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A clear topic explanation
Practice puzzles
One daily challenge puzzle
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— Kar & Kish
1 Mate in One
Explanation:
Here, in the below set of puzzles, we will solve tricky mate in one
Example Puzzle:
White to play
Here, in the above puzzle, White can play Ng6 to checkmate. The black pawn on h7 cant capture the knight as it is pinned by the rook and the black king cant go to g8 as the white bishop is controlling the square.
Ng6#
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
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Puzzle 2: White to move
White to play
Puzzle 3: White to move
White to play
Puzzle 4: White to move
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3 Challenging Puzzle
Challenging puzzle : White to move and mate in one (select your answer in the below poll)
🎯 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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White to play
4 Opinion Poll
Did you like today's newsletter puzzles?
5 Solutions
1. Qf7# (The knight cant capture the queen as it is pinned by the white rook)
2. Rg4# (Bishop gives a discovered check and the white rook controls the important G8 square)
3. C3# (Bishop gives a discovered check)
4. C4# (Bishop gives a discovered check)
👋 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