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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?
New Video Lesson!
🔥We have just added a new video lesson of IM Yaacov playing and discussing (with color themes) several live games! Would you like a chance to have a one-on-one mini-Zoom session with IM Yaacov? Submit your best color-themed Dacha-style tactic to us, as a PGN file. IM Yaacov will review
IM Yaacov Battles Magnus!! See the game!
That's right. Magnus is confronted once again with the force of Dacha! There's a lot to learn from this one. Imagine you're playing as black. Magnus just moved. What's your move? Check to see if it matches IM Yaacov's. New
Dacha Tactics #135 - Queen is a Zebra
An interesting position from a blitz game of mine. Black has the bishop pair, while we have a knight and a light bishop. What does that mean for color money? Well, a knight versus a dark bishop means he has more dark, we have more light. How to put it
