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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.

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— Kar & Kish

1 Tactics

Explanation:

Here, in the below set of puzzles, we will try to use different tactical ideas to win.

Example Puzzle:

Black to play

Here, in the above puzzle, Black can play Re1 forcing white rook to capture the rook and then black can play Qd5 and win the queen

Re1 Re1 Qd5 wins or

Re1 Kf2 Qd5 Rd5 Ra1 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: Black to move and win

Black to play

  • Puzzle 3: White to move and win

White to play

  • Puzzle 4: White to move and win

White to play

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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).

📩 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. Qd8 Rd8 Rd8 Qf8 Bh7 Kh7 Rf8 wins

2. Ne3 Rf7 Ng4 Hg4 Rf7 wins or Ne3 Be3 Qf1 wins

3. Qf6 Qf6 Re8 Qf8 Rf8#

4. Bg7 Qg7 Re8 Qg8 Qg8#

👋 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

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