Daily Dacha Tactics
Each day we add a Dacha color-themed tactic for interactive play. Test your color theory and enjoy!
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
Dacha Tactics #134 - Extreme Dark Faith
A cool position from a recent blitz game of mine. There is a lot of chaos, but one of the clear themes is our golden dark bishop breathing down the white king's neck, most noticeably on g3 and h2. We can feel confident that something juicy awaits us!
Dacha Tactics #133 - Truly Coming Around the Mountain!!
This was a cool battle vs Canadian GM Mark Bluvshtein with a truly unique finish. The game started with a juicy Budapest. We're far down material, but his king is on its last legs. Surprisingly, the finish isn't easy because of the golden light bishop, which
Dacha Tactics #132 - Gluck Conducting a Light Clinic
Gluck is back in action. We have an attack on the white king, and the question now is to find the knockout. Neither side has a light bishop, so that's naturally an attractive color to take over and complete our dacha! All the blows will be on light
Dacha Tactics #131 - Proud Dark Knight
Cool endgame from a game of student Dudi. It looks equal, but white's king has really gone on a journey! The color money? Our knight vs light bishop means we are ahead 500$ dark. And our mini light bishop provides excellent harmony. As such, the king on e5,
Dacha Tactics #130 - Light Nibble
This position arose from student Gluck's "supersystem". Good central energy, and lots of pressure on light. Note black has dilly-dallied with his development and his h6 weakens light. How to punish?
Dacha Tactics #129 - Ultimate light faith
This position arose from an exciting topsy turvy Budapest Gambit. I managed to gain the bishop pair with a golden light bishop but white has been resisting. Let's look for the knockout! With his king on light and our dark bishop also well placed, our ultimate goal will
Dacha Tactics #128 - Gentle dark nudge
A position I just played in a blitz game vs a strong GM. Material is equal, with some tactics in the air- my bishop and his knight are both under attack. Color money dictates that I am ahead on light with my bishop, and behind on dark due to his
Dacha Tactics #127 - Immortal 3 egg omelette breakfast dacha!
This battle happened during breakfast! And the resulting position resembled a fully loaded 3-egg omelette!! We are up a pawn. Color money is equal. Often in such positions, we want to look at which color we would like to replenish - here that would be dark, as we have no
Dacha Tactics #126 - Yehuda displays dark dacha part 2!
Continued from the last position, White's king has been sent fleeing straight into the dark tornado. Do remember, we are up 500 dark, which means that all this dark chaos should mean the end is near! Find the final dark blows.
