Chess Mysteries Of Sherlock Holmes

Author : Raymond M. Smullyan
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486482014
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Chess Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes written by Raymond M. Smullyan and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join Holmes and Watson as they examine interrupted games to deduce prior moves. A series of increasingly complex chess mysteries culminates in a double murder perpetrated by Professor Moriarty. The master sleuth instructs his companion (and us) in the intricacies of retrograde analysis; readers need only a knowledge of how the pieces move.

Author : Raymond M. Smullyan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Chess Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes written by Raymond M. Smullyan and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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in order to deduce on which square the white queen was captured, whether a pawn has been promoted, and which piece has been replaced by a coin.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).

Author : Len Bailey
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
ISBN 13 : 0849965055
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sherlock Holmes and the Needle's Eye written by Len Bailey and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2013-05-06 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embark on a journey through the Old and New Testament with Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson as they explore exotic and spice-laden places in search of clues. The detective and the doctor travel back in time with the help of a Moriarty-designed time machine to investigate ten Bible destinations, unlocking clues to ten Bible mysteries. The most fascinating crime cases are those that are already solved, those that have been investigated by the police and brought to a swift, satisfying, and almost inevitable conclusion. So it is with Bible stories which the reader may consider familiar and unremarkable. But under close scrutiny these stories give up their hidden clues, their long kept secrets. Like a jewel newly polished, they sparkle and shine with a fresh, introspective light. While traveling back in time to witness certain scenes, Holmes and Watson unravel ten different Biblical mysteries, including the following: · The Hanging Tree: Why did Ahithophel hang himself? · Righteous Blood is Red: Is Zechariah the son of Berekiah or Jehoiada in Matthew 23? · You Miss, You Die: Why did David take five stones against Goliath? · Dead Man Walking: Why did Jesus delay in coming to Lazarus in John 11?

Author : Packages
Publisher : Packages
ISBN 13 : 9780785818809
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New Sherlock Holmes Adventures written by Packages and published by Packages. This book was released on 2000-05-24 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After Arthur Conan Doyle created the detective, Sherlock Holmes, many writers borrowed him to be the hero of their stories. The anthology offers a selection, old and new.

Author : Colleen Gleason
Publisher : AVID PRESS
ISBN 13 : 1944665838
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Chess Queen Enigma written by Colleen Gleason and published by AVID PRESS. This book was released on 2022-04-28 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evaline Stoker and Mina Holmes never meant to get into the family business. But when you're the sister of Bram and the niece of Sherlock, vampire hunting and mystery solving are in your blood, so to speak.... In this third installment of the Stoker and Holmes series, Evaline Stoker and Mina Holmes have reluctantly agreed to act as social chaperones and undercover bodyguards for Princess Lurelia of Betrovia, who has arrived in London to deliver a letter that details the secret location of an ancient chess queen that's been missing for centuries. But when the letter—which will heal a centuries-old rift between England and the Betrovians—is stolen out from under Evaline and Mina's watchful eyes, the two girls are forced into a high-stakes race to ensure they find the chess queen before anyone else does.

Author : Elshan Moradiabadi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789492510914
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sherlock's Method - written by Elshan Moradiabadi and published by . This book was released on 2020-12-08 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book before you is a product of what happens when two chess players start a relationship (which started over six years ago) and enter a dialogue about how to get ready for the next tournament. The content of this book is a training program for players who plan to play an over-the-board tournament a few weeks from the time they start training with this book. This book, unlike other similar books in the field of improvement, does not have a central theme. In other words, we are not focused solely on openings, middlegames or endgames. Moreover, the book does not only concentrate on specific themes (calculation, positional decisions, or other strategic aspects), though many of these concepts are addressed throughout the book. Instead, this book offers a holistic view on how to approach every single position in it, regardless of the phase of the game or the nature of the position. We try to teach players how to identify types of decisions in various positions, while pointing at the trade-off between a hardcore calculation and a heuristics judgment.

Author : Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0547539584
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Flanders Panel written by Arturo Pérez-Reverte and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2004-06-07 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A sleek, sophisticated, madly clever chamber mystery” from the international bestselling author—the basis for the film Uncovered starring Kate Beckinsale (The New York Times Book Review). A fifteenth-century painting by a Flemish master is about to be auctioned when Julia, a young art restorer, discovers a peculiar inscription hidden in a corner: Who killed the knight? In the painting, the Duke of Flanders and his knight are locked in a game of chess, and a dark lady lurks mysteriously in the background. Julia is determined to solve the five-hundred-year-old murder, but as she begins to look for clues, several of her friends in the art world are brutally murdered in quick succession. Messages left with the bodies suggest a crucial connection between the chess game in the painting, the knight’s murder, the sordid underside of the contemporary art world, and the latest deaths. Just when all of the players in the mystery seem to be pawns themselves, events race toward a shocking conclusion. A thriller like no other, The Flanders Panel presents a tantalizing puzzle for any connoisseur of mystery, chess, art, and history. “A beguiling puzzle—a game within a game within a game—solved in perplexing but entertaining fashion.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer “For mystery fans who yearn for literate, intelligent, sophisticated whodunits, Spanish author Pérez-Reverte’s highly acclaimed story fills the bill perfectly . . . An inventive plot, gripping suspense, fascinatingly complex characters, and innovative incorporation of art, literature, and music will enthrall readers looking for something a little different.”—Booklist “This intelligent mystery . . . comes up with a satisfying twist at the end.”—Library Journal

Author : Regis McCafferty
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595283993
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Then... Now... Whenever... written by Regis McCafferty and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2003-07 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Then…Now…Whenever… is composed of twelve short stories that span centuries and continents from Victorian England, to contemporary America, to the realm of vivid imagination. THEN is composed of four stories prior to the mid 1930’s, three of which are set in Victorian England with an inquiry agent at the time of Sherlock Holmes. The last of the four is the story of a miner looking for work in the coal mining fields of Kentucky during the Great Depression of the 1930’s. NOW is also composed of five contemporary stories. Two, regarding an ex cop from Cleveland who drinks and smokes too much and finds himself neck deep and personally involved in two murders while living in New Mexico. Two more involve ordinary people thrown together by circumstance and hard luck with unpredictable results, while the final story of this group is one of far-off Pakistan and good intentions gone astray. WHENEVER makes up the last three: macabre, nightmares of horror that visit in dreams on the darkest of nights when we are alone with our own demons. Dreams that one hopes will never be repeated…

Author : Irene Adler
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 1623704723
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Mystery of the Scarlet Rose written by Irene Adler and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2015-03-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sherlock Holmes, Arsene Lupin, and Irene Adler meet up in London only to find a strange chess problem in the Times signed by "The Black Friar." It's written in an unknown code which Sherlock is eager to solve. The next day, the city is rocked by the news of a rich merchant found murdered. On the merchant's desk was scarlet rose: the same flower used as the calling card for a brazen criminal group that haunted the streets of London twenty years ago. Could the Scarlet Rose Gang be back? Find out in this ebook from the Sherlock, Lupin and Me series.

Author : Mark Evan Walker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Checkmate! A Sherlock Holmes Novel written by Mark Evan Walker and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-03 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christmas, 1895. Sherlock Holmes receives a strange package containing an opium-stained lady's handkerchief with the initials F.F. and a rabbit's foot. The following day he meets a prospective client, Fancy Fairways, a lovely young lady trying to save herself and her brother, Jack from evil forces.These two events plunge Holmes and his faithful friend and biographer Dr. Watson into a multi-faceted adventure that carries them all across London. A mysterious Dr. Steele is blackmailing the Fairways. Holmes learns the doctor may have ties to a drug ring. Meanwhile, Holmes's brother Mycroft seeks his help protecting a new secret weapon. But a ravishing femme fatale, Eve Corday threatens Mycroft. What is her connection to Dr. Steele?Holmes consults an expert in addictions at the Royal Society of Medicine, who recommends a sanatorium for young Jack. But soon after, the expert, Holmes, and Watson are all attacked. Then, there's an invitation to a masked ball from Eve Corday. Is it a trap?When Holmes reads coded messages in the newspaper about a man named 'X' he becomes suspicious. Is there a master hand at work behind the scenes? Could it be a ghost from his past? His long-dead nemesis come back from the dead? Or is Holmes nothing but a chess piece in a much larger game?The game's afoot in this rousing adventure! Join Holmes and Watson as they travel from fog-bound lanes to glittering nightspots. From the highest echelons of government to the lowest dregs of human despair. Where sudden danger lurks, sometimes cloaked in opium-drenched dreams. By Mark Evan Walker, author of the Kelly Riggs Mysteries, and you won't want to miss it!