And in front of the chair was a low wooden table with a chess board inlaid upon it. Only the White King remained on the board, upright, on the far side of the board from where the dead man had probably sat. Detective Smith asked me if there was any significance in a lone King on the board. The loser, in this case, would seem to be the dead man. It's a score sheet.
Chess players write down the moves of the game, as they play.
This game began with a disgusting opening called the Blackmar Diemer Gambit. At the top of the sheet, the names of the players have been torn off. The game was not completed. It's a photocopy. He showed me photos of a chess clock, from all sides.