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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 Mate in Two

Explanation:

Here, in the below set of puzzles, we will checkmate the opponent in two moves

Example Puzzle:

White to Play

Here, in the above puzzle, White can play Qg8 making black king to capture the queen on g8 and then white can play Rf8 to checkmate

Qg8 Kg8 Rf8#

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 mate in Two

Qh7 Kf8 Qh8#

  • Puzzle 2: Black to move and mate in two

Bf3 Rf3 Rg1#

  • Puzzle 3: White to move and mate in two

Qh6 Gh6 Rh6#

  • Puzzle 4: White to move and Mate in Two

Qh7 kh7 Rh5#

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3 Challenging Puzzle

Challenging puzzle : White to move and Mate in Two

🎯 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

4 Opinion Poll

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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

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