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This edition is built to sharpen your calculation, decision-making, and pattern recognition through structured practice.
📘Here’s how to use this newsletter effectively:
Start with the Example Puzzle to understand the theme
Move to the 4 Exercise Puzzles — each comes with a poll placed above it
👉 Think deeply, choose your move, then compareReview the complete solutions at the end to refine your thinking process
🔥 Challenge Section
One carefully selected advanced puzzle awaits you.
Take your time, calculate thoroughly, and email me your solution.
💡 Remember: Improvement doesn’t come from seeing the answer — it comes from thinking before it.
— 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 Rc4 forcing white knight to capture the rook and then black can play Nc2 checkmate.
Rc4 Nc4 Nc2#
2 Practice Puzzles
Instructions:
Try to solve the puzzles without moving your pieces
Check out the correct answer on the poll before checking the full solution at the bottom
Puzzle Set:
Puzzle 1: White to move and win
White 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).
📩 Send your answer to: [email protected]
🏆 Best solutions will be featured in the next newsletter
⏳ Deadline: Next 24 hours
Black to play
4 Opinion Poll
Did you like today's newsletter puzzles?
5 Solutions
1. Qa3 attacks the rook and plans for a checkmate on e7. Qa3 Kf6 Qc1 wins
2. Nd7 Kb3 Kc8 wins
3. C5 bc6 Ra5 wins
4. Rc1 Rc1 Bd2 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