06 A GOOD LIKENESS

♚︎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 · Lady Devika
Queen, c5, Monsoon Courtyard
♖︎2 · Captain Arjun
Rook, f2, Elephant Stables
♗︎3 · Dr Edmund Hale
Bishop, d5, Monsoon Courtyard
♘︎4 · Mr Rustom Irani
Knight, e8, Mirror Hall
♚︎The victim
Madame Odile Verlaine, society portrait painter from Paris. King, a6, Monsoon Courtyard
♔︎You, Inspector Rao
King, g8, Mirror Hall. Not a suspect.
♙︎Palace guards
g2. Never move, never kill.

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