The Chess Mysteries of the Arabian Knights PDF
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m i nN aa v tema isiow w Kazi ble th ( for solution. see p ere visible. What is zir in one move as u powers of n~ reason But the White . Rin~. e BlacR Kazir. hRin~. White-6 (1 invisible) Black-2 a~e 1the mnerri tin~ Haroas m 2on hua 4 ) ve? as~ly at he cn. has de him s if he an uch self problems-or intellectual puzzles of any kind. A treasury of royal delight for anyone who likes chess bonus of twelve conventional chess problems. at the end of the book, a in retrograde analysis-and, the basic chess moves how to do these problems knows There is an introduction that shows anyone who losophers, hermits, and beings of all sorts. encounter numerous phantoms, genii, magicians, phi twice; bring to light castles that have been buried; and than once or knights who have refused to move more the eighth rank and promoted; they track down lazy the royal treasury, escaped to pawns who have robbed in "retrograde analysis," Haroun and Archie uncover deductive logic that is the hallmark of these exercises Black queen Medea's disguise. In addition, using the Black king Kazir's attempt at invisibility, and the Together or singly they outwit the grand vizier Archie. is Haroun Al Rashid, and the White bishop is his the major actors. Thus, the White king themselves are To add to the fun, the chess pieces Knights tale. tic, Smullyan invents for each problem a new Arabian queens; which of them is real?-are intrinsically fantas invisible; which square is he on? There are two White Since the situations that arise-The White king is the two bishops on white squares has been promoted? was an advanced pawn's home square?; or, Which of What of certain events in a game's past. For example: the discovery these chess mysteries are concerned with (White to play and mate in so many moves), lems deductive chess reasoning. Unlike conventional prob 50 his unique magic with challenging problems of as brilliant, original, funny and profound") again works "There has never been a book of chess problems said, of Sherlock Holmes (of which Martin Gardner has IN The Chess Mysteries the author of HIS NEW BOOK, FPT $13.50 · RAYMOND SMULLYAN-mathematician, logician, puz is Professor of Mathematical zle-maker, philosopher- Logic and Philosophy at CUNY, Lehman College and Graduate Center, and is at present a visiting distin In at Indiana University. addition to guished professor the "chess mysteries," his writings include a volume of What the recreational logic and math problems, Is Name of This Book?, and two collections of philo The Tao Silent and aphorisms, Is and sophical essays This Book Needs Title. No by Jacket design and illustration John Alcorn by Illustrated with drawings Greer Fitting ~ "7 A. ALFRED KNOPF, PUBLISHER, NEW YORK ! 8 / 1I ALSO BY RAYMOND SMULLYAN Theory of Formal Systems First Order Logic The Tao Is Silent What Is the Name of This Book? This Book Needs No Title The Chess Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes Tve CHESS MYSTERIES oftbe ARABIAN I(NIGHTS b~ RAYMOND SMULLYAN ALFRED A. KNOPF New York THIISSA B ORZBOOIO K PULBISHEBDYA L FERDA .K NOPFI,N C. Copyri©g 1ht9 8b1yR aymonSdm ullyan Illustrcaotpiyorni©sg 1h9t 8b1yG reeFri tting Alrli ghrtess eruvnedde Irn ternatainodn al Pan-AmerCiocpaynr iCgohntv entions. Publisihnte hdeU nitSetda tbeysA lfrAe.dK nopf, IncN.e,w Y orka,n d simultaneionCu asnlaydb ayR andoHmo usoef Canada LimTiortoendtD,oi .s tributed byR andoHmo useI,n cN.e,w Y ork. LibraorfCy o ngreCsast alogiinPn ugb licaDtaitoan SmullyRaany,m on(dD.a te) Thec hesmsy steroifte hseA rabikanni ghts. 1.C hespsr oblem1s.T. i tle. GV1451.1S958613 7 94.1'8201 -474820 ISB0N- 394-51467-XAA eR2 ISB0N- 394-7(4p8bk6.9)- 7 Manufactiunrt ehdeU niteSdt atoefAs m erica FIRESDTI TION CONTENTS Howt oS olTvhee Psreo blixe ms CasotfC haracxvtieir s BOOK I • ThReE IGN ofH AROUNA LR AHSID·1 1 WHERE IHSA ROUN AL RASHID? 3 2 INVISIBLE BUT NOT INVINCIBLE! 4 3 HAROUN IND ISGUISE 5 4 STORYO FT HE ENCHANTED ROCK 7 5 THE HIDDEN CASTLE 9 6 10 A VITALD ECISION 7 MYSTERYO F THE BURIED CASTLES 12 8 CASEO F THE DISPUTED CASTLE 14 9 MYSTERYO F THE BLACKC ASTLE 15 10 16 STORYO F THE VEILED QUEEN BOOK II• TALESo ft hTeR EASUYR·1 9 11 21 STORY OF THE PURLOINEDT REASURE 12 PURLOINEDT REASUREI I 23 13 PURLOINEDT REASUREI II 25 14 PURLOINED TREASUREI V 26 15 TALE OF THE WILY BISHOP 27 16 SECOND TALE OFT HE WILY BISHOP 29 v
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