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Gifted and Damned

AN ONGOING, LABYRINTHINE AND SEEMINGLY ENDLESS COMPENDIUM OF APPARENTLY UNRELATED CLUES, TIPS, NARRATIVE BITS, TYPOS, TRIVIA, GEOMETRIC CONSTRUCTS, ETC., THAT CAN BE UNDERSTOOD AND INTEGRATED BY ONLY THE MOST DEDICATED AND OBSESSED OF CONTESTANTS INTO A FITFULLY MATERIALIZING STRUCTURE WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT ULTIMATELY ACHIEVE RESOLUTION LEADING TO ISSUANCE OF A SUITABLE PRIZE TO BE ANNOUNCED AND AWARDED IN THE LAST ISSUE OF THE FIRST YEAR.

"Of course you couldn't help but take note of my emphatically traditional opening. I must say, your responding move was nothing if not reflective of your predilection for the tidy and fastidious. See how my response to you begins to lead us toward a classical confrontation. But there's doubt in your mind. What are my true intentions? How will you answer this time? Hobgoblins, Dale. Consistency, predictability, giving rise to patterns ... we both know only too well how these patterns leave you vulnerable to attack. You with your wounds, I with mine. Let me draw you a picture: My Knights will skirmish, lanes of power and influence will open to my Bishops and Rooks. Pawns will naturally be forfeit. I'm even prepared to sacrifice my Queen, because I assure you, dear Dale,

THE KING MUST DIE!"

In episode 11 Agent Cooper received from Windham Earle his next move, P to Q4. Mr. Earle's opening move was P to K4. His accompanying message is printed above. But something is wrong. What is it? A correct answer will get you 10 points. Send your answer to the Twin Peaks Gazette, P.O. Box 1804, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272. Please include your name and your Twin Peaks address.
Fallen king


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