The Chess Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes

Small Animal

Only Chess

17 May 09 18:32

Small Animal

Joined: 11 Jan 09
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17 May 09 18:32

Has anyone read this book? If so is it worth picking up?

Romanticus

Joined: 30 Mar 09
Moves: 2000

17 May 09 19:10

If you like deduction and logical reasoning,yes.
If you're looking to improve your game,no.

heinzkat

Joined: 25 Apr 06
Moves: 5939

17 May 09 19:12

It's mostly retrograde problems I believe, but I might be corrected. I guess "Sherlock Holmes" was added in the title for commercial purposes...

Romanticus

Joined: 30 Mar 09
Moves: 2000

17 May 09 19:21

Retro puzzles!Correct!Them odd backward things,couldn't remember what those were called.
Not my kind of thing 😞

Blackamp

Death

is no semi-colon

Joined: 14 Dec 08
Moves: 23029

17 May 09 23:57

i enjoyed it. there's a companion volume by the same author called something like Chess Mysteries of the Arabian Nights (Knights?). as someone said, it's worth picking up if you like logic puzzles. i got a kick out of solving them.

SwissGambit

Caninus Interruptus

2014.05.01

Joined: 11 Apr 07
Moves: 92274

18 May 09 03:21

Originally posted by dirtysniper
Has anyone read this book? If so is it worth picking up?

Absolutely. Great book!

SwissGambit

Caninus Interruptus

2014.05.01

Joined: 11 Apr 07
Moves: 92274

18 May 09 03:24

Originally posted by heinzkat
It's mostly retrograde problems I believe, but I might be corrected. I guess "Sherlock Holmes" was added in the title for commercial purposes...

There are actually stories behind every problem in which Holmes and Watson play a part. It's really a quite ingenious hook for introducing retro problems to the casual reader.