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
One daily challenge puzzle
Our focus is on building thinking skills, confidence, and consistency at the board.
Thank you for subscribing—we’re happy you’re here.
— Kar & Kish
1 Skewer
Explanation:
Here, in the below set of puzzles, we will try to use skewer concept to solve .
Example Puzzle:

Black to play
Here, in the above puzzle, Black can play Re1 forcing white knight to move to e1 and then black can play Bb4 to do the skewer.
Re1 Ne1 Bb4 skewer wins the piece.
2 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 win

White to play
Puzzle 2: White to move and win

White to play
Puzzle 3: Black to move and win

Black to play
Puzzle 4: White to move and win

White to play
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3 Challenging Puzzle
Challenging puzzle : White to move and win
🎯 Your Task:
Find the best continuation and write the full variation (not just the first move).
📩 Send your answer to: [email protected]
🏆 Best solutions will be featured in the next newsletter
⏳ Deadline: Next 24 hours

White to play
4 Opinion Poll
Did you like today's newsletter puzzles?
5 Solutions
1. Qb4 Qb4 F8=Q skewer
2. Qf6 Kf6 Bd4 skewer
3. Rd7 Rd7 Bc8 skewer
4. Ne5 Qe5 Re1 skewer
👋 About US
Who’s Writing This?
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


