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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

  • One daily challenge puzzle

Our focus is on building thinking skills, confidence, and consistency at the board.

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— Kar & Kish

1 Tactics

Explanation:

Here, in the below set of puzzles, we will try to use different tactical ideas to win.

Example Puzzle:

Black to play

Here, in the above puzzle, Black can play Qg2 forcing white rook to capture the queen and then black can deliver a checkmate by playing Fg2.

Qg2 Rg2 Fg2#

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: Black to move and win

Black to play

  • Puzzle 2: Black to move and win

Black to play

  • Puzzle 3: Black to move and win

Black to play

  • Puzzle 4: Black to move and win

Black to play

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3 Challenging Puzzle

Challenging puzzle : Black to move and win

🎯 Your Task:
Find the best continuation and write the full variation (not just the first move).

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🏆 Best solutions will be featured in the next newsletter

⏳ Deadline: Next 24 hours

Black to play

4 Opinion Poll

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5 Solutions

1. F3 Kg1 Qf1 Kf1 Rd1#

2. Qe1 Ne1 Nf2 Kg2 Nh3 Kh3 Re1 wins or Qe1 Ne1 Nf2 Kg2 Nh3 Nf3 Rf3 Bf3 Ng5 wins

3. Rf3 Rf3 Qe1 wins or Rf3 Gf3 Qc2 wins with unavoidable mate on h2

4. Re4 Re4 Kf5 wins

👋 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