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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 Skewer
Explanation:
Here, in the below set of puzzles, we will try to use skewer concept to solve .
Example Puzzle:
White to play
Here, in the above puzzle, White can play Rd1 forcing black king to move and then white can capture the rook on d8
Rd1 Ke4 Rd8
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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: White to move and win
White 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 : 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. Bf5 White Queen moves Bb1 wins
2. Bb2 Black queen moves Bg7 wins
3. D5 Kd5 Qf3 wins or D5 Qd5 Qg8 wins
4. Rfb8 Kc1 Ra1 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