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189 Pages·1980·4.21 MB·English
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The CHESS MYSTERIES of SHERLOCK HOLMES The CHESS MYSTERIES of SHERLOCK HOLMES by RAYMOND SMULLYAN HUTCHINSON London Melbourne Sydney Auckland Johannesburg Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) Ltd An imprint of the Hutchinson Publishing Group 3 Fitzroy Square, London W1P 6JD Hutchinson Group (Australia) Pty Ltd 30-32 Cremorne Street, Richmond South, Victoria 3121 PO Box 151, Broadway, New South Wales 2007 Hutchinson Group (NZ) Ltd 32-34 View Road, PO Box 40—086, Glenfield, Auckland 10 Hutchinson Group (SA) (Pty) Ltd PO Box 337, Bergvlei 2012, South Africa First published 1980 © Raymond Smullyan 1980 The paperback edition of this book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired out, or otherwise circulated in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser Printed in Great Britain by The Anchor Press Ltd and bound by Wm Brendon & Son Ltd both of Tiptree, Essex British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Smullyan, Raymond Merrill The chess mysteries of Sherlock Holmes. 1. Chess problems I. Title 974.1 GV1451 ISBN 0 09 140531 9 (paper) To My Wife BLANCHE and to the Memory of My Brother EMILE and of My Dear Friend THEODORE SHEDLOVSKY CONTENTS Acknowledgments ix A Note for the Chess Detective xi Part I: SHERLOCK HOLMES at the CHESSBOARD 1 A MATTER OF DIRECTION 3 A DELIGHTFUL VARIATION 12 A LITTLE EXERCISE 16 WHICH COLOR? 21 ANOTHER MONOCHROMATIC 24 A QUESTION OF SURVIVAL 26 MYSTERY OF THE MISSING PIECE 29 YOU REALLY CAN'T, YOU KNOW! 38 TWO BAGATELLES 44 SIR REGINALD'S JEST 48 A RETURN VISIT 51 MYCROFT'S PROBLEM 58 A LITTLE QUESTION OF LOCATION 61 "TO KNOW THE PAST" 68 A STUDY IN IMAGINARY CHECKS 73 AN UNSOLVED PROBLEM 76 vii CONTENTS Part II: MARSTON'S ISLAND 81 ABOARD SHIP 83 THE MYSTERY OF THE INDIAN CHESS SET 87 ANOTHER QUESTION OF LOCATION 89 HOLMES SETTLES A DISPUTE 90 THE CASE OF THE DROPPED PAWN 93 FROM WHERE? 95 DIFFICULT? 97 THOUGHTS OF A LOGICIAN 99 A QUESTION OF PROMOTION 105 SHADES OF THE PAST 106 SOME CHILLING REMINISCENCES 112 A DISPLACED BISHOP 118 A REMARKABLE MONOCHROMATIC 120 LADY ASHLEY'S PROBLEM 122 A LITTLE MYSTIFICATION 123 ON MARSTON'S ISLAND 124 HOLMES EXPLAINS IT 129 EPILOGUE 141 Appendix I: MORIARTY'S PROBLEMS 145 Appendix II: SOLUTIONS 151 Appendix III: SOLUTIONS TO MORIARTY'S PROBLEMS 163 viii

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While it may have been a foregone conclusion that I would sing the praises of any book offering a confluence of Sherlock Holmes and chess, this is nonetheless a volume that can appeal to many readers: chess enthusiasts, puzzle aficionados, amateur Sherlockians, really anyone who enjoys crime novels
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