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Practice puzzles
One daily challenge puzzle
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1 Exposed King
Explanation:
Here, in the below set of puzzles, you are going to find a way to punish your opponent’s king which is exposed
Example Puzzle: (White to Play)
Here, in the above puzzle, White can play Ne6 check bringing the black king out to F7/G8 and then white can play Ng7 followed by Re7
Ne6 Kf7 Ng7 Kg7 Re7 Kf8 Rb7 wins
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
Rg8 Rg8 Rg8 Kg8 Bh7 Kh7 Qd4 wins the queen via discovered attack
Puzzle 2: Black to move and win
Ng3 Kh2 Nf1 Kh3/Kh1 Qh2#
Puzzle 3: White to move and win
Bd6 Qd6 Qd6 wins or Bd6 Ka7 Bc5 wins
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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
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👋 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