“grandpa, tell me about the gold!”

“again? havn’t you heard that story a million times already?“

“no, I don’t really remember it. please tell me… pleeeese!”

“alright, you win, tim! do you want to sit down in the chairs in front of the fire place?“

“yeah, if we don’t play chess!”

“alright, let’s not play chess!“

“only the story!”

“alright tim, only the story, no chess!“

“but with the code part!”

“the code part?“

“yes, with the code to the safe.”

“ah, so you do remember the story?“

“no! just that part!

“alright! let’s sit down. do you want the other chair or my lap?“

“your lap, grampa!”

“ok, let’s settle in! now where do I begin?“

“with when you became a professor.”

“oh, all the way back then?“

“yes, when you wrote your paper.”

“but you do know the story, why don’t you tell me?“

“no! you tell it!”

“what if i have forgotten it?“

“have you?”

“no, i’m just kidding, i have not forgotten… but let’s see…

…it started many years ago, my last academic work before I became a professor myself. i was particularly interested in the actions conducted behind the curtains of the nazis during world war 2. over the years, there had been many roumers of various sorts, some talking about hidden treasures, some about lost technical devices and many other marvelous things. i had gotten funds to travel europe to follow up one the most prominent roumers and leads, to investigate them further and perhaps find out if there was some truths behind it all.“

“bunker-bergman!”

“yes, that’s right. that work earned me the nick-name ‘bunker-bergman’ in the academic world. i did find a lot of things that summer.“

“in all the bunkers!”

“well, not in all of them, but some of them, and in other places as well.”

“show me!”

“show you what?“

“the codes!”

“what codes?“

“in the safe!”

“in the safe? oh, my… i don’t think i can do that…“

“why?”

“i don’t remember how to open the safe…“

“you do!”

“no, i don’t… do you?“

“yes!”

“you do? great! show me!“

“in the book!”

“what book?“

“the lost gold.”

“the lost gold you say?“

“yes, inside the cover.“

“show me, go grab the book…

…good boy. now, let’s see what you mean.“

“here, on the back of the front page, here is the key.”

“what do you mean?“

“count the pieces.”

“oh, let’s see… one knight. two queens. three bishops. five white pawns and six black pawns. so, the code must be 1, 2, 3, 5, 6?“

“no!”

“ok, what is it then?“

“at the back!”

“what’s at the back?“

“how you should move them.”

“move what?“

“the pieces. to create the code.”

“oh, you mean this?”

“yes!”

“but I thought you said no chess?“

“no! let’s move the pieces!”

“alright! remember, white always starts.“

“and the code is viewed from the white side!”

“good, that’s right! what does it say?“

“b2 – b4, b8 – a6, e2 – e3, g7 – g6, f1 – c4, f8 – h6, d1 -f3, d7 – d6.”