Chess Insights With Kar & Kish

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Explanation:

Here, in the below set of puzzles, we will do mate in two puzzles

Example Puzzle:

Here, in the above puzzle, Black can play Qc1 forcing black queen to capture the white queen and then black can play Rc1 checkmate as the white king’s escaping square on h2 is controlled by the bishop on d6.

Qc1 Qc1 Rc1#

Instructions:
Try to solve the puzzles without moving the pieces.
Write down your solutions before checking the solution at the bottom

Puzzle Set:

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Challenging puzzle : Black to move and mate in two

🎯 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

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Who’s Writing This?

Hi, Karthik and Kishore here —