Free Dacha Tactic
🔥Keep your Dacha color theory eyes sharp with this Dacha tactic! Cashing in all that dark money. IM Yaacov's Hint: A short but sweet tactic I recently had. As always, we begin with color money. The imbalance is our dark bishop vs his light, which gives us +1000
New Dacha Tactic!
🔥We have added 1 new color-themed Dacha tactic since our last newsletter! Have you been keeping up with your sparring practice? If you haven't been keeping up, here's an interesting tactic that we call "Sleeping Bishop" IM Yaacov's Hint: A cool Budapest
Dacha Tactics #142 - Sleeping Bishop
A cool Budapest gambit from a recent game of mine. Everything has gone dandy, and we have a beautiful "sleeping" golden light bishop on the 6th rook, tightening the noose around the white King. Despite looking pretty, we need some assistance to finish the job. Classically, this will
New Dacha Video & Tactics!
🔥We have just added a new video lesson of IM Yaacov playing and discussing (with color themes) several live games! We've added 6 new Dacha tactics! Here's one to try out. Can you solve "Light Ping Pong"? IM Yaacov's hint: We have
Dacha Tactics #141 - So Bright and Suddenly Turns Dark
A very classic endgame composition, thanks to Master Eugene for bringing it to light. The a3 pawn is a runaway passer, and it will be difficult to get back in time. However, a golden bishop is no slouch, and the a1 square is dark and is rightfully ours! A move
Dacha Tactics #140 - The Light Touch
A cool Caro Kann miniature! The color money is equal, but there is lots of juicy light ideas brewing on f3 and g2. We need a little bit extra to tip the light scale!
Dacha Tactics #139 - Tricky Dark
An exciting position - we are getting closer to the black king and looking to break through his defenses. While g6 light appears to be a key target, that may not be the whole story. Color money indicates that we are ahead on dark, since it is our knight vs
Dacha Tactics #138 - Light Ping Pong Dacha
A very cool endgame I recently had. We have a healthy endgame advantage with the bishop pair plus an extra pawn. And the color money? Well, it's a dark bishop for us vs his knight, so that means we are ahead on dark but behind on light. Trading
Dacha Tactics #137 - Finding the Light Pathway (Mate in 2)
A cool mate in 2 puzzle! Black's bishop is pinned, and in fact, he's so out of moves that stalemate lurks every which way. When we look at the color dynamic, the light squares are so juicy – is there some way to turn this into something
Dacha Tactics #136 - Squeezing the Light Juice
An interesting position from a recent blitz game. Black has gone a bit kamikaze on me, and his light squares are weak. How to use the light energy of the queen, bishop, knight, and rook in unison?
