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"Join the master sleuth as he and Dr. Watson examine interrupted chess matches at clubs and country homes, examining the pieces' current positions to identify previous moves. Rather than predicting the outcome of these games, the Baker Street duo focus on past events, using the same variety of logical reasoning that unlocks the secrets to their ever-popular mysteries. Holmes instructs Watson (and us) in the intricacies of retrograde analysis in order to deduce on which square the white queen was captured, whether a pawn has been promoted, and which piece has been replaced by a coin. The mysteries grow increasingly complex, culminating in a double murder perpetrated by the devious Professor Moriarty. Philosopher and logician Raymond Smullyan brilliantly recaptures the mood of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's tales. Readers need only a knowledge of how the pieces move; the first puzzles explain all of the concepts that arise later on. These witty and challenging problems will captivate chess aficionados, puzzle enthusiasts, Sherlock Holmes fans, and everyone who relishes mysteries, crime stories, and tales of detection"--Cover (page 4).
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The chess mysteries of Sherlock Holmes: 50 tantalizing problems of chess detection
2012, Dover Publications
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Juegos y Problemas de Ajedrez Para Sherlock Holmes
January 1997, Gedisa, GEDISA, Brand: Gedisa
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Chess mysteries of Sherlock Holmes: fifty tantalizing problems of chess detection
1994, Times Books
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The chess mysteries of Sherlock Holmes
1992, Oxford University Press
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The Chess Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes
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