The Chess Mysteries of the Arabian Knights

by Raymond M. Smullyan

Chess problems in retrograde analysis occur in new Arabian Knights stories in which the chess pieces are the main characters

Genres: Chess, Puzzles, Games, Fiction

170 pages, Hardcover

First published November 12, 1981

About the author

Raymond M. Smullyan was a logician, musician, Zen master, puzzle master, and writer.

Reviews

[Clayton · Rating 5 out of 5]

this book is awesome. i got it from the library when i was about 15 and i loved it, but gave up on most of the problems before i could figure them out. 15 years later i found this book again for cheap, and it has kept me occupied for hours on end. not your typical chess book, in fact all you really need to know are how the pieces move, no strategy. clever stories to go along with fun logic problems, this book is great for all ages.

[Swarner · Rating 5 out of 5]

Raymond Smullyan is my Logician Dumbledore. I own and read every book of his I can get my hands on. Which is well over a dozen.

[Eric · Rating 5 out of 5]

Smullyan has fun books on philosophy and Zen, and a large number of logical puzzle books, but this one is my favorite. A simple, brilliant concept: here's a chess position, can you deduce some given fact about it?

[Ben Pace · Rating 2 out of 5]

Smullyan is a true logician. This set of puzzles is a great source of entertainment and amusement, unique to my eyes.