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 Endgame Tactics
Explanation:
Here, in the below set of puzzles, we will try to use different tactical ideas to win/Draw in the endgame.
Example Puzzle:

White to play and win
Here, in the above puzzle, White can play Rg1 stopping the pawn promotion for black and forcing black rook to capture the white rook and then white can play G7 followed by G8 pawn promotion and win.
Rg1 Rg1 G7 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

White to play
Puzzle 2: White to move and win

White to play
Puzzle 3: White to move and draw

White to play
Puzzle 4: White to move and Draw

White to play
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3 Challenging Puzzle
Challenging puzzle : White to move and win (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
⏳ Deadline: Next 24 hours

White to play
4 Opinion Poll
Did you like today's newsletter puzzles?
5 Solutions
1. F7 Rf7 Rd6 Rf6 H7 Kh7 Rf6 wins or F7 Rf7 Rd6 Rf6 H7 Rd6 H8=Q wins
2. G5 Fg5 Kf6 G4 G7 wins
3. F6 Gf6 Kd2 distant opposition Ke5 Ke3 Kf5 Kf3 draw
4. Rd8 Qb8 Rg8 Qg8 stalemate
👋 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


