The Reward For The Inventor Of The Chess Game

Thaddeus had invented Chess, a game that the king loved so much that he offered to grant the inventor one wish. Thad, as he was known, asked for a very modest reward. The king began granting it but ran into a problem. This story tells what the problem was and why it was a problem. Thad was banished to the twenty-third world.
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