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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.

Thank you for subscribing—we’re happy you’re here.

— Kar & Kish

1 Pin

Explanation:

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

Example Puzzle:

White to play

Here, in the above puzzle, White can play Rb1 pinning the black knight on B6 planning to play Bd4 in the next move. In the next move, Black plays the rook to B8 to avoid the pin issue and white can play Be5 forcing again black rook to come to B7 followed by Bd4 to win the knight.

Rb1 Rb8 Be5 Rb7 Bd4 wins

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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: White to move and win

White to play

  • Puzzle 2: White to move and draw

White 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 : White 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

White to play

4 Opinion Poll

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5 Solutions

1. Be4 Fe4 Ne5 Kf6 Ng4 Kf7 Rb3 wins or Be4 Ba4 Bf3 Bc6 Rc2 wins

2. Bc3 Rd8 Bb2 R8d7 Bc3 Kd5 Bd4 draw

3. Qg2 Qg2 Re2 Qc6 bc6 wins

4. Rd8 cross-pin Qf5 Rd1 mate

👋 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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