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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 Discover Attack

Explanation:

Here, in the below set of puzzles, we will try to use discover attack concept to win materials

Example Puzzle:

White to Play

Here, in the above puzzle, White can play F5 giving a check to the black king, opening the B8-H2 diagonal. After the black king takes the F5 pawn and then white bishop takes the black h2 bishop to win a bishop.

Rd3 Qd3 stalemate

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: White to move and win

White to Play

  • Puzzle 4: Black to move and win

Black 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

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5 Solutions

1. Ng4 Kg1/Kg2 Re1 wins

2. Bf2 Rf2 Qe5 wins

3. Bb5 Ab5 Qc3 wins

4. Bh2 Nh2/Kh2 Qd5 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

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