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So yesterday I found this in the mail. A chessboard. But on the squares, things were written. Plaintext version:

LONGLIVE

HAPOTTER

DADDYJAM

ESLIKEST

HEMARAUD

ERSMAPAN

DWOULDLI

KETOSEND

On the back, well:

KR6 KR1 KN7 QB8 QB4 QN5 KB4 QB1; 5C877471, -166128936; KR7 KN3 Q6 Q2 KR6 QB5 Q7 K5 K3

What did they say?

cipher chess checkerboard

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  That's... strange. They look like they should be chess notations and directions but they're not. I wonder...
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  @North with the exception of the numbers in the middle, they are in fact old-school chess notation - King's Rook file, 6th row; King's Rook file, 1st row; King's kNight file, 7th row....
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  Each notation describes a square (not a piece movement), to elaborate.
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So yesterday I found this in the mail. A chessboard. But on the squares, things were written. Plaintext version:

LONGLIVE

HAPOTTER

DADDYJAM

ESLIKEST

HEMARAUD

ERSMAPAN

DWOULDLI

KETOSEND

On the back, well:

KR6 KR1 KN7 QB8 QB4 QN5 KB4 QB1; 5C877471, -166128936; KR7 KN3 Q6 Q2 KR6 QB5 Q7 K5 K3

What did they say?

cipher chess checkerboard

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  That's... strange. They look like they should be chess notations and directions but they're not. I wonder...
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  – North
  19 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


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  @North with the exception of the numbers in the middle, they are in fact old-school chess notation - King's Rook file, 6th row; King's Rook file, 1st row; King's kNight file, 7th row....
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  Each notation describes a square (not a piece movement), to elaborate.
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So yesterday I found this in the mail. A chessboard. But on the squares, things were written. Plaintext version:

LONGLIVE

HAPOTTER

DADDYJAM

ESLIKEST

HEMARAUD

ERSMAPAN

DWOULDLI

KETOSEND

On the back, well:

KR6 KR1 KN7 QB8 QB4 QN5 KB4 QB1; 5C877471, -166128936; KR7 KN3 Q6 Q2 KR6 QB5 Q7 K5 K3

What did they say?

cipher chess checkerboard

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LONGLIVE

HAPOTTER

DADDYJAM

ESLIKEST

HEMARAUD

ERSMAPAN

DWOULDLI

KETOSEND

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if you

remember old notation referred to KB4 as f4 from the white point of view and f5 from the black point of view,

then

alternating points of view gives the message:

meet me at 5C877471, -166128936 (then starting with black) i am unluky

which means

he can't spell, but perhaps those are coordinates on Harry's map?

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answered 13 hours ago

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  Could the numbers be GPS coordinates in hexadecimal? Apparently some devices use that, see stackoverflow.com/questions/7151896/…
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  5 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


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  There's no C on the chessboard - probably explains the poor spelling. The question is, why not come up with something where they are all present - leads me to suspect the answer is something to do with H. Potter ? ..
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Partial answer:

Well, the plaintext on the chessboard says,

LONG LIVE HA[rry] POTTER DADDY JAMES LIKES THE MARAUDERS MAP AND WOULD LIKE TO SEND

I'm guessing the text on the back is supposed to be like a cipher using chess notations? They're not exactly any ciphers I recognize though... maybe like Kxr6?

Also this quote from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban might help.

"Mr Moony presents his compliments to Professor Snape and begs him to keep his abnormally large nose out of other people's business.

Mr Prongs agrees with Mr Moony and would like to add that Professor Snape is an ugly git.

Mr Padfoot would like to register his astonishment that an idiot like that ever became a Professor.

Mr Wormtail bids Professor Snape good day, and advises him to wash his hair, the slime-ball."

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Using the text on the board as a map of sorts, and assuming that it's from white's point of view,

KR6--> M; KR1--> D; KN7-->E; QB8--> N; QB4--> M; QN5--> S; KB4--> A; QB1--> T

Resulting in text

"MDENMSAT" for the first part. I'm guessing the letters in the middle are a key of some sort.

Second list:

"RADUMLOKA"

Neither of these are words, but there's a start.

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11

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if you

remember old notation referred to KB4 as f4 from the white point of view and f5 from the black point of view,

then

alternating points of view gives the message:

meet me at 5C877471, -166128936 (then starting with black) i am unluky

which means

he can't spell, but perhaps those are coordinates on Harry's map?

share|improve this answer

answered 13 hours ago

SteveVSteveV

6,2402632

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  Could the numbers be GPS coordinates in hexadecimal? Apparently some devices use that, see stackoverflow.com/questions/7151896/…
  $endgroup$
  – JollyJoker
  5 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  $begingroup$
  There's no C on the chessboard - probably explains the poor spelling. The question is, why not come up with something where they are all present - leads me to suspect the answer is something to do with H. Potter ? ..
  $endgroup$
  – Smock
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

11

$begingroup$

if you

remember old notation referred to KB4 as f4 from the white point of view and f5 from the black point of view,

then

alternating points of view gives the message:

meet me at 5C877471, -166128936 (then starting with black) i am unluky

which means

he can't spell, but perhaps those are coordinates on Harry's map?

share|improve this answer

answered 13 hours ago

SteveVSteveV

6,2402632

$endgroup$

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  $begingroup$
  Could the numbers be GPS coordinates in hexadecimal? Apparently some devices use that, see stackoverflow.com/questions/7151896/…
  $endgroup$
  – JollyJoker
  5 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  $begingroup$
  There's no C on the chessboard - probably explains the poor spelling. The question is, why not come up with something where they are all present - leads me to suspect the answer is something to do with H. Potter ? ..
  $endgroup$
  – Smock
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

$begingroup$

if you

remember old notation referred to KB4 as f4 from the white point of view and f5 from the black point of view,

then

alternating points of view gives the message:

meet me at 5C877471, -166128936 (then starting with black) i am unluky

which means

he can't spell, but perhaps those are coordinates on Harry's map?

share|improve this answer

answered 13 hours ago

SteveVSteveV

6,2402632

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answered 13 hours ago

SteveVSteveV

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answered 13 hours ago

SteveVSteveV

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answered 13 hours ago

SteveVSteveV

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Partial answer:

Well, the plaintext on the chessboard says,

LONG LIVE HA[rry] POTTER DADDY JAMES LIKES THE MARAUDERS MAP AND WOULD LIKE TO SEND

I'm guessing the text on the back is supposed to be like a cipher using chess notations? They're not exactly any ciphers I recognize though... maybe like Kxr6?

Also this quote from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban might help.

"Mr Moony presents his compliments to Professor Snape and begs him to keep his abnormally large nose out of other people's business.

Mr Prongs agrees with Mr Moony and would like to add that Professor Snape is an ugly git.

Mr Padfoot would like to register his astonishment that an idiot like that ever became a Professor.

Mr Wormtail bids Professor Snape good day, and advises him to wash his hair, the slime-ball."

share|improve this answer

edited 19 hours ago

answered 19 hours ago

NorthNorth

2,3081735

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add a comment | 

4

$begingroup$

Partial answer:

Well, the plaintext on the chessboard says,

LONG LIVE HA[rry] POTTER DADDY JAMES LIKES THE MARAUDERS MAP AND WOULD LIKE TO SEND

I'm guessing the text on the back is supposed to be like a cipher using chess notations? They're not exactly any ciphers I recognize though... maybe like Kxr6?

Also this quote from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban might help.

"Mr Moony presents his compliments to Professor Snape and begs him to keep his abnormally large nose out of other people's business.

Mr Prongs agrees with Mr Moony and would like to add that Professor Snape is an ugly git.

Mr Padfoot would like to register his astonishment that an idiot like that ever became a Professor.

Mr Wormtail bids Professor Snape good day, and advises him to wash his hair, the slime-ball."

share|improve this answer

edited 19 hours ago

answered 19 hours ago

NorthNorth

2,3081735

$endgroup$

add a comment | 

$begingroup$

Partial answer:

Well, the plaintext on the chessboard says,

LONG LIVE HA[rry] POTTER DADDY JAMES LIKES THE MARAUDERS MAP AND WOULD LIKE TO SEND

I'm guessing the text on the back is supposed to be like a cipher using chess notations? They're not exactly any ciphers I recognize though... maybe like Kxr6?

Also this quote from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban might help.

"Mr Moony presents his compliments to Professor Snape and begs him to keep his abnormally large nose out of other people's business.

Mr Prongs agrees with Mr Moony and would like to add that Professor Snape is an ugly git.

Mr Padfoot would like to register his astonishment that an idiot like that ever became a Professor.

Mr Wormtail bids Professor Snape good day, and advises him to wash his hair, the slime-ball."

share|improve this answer

edited 19 hours ago

answered 19 hours ago

NorthNorth

2,3081735

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share|improve this answer

edited 19 hours ago

answered 19 hours ago

NorthNorth

2,3081735

answered 19 hours ago

NorthNorth

2,3081735

answered 19 hours ago

NorthNorth

2,3081735

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Using the text on the board as a map of sorts, and assuming that it's from white's point of view,

KR6--> M; KR1--> D; KN7-->E; QB8--> N; QB4--> M; QN5--> S; KB4--> A; QB1--> T

Resulting in text

"MDENMSAT" for the first part. I'm guessing the letters in the middle are a key of some sort.

Second list:

"RADUMLOKA"

Neither of these are words, but there's a start.

share|improve this answer

answered 18 hours ago

Brandon_JBrandon_J

2,001230

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4

$begingroup$

Using the text on the board as a map of sorts, and assuming that it's from white's point of view,

KR6--> M; KR1--> D; KN7-->E; QB8--> N; QB4--> M; QN5--> S; KB4--> A; QB1--> T

Resulting in text

"MDENMSAT" for the first part. I'm guessing the letters in the middle are a key of some sort.

Second list:

"RADUMLOKA"

Neither of these are words, but there's a start.

share|improve this answer

answered 18 hours ago

Brandon_JBrandon_J

2,001230

$endgroup$

add a comment | 

$begingroup$

Using the text on the board as a map of sorts, and assuming that it's from white's point of view,

KR6--> M; KR1--> D; KN7-->E; QB8--> N; QB4--> M; QN5--> S; KB4--> A; QB1--> T

Resulting in text

"MDENMSAT" for the first part. I'm guessing the letters in the middle are a key of some sort.

Second list:

"RADUMLOKA"

Neither of these are words, but there's a start.

share|improve this answer

answered 18 hours ago

Brandon_JBrandon_J

2,001230

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share|improve this answer

answered 18 hours ago

Brandon_JBrandon_J

2,001230

answered 18 hours ago

Brandon_JBrandon_J

2,001230

answered 18 hours ago

Brandon_JBrandon_J

2,001230