Accompanied as ever by the faithful Watson, Holmes is summoned to investigate why chess games at a number of clubs and stately homes have been mysteriously abandoned. Using his remarkable powers of deduction and retrograde analysis, Holmes reconstructs, move by move, the events that occurred at the scene of the crime - the chessboard. No sooner is the solution arrived at than the game is afoot once more - this time in pursuit of the murderous Moriarty, whose contribution of 10 devilish chess problems can be found at the end ...
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Accompanied as ever by the faithful Watson, Holmes is summoned to investigate why chess games at a number of clubs and stately homes have been mysteriously abandoned. Using his remarkable powers of deduction and retrograde analysis, Holmes reconstructs, move by move, the events that occurred at the scene of the crime - the chessboard. No sooner is the solution arrived at than the game is afoot once more - this time in pursuit of the murderous Moriarty, whose contribution of 10 devilish chess problems can be found at the end of the book.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. 171 p. Audience: General/trade. Very good, but with a small tear in the back of the dust jacket. Book has name of previous owner written into the front end page twice, and then unsuccessfully blacked out with marker. Also raised imprint indicating previous owner.
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The puzzles in this book are incredible. At first they seem unsolvable but after reading the text the author teachs you the basics for looking at the puzzles with a different frame of mind.