The Reward For The Inventor Of The Chess Game

The Reward For The Inventor Of The Chess Game

by Mario V. Farina
The Reward For The Inventor Of The Chess Game

The Reward For The Inventor Of The Chess Game

by Mario V. Farina

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Overview

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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Product Details

BN ID: 2940153786322
Publisher: Mario V. Farina
Publication date: 10/16/2016
Sold by: Smashwords
Format: eBook
File size: 131 KB

About the Author

Mario V Farina has worked all his life, from age 18 to 90. He worked for the American Locomotive Company, served in the U. S. Army during WWII, was employed at General Electric. He taught computers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. After leaving his position with RPI, he became employed with the State Labor Department of New York. He’s a car buff, a pun creator, and a computer enthusiast. He wrote textbooks for the programming languages COBOL and FORTRAN and wrote a book of puns and short stories called, “A Little Light Reading,” as well as over 20 other books. Several of his books were translated into other languages. This is his first foray into the world of digital publishing, with the help of his computer tutor (william.rl.dickie@gmail.com).

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