Case file
13 RETURNS POLICY
♚︎♚︎Detective
Mate in two · White to play
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White to play.
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On the board
- ♕︎1 · Maharani Leela
Queen, b1, Kitchens - ♖︎2 · Captain Arjun
Rook, e7, Mirror Hall - ♗︎3 · Pandit Mohan
Bishop, d5, Monsoon Courtyard - ♘︎4 · Mr Rustom Irani
Knight, c1, Kitchens - ♚︎The victim
Mrs Cornelia Vandermeer, American heiress from Philadelphia. King, h1, Elephant Stables - ♔︎You, Inspector Rao
King, c8, Library. Not a suspect. - ♙︎Palace guards
a4. Never move, never kill.
The palace
LLibraryMMirror HallCMonsoon CourtyardDDurbar HallSStepwellKKitchensEElephant Stables
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