesson!
May 2024
25:
Dacha Tactics #94 - Earthquake Dacha!
May 2024
25:
Dacha Tactics #93 - Bronstein opens the dark flood gates.
May 2024
25:
Dacha Tactics #92 - Dark highway to Rome.
May 2024
25:
Dacha Tactics #91 - Extreme light faith.
May 2024
25:
Dacha Tactics #90 - Dark money taken to the bank.
May 2024
21:
#73 David Bronstein displays dark sorcery! Classic back to back exchange sacrifices with dark intentions
May 2024
10:
Discord & New Video Lesson!
May 2024
10:
#72 Instructive examples of Golden bishops, don't be fancy, and prediction Dacha finale!
May 2024
3:
Another video lesson posted!
May 2024
2:
#71 Humble patient dacha! With classic knight Vs. bishop duels!
Apr 2024
18:
Congratulations! 🎉
Apr 2024
12:
Another video lesson posted!
Apr 2024
12:
#70 Instructive Bishop vs Knight duels Ft. spicy 5-0 finish vs Indian IM
Apr 2024
5:
New Membership Tiers!
Apr 2024
5:
#69 Blitz battles - spicy dacha endgame mates, learning from the great Lajos Portisch
Mar 2024
26:
New Tactics & Video Lessons!
Mar 2024
22:
Dacha Tactics #89 - rarest of rare -- dark Dacha stairway to heaven!
Mar 2024
22:
Dacha Tactics #88 - dark pin, forks and spoons galore!
Mar 2024
22:
Dacha Tactics #87 - full light explosion in real time
Mar 2024
22:
Dacha Tactics #86 - the sleeper Golden Bishop
Mar 2024
22:
Dacha Tactics #85 - light bishop turns dark
Mar 2024
21:
Dacha Tactics #84 - Dark investments paying light dividends
Mar 2024
21:
Dacha Tactics #83 - Lil August creating dark magic -- Part 2
Mar 2024
21:
Dacha Tactics #82 - Lil August creating dark magic -- Part 1
Mar 2024
20:
Dacha Tactics #81 - GothemChess topples the light resistence
Mar 2024
20:
Dacha Tactics #80 - Hikaru unleashes the Golden Bishop
Mar 2024
20:
Dacha Tactics #79 - yearning for dark, purest of pure
Mar 2024
20:
Dacha Tactics #78 - light peekabo Dacha
Mar 2024
20:
Dacha Tactics #77 - oozing light!
Mar 2024
18:
#68 Blitz battles with symbolic dacha moments, win vs Naroditsky using important light zwischenzug
Mar 2024
11:
#67 Nailbiter vs Nigel Short Instructive Golden- -dark Bishop endgames!
Feb 2024
9:
#66 Exquisite display of Golden Bishop and bishop pair by Fischer
Feb 2024
1:
New Tactics & Video Lessons!
Feb 2024
1:
Dacha Tactics #76 - Final light straw!!
Feb 2024
1:
Dacha Tactics #75 - Dark dacha by hook or by crook.
Feb 2024
1:
Dacha Tactics #74 - King and knight heroic dark!!
Feb 2024
1:
Dacha Tactics #73 - Extreme Dark Faith
Feb 2024
1:
Dacha Tactics #72 - Carlsen hiccup!! dark pawn dacha.
Feb 2024
1:
Dacha Tactics #71 - Dark splash!
Feb 2024
1:
Dacha Tactics #70 - Immortal dacha walk!
Feb 2024
1:
#65 Blitz battles with a nice win vs Danii Dubov, dark with dark intentions!
Jan 2024
19:
New Tactics & Video Lessons!
Jan 2024
17:
#64 Immortal king walks -- an ode to Nigel Short!
Jan 2024
17:
#63 Blitz Battles, Dark knights run amok, with a grand finale Bonjovi dacha!
Jan 2024
5:
Dacha Tactics #69 - The light straw that broke the camel's back
Jan 2024
5:
Dacha Tactics #68 - Golden light bishop lurking!
Jan 2024
5:
Dacha Tactics #67 - Light Zwischenzug - with dark intentions
Jan 2024
5:
Dacha Tactics #66 - Dark blow - not a coincidence
Jan 2024
5:
Dacha Tactics #65 - Light with Dark intentions!
Jan 2024
5:
Dacha Tactics #64 - Bobby Pin
Dec 2023
27:
New Tactics & Video Lessons
Dec 2023
22:
Dacha Tactics #63 - Fischer's Light Shocker!
Dec 2023
22:
Dacha Tactics #62 - Fischer's oozing light.
Dec 2023
22:
Dacha Tactics #61 - Fischer's dark shocker!
Dec 2023
22:
Dacha Tactics #60 - Golden Dark bishop strikes in endgame!
Dec 2023
22:
Dacha Tactics #59 - The queen acts as a ........
Dec 2023
22:
#62 Vintage Logozar with light dacha bloopers featuring Fischer Spassky
Dec 2023
22:
#61 Just a lil bit of light... just a lil bit of dark featuring Fischer dacha!
Nov 2023
28:
Dacha Wins at World Chessboxing Championship!
Nov 2023
28:
Dacha Tactics #58 - Endgame finesse - yearning for light harmony.
Nov 2023
28:
Dacha Tactics #57 - Golden light bishop shows what it's got!
Nov 2023
26:
#60 Fischer springs the light slow squeeze on Saidy, then an 11 move light shocker vs Reshevsky!!
Nov 2023
26:
#59 Fischer!!! First light, then dark. Neither a coincidence.
Nov 2023
9:
2 More Dacha Video Lessons!
Nov 2023
9:
2 More Dacha Video Lessons!!
Nov 2023
9:
#58 The legendary Spassky shows us how to use a hidden light advantage!
Nov 2023
3:
Dacha Tactics #56 - a dark shocker -- a dacha special!!
Oct 2023
29:
#57 blitz battles; Hardcore match vs top Peruvian GM followed by Dark Dacha win vs Nigel Short! Comin' around the mountain!
Oct 2023
29:
Dacha Tactics #55 - Oozing dark.
Oct 2023
25:
Dacha Tactics #54 - Soft light tickle!
Oct 2023
25:
Dacha Tactics #53 - Dzindzi soft dark touch!
Oct 2023
25:
Dacha Tactics #52 - Dzindzi wants the juicy golden bishop!
Oct 2023
25:
Dacha Tactics #51 - Bishop pair + passed pawn is too much harmony!!
Oct 2023
25:
Dacha Tactics #50 - Dzindzi's golden bishop and its henchmen!
Oct 2023
25:
Dacha Tactics #49 - Dzindzi's bear hug on the light squares!
Oct 2023
20:
12 More Dacha Tactics!!
Oct 2023
20:
12 More Dacha Tactics!
Oct 2023
20:
Dacha Tactics #48 - The light straw that broke the dacha's back!
Oct 2023
20:
Dacha Tactics #47 - Dzindi's bishop can change colors!
Oct 2023
20:
Dacha Tactics #46 - Dzindzi's dark shocker!
Oct 2023
20:
Dacha Tactics #45 - Dzindzi's light saber!
Oct 2023
20:
Dacha Tactics #44 - Dzindzi's dark knockout blow!
Oct 2023
13:
Dacha Tactics #43 - "sleeping knight" gets a good night's sleep in the dark.
Oct 2023
13:
Dacha Tactics #42 - "trapped" horsie shows its worth in light.
Oct 2023
13:
Dacha Tactics #41 - another smooth dark knockout!
Oct 2023
13:
Dacha Tactics #40 - smooth dark knockout!
Oct 2023
13:
Dacha Tactics #39 - dark "parachute" dacha!
Oct 2023
13:
Dacha Tactics #38 - Bent Larsen golden bishop queen sacrifice!
Oct 2023
13:
Dacha Tactics #37 - Petrosian queen sacrifice is Nehz's inspiration!
Oct 2023
13:
Dacha Tactics #36 - dark and light.
Oct 2023
11:
#56 Blitz battles - Epic match vs Australian GM -- the queen keeps acting as a dark bishop!
Oct 2023
11:
#55 Petrosian gives us a clinic in Golden Bishop
Oct 2023
6:
YAACATTACK Academy Live!
Sep 2023
22:
#54 Blitz! Trapping rooks in broad daylight, battling GingerGm and a spicy knight Vs. bishop endgame!
Sep 2023
8:
#53 Welcome back Hans! Featuring YaacAttack dark with light intentions
Sep 2023
2:
#52 Blitz Battles--Soft light touch in pawn endgame, and queen sacrifice vs young Hungarian prodigy GM Gledura
Sep 2023
2:
#51 Blitz battles featuring Black and White Cookie dacha with a pawn endgame & a swindle finale!
Sep 2023
2:
#50 Golden Anniversary!! Featuring the Gold Coin dark dacha brilliancy, and it's successors
Sep 2023
2:
#49 Blitz battles Featuring fancy knight dacha, 3 pieces vs queen (!!) and some instructive rook endgames
Sep 2023
2:
#48 Blitz! The ultimate knight vs bishop duels
Sep 2023
2:
#47 Petrosian vs. Smyslov - Light and Dark!
Sep 2023
2:
#46 A Colorful Grunfeld
Sep 2023
2:
#45 Blitz battles -- some light tickles , an extreme dark inspiration from Petrosian , and battling vs 3(!!) Queens successful
Sep 2023
2:
#44 Queen sacrifice extravaganza... Tigran Petrosian queen sacrifice for dark, Bent Larsen repays the favor on light!
Aug 2023
25:
Dacha Tactics #35 - Nezh's dark magic!
Aug 2023
25:
Dacha Tactics #34 - cracking Naroditsky with strict cheesecake dark dacha.
Aug 2023
25:
Dacha Tactics #33 - king shows dark chops to hold draw!
Aug 2023
25:
Dacha Tactics #32 - knight shows off dark.
Aug 2023
25:
Dacha Tactics #31 - battle versus Caruana, knight showing light juice!
Aug 2023
25:
Dacha Tactics #30 - oozing dark juices.
Aug 2023
25:
Dacha Tactics #29 - light rebuild.
Aug 2023
25:
Dacha Tactics #28 - Max Euwe shows faith in light golden bishop.
Aug 2023
25:
Dacha Tactics #27 - Reshevsky shows off golden light bishop.
Aug 2023
25:
Dacha Tactics #26 - oozing dark for the win!
Aug 2023
25:
Dacha Tactics #25 - dark nugget incoming!
Aug 2023
24:
Dacha Tactics #24 - Nimzo light squeeze featuring triangulation!
Aug 2023
24:
Dacha Tactics #23 - Reti vs Romanovsky light magic.
Aug 2023
24:
Dacha Tactics #22 - Alekhine vs Yates dark magic.
Aug 2023
24:
Dacha Tactics #21 - Capablanca dreams big for the golden bishop.
Aug 2023
24:
Dacha Tactics #20 - Capablanca finds dark amidst the light!
Aug 2023
23:
Dacha Tactics #19 - dark dacha Capablanca vs Vidmar.
Aug 2023
23:
Dacha Tactics #18 - light dacha finale.
Aug 2023
23:
Dacha Tactics #17 - full board light squeeze, featuring a sleeping bishop!
Aug 2023
23:
Dacha Tactics #16 - hardcore dark dacha.
Aug 2023
23:
Hello from the YAACATTACK Academy!
Jul 2023
21:
Dacha Tactics #15 - lighthouse dacha!
Jul 2023
21:
Dacha Tactics #14 - tactical dark rebuild.
Jul 2023
21:
Dacha Tactics #13 - cashing in the light money.
Jul 2023
21:
Dacha Tactics #12 - light with DARK intentions!
Jul 2023
21:
Dacha Tactics #11 - pawn sacrifice enabling the knight to crush on its color!
Jul 2023
21:
Dacha Tactics #10 - golden bishop oozing dark energies.
Jul 2023
5:
Dacha Tactics #9 - yearning for dark rebuild!
Jun 2023
16:
New Puzzle Design
May 2023
26:
#43 Blitz Roller coasters , we find the recipe of humble and pure dacha style with a side dish of Budapest!
May 2023
26:
#42 Nezhmetdinov aka Super Nezh Digs Deep for Dark Gems and Treats us to a Beautiful Queen Sacrifice
May 2023
26:
Dacha Tactics #8
May 2023
26:
Dacha Tactics #7
May 2023
26:
Dacha Tactics #6
May 2023
26:
Dacha Tactics #5
May 2023
26:
Dacha Tactics #4
May 2023
26:
Dacha Tactics #3
May 2023
26:
Dacha Tactics #2
May 2023
26:
Dacha Tactics #1
May 2023
23:
IM Armago (2222) - Brilliancy Prize!
May 2023
15:
#41 Blitz Battles, Featuring the Slow Squeeze Babysitter Dacha + Budapest Gambit move 4 Accidental Novelty!
May 2023
15:
#40 Ding Liren vs. Ian Nepomniachtchi, World Championship Round 4
May 2023
15:
#39 Dynamic Dark Money
May 2023
15:
#38 Isaak Birbrager vs. Mikhail Tal
May 2023
15:
#37 Queen sacrifice saga! The Golden Dark Bishop is worth a Queen... By the great Mikhail Tal
May 2023
15:
#36 Botvinnik vs. Tal, 1960
May 2023
15:
#35 Blitz Battles including a sneak peak into Budapest Yaac Attack!! Taking 2900 IM's queen on move 10
May 2023
15:
#34 Showdown vs Daniel Naroditsky Doubled pawns adding Harmony + a taste of Cheesecake for dessert
May 2023
15:
#33 Blitz Special -- A Bit of Style!
May 2023
15:
#32 Blitz Special - Yaacov versus Caruana!
May 2023
15:
#31 Blitz Battles, Color Wars and hopping knights with a Bulgarian Female Phenom!
May 2023
15:
#30 Max Euwe springs one of the most iconic moves in chess history teaching us light faith
May 2023
15:
#29 The Great Reshevsky shows the beauty of trades and vigilant harmony, with light at the end of the tunnel
May 2023
15:
#28 Blitz Special!
May 2023
15:
#27 Nimzovitch shows knight vs bishop light Dacha... knight on rim -- not so grim! Featuring rare DOUBLE triangulation
May 2023
15:
#26 Blitz Special!
May 2023
15:
#25 Richard Reti vs. Peter Romanovsky Light vs Dark -- Dacha Showdown
May 2023
15:
#24 Botvinnik invents the Dacha exchange sacrifice dark with light intentions
May 2023
15:
#23 Richard Reti vs. Peter Romanovsky
May 2023
15:
#22 Alekhine vs. Yates
May 2023
15:
#21 Stapfer vs. Capablanca
May 2023
15:
#20 Brick or Bug the age old question Capablanca shows us there is light (and dark!!) at the end of the tunnel ...
May 2023
15:
#19 Capablanca grabs dark $ and takes it straight to the (endgame) bank
May 2023
15:
#18 Capablanca Light Square Tease Dacha
May 2023
15:
#17 Capa the sleeping giant shows off his shiny bishop pair
May 2023
15:
#16 Dark with light intentions , immortal Zugzwang and sleeping bishop!!
May 2023
15:
#15 Nimzovitch shows us how a blockade is done -- with a smooth dacha twist!
May 2023
15:
#14 Akiba Rubinstein vs. Karel Hromadka
May 2023
15:
#13 Akiba Rubenstein's Slow Squeeze and Fireworks
May 2023
15:
#12 Frank Marshall Introduces Pipe Dacha
May 2023
15:
#11 Maroczy Shows Off His Knights and Dark $
May 2023
12:
#10 Schlechter's Dark Dacha
May 2023
12:
#9 Lasker Shows Off His Sleeping Knight
May 2023
12:
#8 Lasker Shows His Dacha Chops
May 2023
12:
#7 More Tarrasch
May 2023
12:
#6 Old School Tarrasch
May 2023
12:
#5 Old School Positional Masters
May 2023
12:
#4 Famous Morphy Games
May 2023
12:
#3 Old School Dacha
May 2023
12:
#2 Dacha Fundamentals
May 2023
12:
#1 Dacha Fundamentals
May 2023
10:
Yaacov on Perpetual Chess Podcast
May 2023
5:
IM Mykola-Bortnyk (2952)
Apr 2023
24:
Test Puzzle Embed
Apr 2023
24:
Test GIF Embed
Apr 2023
21:
Course: The Yaac Attack Stonewall Attack for White
Apr 2023
18:
Course: The Yaac Attack: Caro-Kann for Black
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