Chess Insights With Kar & Kish

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Explanation:

Here, in the below set of puzzles, you are going to do Zugzwang concept.

Zugzwang is a situation in chess where you make a move and give a situation to your opponent where whatever he/she plays, they would end up losing the game.

Example Puzzle: (Black to Play)

Instructions:
Try to solve the puzzles without moving the pieces.
Write down your solutions before checking the solution at the bottom

Puzzle Set:

Puzzle 2: White to move and win

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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

Who’s Writing This?

Hi, Karthik and Kishore here —