21 FORTY-THREE STEPS

Chief Inspector Mate in two · 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 right-hand page of case 21.

On the board

1 · Maharani Leela
Queen, e4, Stepwell
2 · Captain Arjun
Rook, d6, Monsoon Courtyard
3 · Colonel Barrington
Rook, f5, Monsoon Courtyard
4 · Dr Edmund Hale
Bishop, f1, Elephant Stables
5 · Mr Rustom Irani
Knight, b1, Kitchens
The victim
Mr Keshav Lal Mathur, income tax inspector from Delhi. King, h4, Stepwell
You, Inspector Rao
King, c2, Kitchens. Not a suspect.
Palace guards
e2, h2, b5, b6. Never move, never kill.

The palace

LLibraryMMirror HallCMonsoon CourtyardDDurbar HallSStepwellKKitchensEElephant Stables

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