The Chess Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes - Couverture souple

Smullyan, Raymond M.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0091405319 ISBN 13 : 9780091405311

Editeur : Hutchinson, 1980

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Here are 50 elegant, witty, and unique chess problems concerned with deducing events in a game s past the same kind of logical reasoning at the core of Sherlock Holmes stories. In the first half, Holmes instructs Watson in the intricacies of retrograde analysis while they examine interrupted games at clubs and country homes. The second half features increasingly difficult self-contained chess mysteries, including a double murder perpetrated by Holmes arch-rival, Professor Moriarty.

Biographie de l'auteur

Raymond Smullyan received his PhD from Princeton University and has taught at Dartmouth, Princeton, Indiana University, and New York s Lehman College. Best known for his mathematical and creative logic puzzles and games, he is also a concert pianist and a magician.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Hutchinson
• Date d'édition: 1980
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0091405319
• ISBN 13: 9780091405311
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 171
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible