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Dacha Tactics #11 - pawn sacrifice enabling the knight to crush on its color!

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Dacha Tactics #11 - pawn sacrifice enabling the knight to crush on its color!

Famous position from Lasker vs Capa! To start, what is the color $$? The imbalance is knight vs light bishop, so that will mean we are behind on light but ahead on dark (+500). We also have more space. And the Ne6 "Sleeping Knight" is already tickling dark. The Nc3 -- not so much. Let's be creative and unlock the latent dark power in the position...

Interact with the puzzle below. If you get stuck, you can always click the "lightbulb" icon in the lower-left of the puzzle frame. Good luck!


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