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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).

📩 Send your answer to: [email protected]

🏆 Best solutions will be featured in the next newsletter

⏳ Deadline: Next 24 hours

White to play

4 Opinion Poll

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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