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The Chess Set
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ISBN10: 1882896181
ISBN13: 9781882896189
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Sep 26 2011
Pages: 170
Weight: 0.45
Height: 0.36 Width: 5.51 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781882896189
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Sep 26 2011
Pages: 170
Weight: 0.45
Height: 0.36 Width: 5.51 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
In the past, chess sets were completely custom made. No two were alike. A few may have been pieces of tree branches, or perhaps rocks and sea shells, things that only the players understood what function they served. A few were elaborate, and very, very expensive. This story is about a chess set that not only cost its owner a King's ransom, it also instructed the owner on the best possible moves to make. Information that is available yet today.
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