the man who lost everything-2

Those days were not the days where technology was so advanced. Correspondence chess was at its height of popularity. Although chess tournaments were held at regular intervals.

Jill sat down on the chair and started setting the pieces. The board had a few fainted corners of the dark squares, but at the moment it didn't matter. The kings stood boldly against each other with fascinating crosses on their heads. The room was silent as ever , the constant sound of the rotating fan could be heard. He used to be feared at the local championships , long times ago. Now he wondered even if anyone knew him there. He used to read in the papers about the championships going on and the winners. He sometimes used to tell his son how he had made a piece sacrifice on the king side and beaten the champion in the top table. But today he felt like he had something in him that he could give to this noble game. 

Suddenly his eye caught the calendar. Today his son and his wife would be travelling to Paris from London. He knew he would see them again in exactly 20 days from today. He played some vague moves on the board and then wandered away into the town to buy groceries. He had to cook himself. His whole day was then spent preparing for the presentation which he had to give in the office the day after. His boss had promised him a promotion if he could have get the party coming the day after interested in investing in the company. He had found out all the reasons why other companies would like to invest in the company and was prepared for the cross questioning also. He thought he had done all he could to prepare for the presentation. His room was filled of the prizes and trophies given by his office. He slept for a while in afternoon. He woke up around three hours later and then freshened up a bit. Then he thought that he could clean his son's room just to pass some time. When he was at the junction of his room and his son's he saw the board again and he stood still. For a few minutes nothing moved. The board was still set up as he had left it. He had almost forgot everything about the board. He saw the position , just for the sake of calculating he tried to calculate some forced wins for white. He sat down but didn't move a piece. Just waited for something to click in his mind. He thought about the obvious moves first, then looked for some moves which were hard to see. Then without touching the board he got up to make a cup of coffee. He had lost the track of time, so he looked up to the clock and suddenly something caught his eye on the board.

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the man who lost everything-1

This story starts from a place called Westeroak, which somewhere in the world , concealed enough from the naked eye of common people.

A man named Jill S. Strickland  lives his life with ease and smoothness. This man goes to work  at 9 am and returns at 5 pm. He has a 5 day working schedule.  Jill was a very good chess player. He used to play so good in his school days.

Many long days had passed since he had last touched his chess set, thought Jill. It was Saturday and suddenly this thought had arisen in his mind. He went to his old room , that was now his son's. His wife and son had gone to a trip to see Europe, due to some official work he could not accompany them.

He went to his secret cupboard, which he had asked the carpenter to make under the bed's storage area. A dust chessboard and a bag containing pieces can be seen. Also some books of chess puels and openings can be seen. A chess notation notebook can be seen on which were written in gleaming words " CHESS GAMES of JILL S. STRICKLAND".

He went into the thoughts of winning the chess U-15 championship and how he had outplayed the old lady in the opening game of a tournament when he was a small kid in the same opening he played from black, the CARO-KANN. Also how he sacrificed two bishops to bring the opponent's king in the centre and trapped him in the middle of the board. Some of his bitter losses also came to his mind one of which was when he was such a huge amount of material up but lost due to a silly mistake , and got mated backrank. All this came to his mind as he turned the pages of the notation book.

He took out the board and set it up on his son's study table after removing the dust. The sun rays were just peeping in through the ventilator and the kingside of the chessboard was lightened up by it.

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the interlude 2

We will be moving to a city WESTEROAK  for the further parts of the story .

thanks for all the audience and cheering.

SACHLEEN SINGH

THE RETURN

After few days of finding and running after MD , we found out that he had evaded to INDIA. Hence we came back to INDIA

THE HALF LEAF

 I would like to say sorry to all of you to keep you waiting for the next part of my story.

Since our last case  MD had been busy with building some bomb kind of thing, but it would take some more weeks to complete , we got to know because of  VJ's resources. He'll come to us to challenge us and find it out where will he deploy it, thought all of us except our very own Vaibhu.  He smiled . We used to get irritated by his grin and expression less face. We all were now living a normal life in Leeds. Going shopping with ladies of our group , even trying to impress one of them. We all were happy , and one fine day came our next case.

MD came to us and said that a man in our neighborhood  had died, the killer was "Mr.Momos". Prove it and each of us gets a Ferrari. We were happy. Vaibhu came into the room and said "We don't work for you, get lost".

"OH! My angry young man , you won't be pleasured by a Ferrari , I knew that . You'll  be getting a access to all my records of people i.e. my contacts as they're right now. What do you say. Actually then you might get enough evidence to encounter me ."

Vaibhu nodded  and said "in how much time?"

MD got up and went to the door and before leaving wrote on a slip "before he leaves the city, mesor". And he left.

Preety picked it up and said "he should work on his spellings, spelt messier wrong"

We rushed to the neighborhood . We saw a man had been killed. The body was lying on a bed with a man holding a lappy in his hand. He was probably watching a video on chemistry. No signs of forced handling were seen. The room looked normal.  The man was having popcorn before he died. He also ahd a bag beside him. Nothing much in it though.

"Probably poisioned " said Rj. Nihu agreed by saying that other means of assassination would have shown signs of forced handling. I took the computer and tried to find out what the man had been previously  been doing on the lappy.

While I was busy in the lappy Vaibhu went to the kitchen to check how was the poison given. He had taken his meals nearly an hour ago. Vaibhu came back to the room and then went to the empty plate in which the finished food was placed. Only a part of a leaf(sed for garnishing was left). He picked it up with forceps and smelled it. "BELLADONNA" he said. My ears had heard that voice and I just went to Vaibhu, out of curiosity.

VJ was a weapon expert so he explained to all of us about belladonna. "This was a favorite of the ladies! The name of this plant is derived from Italian and means beautiful woman. That’s because it was used in the middle-ages for cosmetic purposes – diluted eye-drops dilated the pupils, making the women more seductive (or so they thought). Also, if gently rubbed on their checks, it would create a reddish color, what today would be known as blush! This plant seems innocent enough, right? Well, actually, if ingested, a single leaf is lethal and that’s why it was used to make poison-tipped arrows. The berries of this plant are the most dangerous – consumption of ten of the attractive-looking berries is fatal."

So, this was sure that the man was poisoned . Usually in these kinds of poisoning the mind remains awake and the body lower than the abdomen paralyses , as and when the poison acts body fails and then respiratory system shuts down.

We all were in a truce as no evidence of mr. momos was there.

Vaibhu went into a deep thought.  Then he came back and said check his lappy. The man can't move once he has taken the poison. He can leave a note only on a lappy. Since the man was here till he died as the man has died over an hour but the oven was still on so, the killer killed him and then baked a cake and ate it before leaving. As the killer was in front of him and this man had got a window only when he went to the kitchen. Till that time his legs were already paralyzed and he couldn't move. Not internet connection can be  seen , so the man can make a note only on his lappy. Check it.

I went to the lappy and then checked everything but nothing was there. I said even if he had written anything the killer would have erased it.

KEYLOGGER exclaimed RJ. Yup and fortunately we found one .

The man had written a morse code

.. .----. --   .--. --- .. ... --- -. . -..   -... -.--   -.. . .-. -... -.--   .- -.- .-   -- --- -- --- ...   --..--   --. . -   .... .. --   .. -.   -. . ... - ..-. .. -..- -..-   ....- ..... ....-

Meaning

i'm poisoned by derby aka momos , get him in nestfixx 454

so, the case ended as we had got the dying statement of the victim and was enough to sentence the killer. Arrests would be done by police.

Vaibu got text saying" well done ma boy" - MD

HANDICAPPED...................................................

We all were sitting in our new mansion because now it was open warfare between us and MD. In the morning we all were chit chatting about what to do about the person we had captured. Vaibhu was still confused with something.Suddenly the bell rang. Without even anyone opening the door stood in front of us our old classmate and rival MD. VJ approached to arrest MD , Vaibhu stopped him. "If I were in place of you I wouldn't have acted so fast " said MD. Calmness could clearly be seen on his face. His face seemed cold and composed. He stuck out a hand at Vaibhu saying hello. Vaibhu shook his hand. Both then sat and we carefully listened to what MD had come to say. He said that you all did well as a team but trust me the member you've captured will not speak even a single word against me.You all to me seem so funny without this detective of yours. If he is gone you all will fall as a house of cards. RJ got infuriated and said "wanna test it " . "Surely I will do so" said MD with a grin. Suddenly Vaibhu fainted. I had drugged him when he shook my hand. He is just unconscious, nothing to worry. He'll sleep like this for seven precise hours and you've got the same time to save the BANK OF LEEDS from being robbed. Exactly four and a half hours from now bank will be robbed. Stop it or you'll lose Vaibhu. Make your arrangements. And think twice before you call the police because if I can come inside your door without your permission I  DO CAN ANYTHING. He then left.
Me and RJ first took out the map and blueprint of the BANK OF LEEDS. We began scanning each and every network within a two mile radius of the bank. Everything seemed to be OK. VJ, Nihu and Preeti armed up and VJ placed snipers on the bank's surroundings. Police couldn't be contacted so we had to even check that no one came to know. All three weapons experts had synthetically made weapons which couldn't be seen under a metal detector. All then went inside as customers. We had hacked the cctv's and were watching every movement.We still had got half an hour on hour clocks before robbery when VJ decided that he would go out and try to engage the robbers and finish the things outside. This could be risky. RJ said I fell like there was something fishy in what MD had said, i don't know what. Something is hidden. Lighting flashed in my mind YES i shouted , the network which the robbers are using is hidden but its IP address was told to us by MD, Remember  I DO CAN ANYTHING. 
the IP address will then be 009.415.114.2520.89.147 and this worked we got the robbers exactly seven minutes before the robbery. I just thanked god that we could do it. Especially RJ, VJ had helped a lot in this operation.
Yeah but today was my day I has solved the case Virtually. We all received the text from MD saying wel done meet you soon in the REAL GAME.

THE SHOWDOWN (part-2)

Early next morning we got a text alert from Vaibhu saying
"I have found out that the attack of ethylene glycol in the ROBBER THAT TOOK NOTHING was done by RATMAS to kill me , also RJ's kidnap was planned here. I'm sending you a plan of his house. VJ, Nihu and Preeti to come to save me , I'm sure I'll be attacked."
 We weren't even prepared for the attack or on the contrary to do so. So, me and RJ got cctv's on and took care of Vaibhu's location. Five satellites and three armed sniper were put up by VJ to protect Vaibhu. VJ was one among them. He was himself there to check if in case something went wrong. Nihu was VJ's back up. Preeti was ready to ram into attack on a bike. I though wasn't sure of everything happening right. Me and RJ planned to jam the whole of  Leeds' transmission network. Though it would just be a window of about 10 minutes but was enough to keep people of from Vaibhu till that time.

Then Vaibhu was attacked not from ahead but from behind on a bike. HE jumped and turned, but till then the biker had rushed away. Vaibhu signaled he was fine.VJ transmitted"follow the biker - pole 1 and 3 "(here pole means armed guards on the rooftop).But suddenly Vaibhu fell, he had been hit with a tranquillizer. Preeti was called in for help. After three stress calls no response was there from Preeti. I echoed in the transmitters "she was the one that had hit him on the bike." All surprised. In the mean time Vaibhu was taken away in a jeep. VJ told us to follow us on the cameras. They'll remove the watch , RJ spoke as Preeti is with them, we're doomed.Vabhu was kidnapped on the BANKFIELD ROAD of BURLEY.
Block all roads of KIRKSTALL ,I spoke to VJ's network.

Yeah but it was RATMAS' area and how could we get better of him. With Vaibhu gone and none as intelligent as him , how could we even possibly find his trail...............................................

We had lost all hope suddenly all phones connected to that special networks rang up showing a media message of a plan of a building. I exclaimed Vaibhu had told in his text about something of a house that needs to be attacked. But the blueprint of this house was no where to be seen in or near 2 hour radius of BURLEY. VJ till now had got the airport scanned, nothing there told VJ. I and RJ took to the last resort, scanning each and every house's blueprint. We would be losing time but a match of blueprint would help to make it certain to find Vaibhu.Three matches were found by the satellite. One in SILSDEN, one in WIDDOP and the last one in LOW MOOR. SILSDEN seemed out of reach and WIDDOP couldn't be reached. LOW MOOR could be the target when RJ spoke up."ALWAYS CHECK THE MOST UNCERTAIN POSSIBILITY -  Vaibhu used to say".
Yes he's right I spoke up SILSDEN can be reached in two hours but not through road but by river. VJ got orders stamped for police to seal that house. We reached there by helics. Vaibhu to our surprise was sent out half unconscious , with a note in his neck.
"NICE JOB DONE BUT, MADE A MISTAKE .
I'M USING YOUR OWN INSTRUMENT AGAINST YOU, THE WATCHES YOU DEVELOPED ARE CONNECTED ON AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT SPECTRUM AND VAIBHU IS LOADED WITH BOMBS AND YOU DO NOT LET ME GO , HE'LL GO , SO LIKE NICE KIDS ASK THE POLICE TO GO BACK AND ALL OF YOU RETREAT."
Leaving us no other option we had to do as he said.Vaibhu looked unconscious, still woke up and in a show-off way said VJ Preeti is behind the poeple she'll find them. We told Vaibhu that she was the one that betrayed. He again said this was the real plan. Stay connected to the watch, bombs can be diffused later by the squad. We heard shot of firing from inside. VJ and Nihu went inside taking charge. We dragged Vaibhu back to the car. VJ, Nihu and Preeti came out with smiling faces thinking that they had killed RATMAS. Vaibhu's condition by now was a little stable. He said again you morons are thinking that you've killed RATMAS. He is and Indian and to be precise, he is MD my old rival since the college days. I came to know about him as and when I had gone to explore the city, certain things of his type were seen in the locality. We used to have a cutthroat competition in the class and his chemistry always dominating over mine(THE ROBBER THAT TOOK NOTHING). But as always made a mistake of revealing too many clues and being obvious as he purposely bumped into me in the market. I could recognize him till the last night but the things flashed like lightning. Then I made that plan and gave it to Preeti, I know it was your next question , of course. Vaibhu explained. I murmured into RJ's ear show-off. Vaibhu smiled and went on, I knew someone would reach till here , I came to know about the house by my roadside network which I had setup. I think no more questions but, we've got a guest , please don't ask who, blockheads, the one which Preeti replaced in the plan of hitting me with the bike. VJ take care of him and find out what he tells. 
FRIENDS WE ARE RIGHT ON RACK TO CATCH MD