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The Chess Mysteries of the Arabian Knights

By Raymond Smullyan

Book information

Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Year
1981
ISBN
9780394748696, 0-394-51467-X
LCC
GV1451 .S563 1981
Open Library ID
OL3785229M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
2 MB (1744011 bytes)
Edition
1St Edition
Pages
171\171
Library
Kolxo3
DPI
300
Orientation
no
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

In this collection of problems, Raymond Smullyan transports the game of chess to the world of the Arabian knights. The White King is Haroun Al Rashid, the White Bishop is his Grand Vizier, Archie. They are out to counter the Black King Kazir's attempts at invisibility, and to unmask the disguised Queen Medea. In addition, using the deductive logic that is the hallmark of these exercises in retrograde analysis, Haroun and Archie discover pawns who've robbed the royal treasury, lazy knights who refuse to move more than once or twice, and buried castles, as well as encountering any number of phantoms, genii, magicians, philosophers, and hermits.

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