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HIDDEN-03

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Alsoaaronorelup.com/ledger/touch-move/board-14/; Board 14, playable; HIDDEN-04 (its old name)

Episode 4's hidden page: Board 14, Black to move, the game Daniel Fenn resigned at ten, waiting to be played; hold the perpetual check to stalemate and a fountain pen strikes 1–0 and writes ½–½.

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The yellowed sheet, amended to ½-½, whose printed footer carries the page's address Used
The yellowed sheet, amended to ½-½, whose printed footer carries the page's address {E4 29:47} edit

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Episode 4's hidden page is the game itself. The yellowed Board-14 sheet flies past in the scramble with its printed footer legible for five frames; the page sets up Board 14 with Black to move and Black's ten minutes running, and waits for someone to find what a ten-year-old didn't.

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  • On screenIts address is the yellowed sheet's printed footer, results & pairings · aaronorelup.com/ledger/touch-move/board-14/, legible paused on master frames 53,610-53,614. {E4 29:47.000-29:47.133} edit
  • RunningThe page: the yellowed sheet; a brass two-dial clock, White's dial at 12:20, Black's at 10:00 and running; the board, Black to move. {HIDDEN-03 spec} edit
  • RunningTouch move is enforced. {HIDDEN-03 spec} edit
  • RunningWhite answers from a closed reply table: 369 Black positions, 1,584 replies, each re-checked at depth 28. {HIDDEN-03 spec} edit
  • RunningKeep checking and the king takes: 73.Kxc1, stalemate, ½–½, and the pen strikes 1–0 on the sheet. {HIDDEN-03 spec} edit
  • RunningA losing move gets the real mate; the flag or resign gives 1–0; then "Set up the position again". {HIDDEN-03 spec} edit
  • RunningIts only words: Board 14, Black to move., the moves, resign, Set up the position again, and the sheet. {HIDDEN-03 spec} edit
  • RunningBuilt on the blog branch episode-4-touch-move; live on aaronorelup.com since 2026-10-23 00:22 UTC, when the branch was merged with AO-063. {E4 SUMMARY; FIXLIST F40; was "live at release"; blog main c83419f} edit
  • RunningCalled HIDDEN-04 in the hidden crew's files; renamed HIDDEN-03 by D24 (commit 7629b12); notes copied earlier may still say 04. {E4 registry header; EGGS_SWEEP} edit

By episode6 lines

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  • EggThe series' third five-frame address at 29:47, after Episodes 2 and 3. {E4 29:47.000-29:47.133} edit
  • On screenThe amended sheet fills the frame in the scramble for those five frames. {E4 29:47.000-29:47.133} edit
  • RunningOutside the film, more doors: a Chess study page in Aaron's Notion with Board 14 as a puzzle. {E4 plan/MISCHIEF.md} edit
  • RunningA calendar event Your move. (21:30 Central, 2026-10-22, location "Board 14", "Correspondence rules: one move a day, no engines, touch move."). {E4 plan/MISCHIEF.md} edit
  • RunningA Gmail draft ½–½? signed PAWN ("Board 14, move 50. ... He resigned here. Fourteen legal moves; two of them hold. ... I offer a draw."), never sent. {E4 plan/MISCHIEF.md} edit
  • RunningA blog 404 page, "Lost on time.", that offers ½–½? (live since 2026-10-23). {E4 plan/MISCHIEF.md; blog main c83419f} edit

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  • RunningThe game is FICTIONAL, labelled so in every file. {E4 ONSCREEN rule 5} edit
  • RunningOnly Rc2+ and Rb3+ hold. {E4 chess/VERIFIED b14-50} edit

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  • OpenWhether anyone plays it to the draw. {HIDDEN-03; WORLD_TIMELINE E4} edit
  • IdeaRead the hidden pages as one descent through Rosie's house: this one is the game in the lid. {EGGS_SWEEP} edit
  • IdeaA later q card points back here: Case 14 of 41. Black to move. {EGGS_SWEEP} edit

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Episode 4, Touch Move1Board 141The yellowed sheet1The brass clock1HIDDEN-011HIDDEN-021The house1The world1Egg atlas1Threads1

Every line on this page is drawn from the lore: 153 sheets and 8,338 lines of Markdown in Aaron's series repo, each with exactly one tier. Change a line there and run lore.py publish, and every page of this course follows (this copy: built 23 October 2026 from 3ab0458).

Sources are in braces: {E2 25:20} is Episode 2 at 25:20, {E4 S17} a scene, {Aaron 2026-10-22} a decision of Aaron's. “edit” opens the line in the series repo, which is private: it works for Aaron and the crews; the sources are everyone's. Everything that isn't steel is free to change.