01 THE LAST FOOTNOTE

♚︎Rookie Mate in one · White to play

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White to play.

Try your theories here: you play both sides, Black's replies included. There is no engine and no hint on this page. The testimonies are in the book.

On the board

♖︎1 · Colonel Barrington
Rook, a3, Durbar Hall
♗︎2 · Pandit Mohan
Bishop, f3, Stepwell
♘︎3 · Kunwar Vikram
Knight, b5, Monsoon Courtyard
♘︎4 · Mr Rustom Irani
Knight, c4, Durbar Hall
♚︎The victim
Professor Ambrose Whitcombe, chess historian from Oxford. King, a8, Library
♔︎You, Inspector Rao
King, e5, Monsoon Courtyard. Not a suspect.
♙︎Palace guards
d4. Never move, never kill.

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