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This newsletter is created for students who want to improve their Chess and for parents who want structured, meaningful chess learning for their children.
Every edition includes:
A clear topic explanation
Practice puzzles
A daily challenge puzzle
Our focus is on building thinking skills, confidence, and consistency at the board.
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— Kar & Kish
1️⃣ Boden’s Mate
Explanation:
Boden’s checkmate is a pattern where the king gets caught in the crossfire of 2 powerful bishops. Usually king’s own pieces are blocking some of the escaping squares that the bishops don’t attack. This is also called as “Criss-Cross Checkmate”.
Example Puzzle:
White to play
Here, in the above puzzle, White can play Qc6 forcing black pawn to capture the queen and then white can deliver a Boden’s checkmate by playing Ba6.
Qc6 bc6 Ba6#
2️⃣ Practice Puzzles
Instructions:
Try to solve the puzzles without moving the pieces.
Write down your solutions before checking the solution at the bottom
Puzzle Set:
Puzzle 1: White to move and do a Boden’s mate
White to play
Puzzle 2: White to move and do a Boden’s mate
White to play
Puzzle 3: White to move and do a Boden’s mate
White to play
Puzzle 4: White to move and do a Boden’s mate
White to play
3️⃣ Solutions
1. Qe6 fe6 Bg6#
2. Qf6 gf6 Bh6#
3. Qe6 Nd7 Qc6 bc6 Ba6#
Qc6 bc6 Ba6# or Qc6 Bc7 Qc7#
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Hi, Karthik and Kishore here —
Chess players with 20+ years of playing experience
FIDE Peak Rating: 2086 - Karthik, 1815 - Kishore
Focused on building strong fundamentals and thinking habits