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Dacha Tactics #1

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Dacha Tactics #1

There is a color imbalance here: Black has a light-squared bishop against White's knight, so Black is up on light money, and his light-squared bishop is his golden bishop. Therefore, if there are tactics here -- it would make sense for them to be on light squares, as this is where White is weaker. Also, know that the g4-pawn stands out like a sore thumb on light -- White has exposed his king a bit too much... how to punish these light-squared weaknesses?

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