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What do I do with the chess set?
1 of 10: There are two things you need, before you can solve this puzzle.
2 of 10: You need a piece of paper with a diagram of a chess board and a chess piece.
3 of 10: The goal is to find a good place on the chessboard to put the white queen.
4 of 10: Study the diagram.
5 of 10: The chess board in front of you has one less chess piece than the diagram.
6 of 10: Too bad you can't stand on the other side of the chess board.
7 of 10: The chess pieces on the board are placed in the same pattern as the ones in the diagram, except the diagram is drawn from the opposite viewpoint.
8 of 10: Compare the two pictures to determine where a chess piece is missing from the board.
9 of 10: The best spot to put the white queen is near the top left corner of the board, to the right of the black king.
10 of 10: When the white queen is beside the black king, an entrance to a Secret Room will open.
