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White Death
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2018
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‘A quarter of ten exactly.’
‘That’s very precise.’
‘I know the time of everything that happens.’
‘What was she doing?’
‘Leaving for Baltimore.’
‘What was she planning to do when she got there?’
‘She was attending a symposium run by the National Council of Black Women.’
‘You know where this symposium was?’
‘The Hyatt Regency in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor: 300 Light Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202. Phone number 410-528-1234.’
Hell, Patrese thought, was this what you needed to be world chess champion? Rain Man with dreads?
‘How did she get there?’
‘By train. Amtrak. Depart Penn Station, New York, yesterday at 10 a.m., arrive Penn Station, Baltimore 12.13 p.m. Return journey, depart Baltimore 9.34 a.m., arrive New York 11.52 a.m.’
Patrese did a quick calculation. ‘You last saw her at quarter of ten when she had to get a train at ten?’
‘I drove her to Penn Station.’
‘And dropped her outside?’
‘There was nowhere to park.’
‘And then you came back here?’
‘Yes.’
‘So you didn’t see her get on the train?’
‘No. I saw her go into the station.’
‘And what did you do after that?’
‘I came back here.’
‘You were here all weekend?’
‘Yes.’
‘What were you doing?’
‘Playing chess.’
‘With who?’
‘Myself.’
‘You play against yourself?’
‘Sure. Against computer programs, and against myself. I have a world title match in two weeks. I’m preparing. Practicing. Training.’
‘What does that involve?’
‘Some general stuff. Get a position, turn it round, see how best to play against it. Also preparing specific openings, a lot of the time. Opening lines are constantly getting developed and refined. You try ’em out, see what works for you. You find a variation you don’t like, you move on to another one.’
Checking through different lines, trying to look at positions from your opponent’s point of view: chess sounded a lot like detective work to Patrese.
‘Did you go to Penn to pick her up today?’
‘Yes?’
‘Were you concerned when she didn’t turn up?’
‘Yes.’
‘What did you do?’
‘I rang her cellphone. She didn’t answer.’
‘You think of doing anything else?’
‘Like what?’
‘Like ring the hotel in Baltimore?’
‘I had to meet with Nursultan and Tartu. She knew where I was going. I figured she’d gotten the wrong train and had no cellphone reception. I guessed she’d come right along to the Waldorf when she arrived.’
‘So your car’s still at the Waldorf?’
‘Yes.’
‘And you have no idea why your mother would have been in New Haven?’
‘No.’
‘No friends, family there?’
‘No.’
‘She lived here, that’s correct?’
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