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Practice puzzles
One daily challenge puzzle
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1 Defend your position
Explanation:
Here, in the below set of puzzles, we are going to defend our position from a tricky situation.
Example Puzzle: (White to Play)
Re6 pins the f6 pawn and helps to escape from the pawn fork
Re6 Fg5 Rh6 equal
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 defend the ND4 issue
Ke3 defends the ND4 issue as it control the important d4 square.
Puzzle 2: White to move and defend the knight
Bf5 g6 Be4 defends the knight.
Puzzle 3: White to move and defend the knight
F5 counterattacks the black knight and gives the F4 square for the white knight
F5 Cd5 Fg6 equal or F5 Nf8 Nf4 equal
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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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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