New book of Sherlock Holmes retrograde analysis puzzles

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anselan

Many people love the book "Chess Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes" by Raymond Smullyan, and mourn that there was no sequel.

Mourn no longer: I have stumbled across another book along the same lines:

"Sherlock Holmes Visits the Chameleon Chess Club: Further Adventures in Retrograde Chess Analysis" by Bill Murden, with a forward by Raymond Smullyan. The author has made it available without copyright, and it can be downloaded at:

https://archive.org/details/Watsons70AdventuresInRetrogradeChessAnalysis

The author has the same ability to recreate effortless Holmesian dialogue, and the problems are a whimsical mixture of orthodox and fairy themes. Murden is particularly thorough in his logical solutions.

The book was actually written many years ago, but has only recently been made available electronically by Fred Stahl, a friend of the late author.

EscherehcsE

What a great find. Thanks to you (for finding it), to Fred (for converting to electronic form), and to the late Mr. Murden (for creating it.)

shoopi

Great find indeed. I always regarded "Chess Mysteries of the Arabian. Knights" as a sequel to "Chess Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes", but I suppose it isn't really a sequel as much as it is another book in the genre.

 

Thanks a lot for sharing.