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Umang Vidyarthi
Friends,
Welcome to the new forum.
Before the legend, a simple question: How many squares are on the Chess board?
Chess is one of the oldest game in the word, played on a board having 64 squares. Chess, legend has it, comes from India. The then king Sriram was thrilled to see the huge number of possible moves,and decided to reward the inventor, a teacher named Sessa.
The king summoned Sessa and said "I wish to reward thee for thy wonderful invention, so name what thou wouldst have and thou shall have it."
Sessa replied "Thy kindness knows no bounds O'Lord, but I need time to consider my reply."
Next day, Sessa surprised the king by his extremely modest request. He said "My Lord, I would like to have one grain of wheat for the 1st square of the chess board.."
"A grain of ordinary wheat!?!" King could hardly believe his ears.
"..Yess sir. two for the second, four for the third, eight for the fourth...."
"Enough", roared the king. "Thou shalt get thy grains for all the 64 squares as thou wishest: for every square double the amount of preceding square. But know thou that thy request is not worthy of my generosity. By asking for such a trite reward, thou hast shown disrespect to me. Go away! my servants will bring thee thy sack of grains."
I am taking a break here to give a poser: Can you estimate the quantity of wheat given to Sessa?
Umang
Welcome to the new forum.
Before the legend, a simple question: How many squares are on the Chess board?
Chess is one of the oldest game in the word, played on a board having 64 squares. Chess, legend has it, comes from India. The then king Sriram was thrilled to see the huge number of possible moves,and decided to reward the inventor, a teacher named Sessa.
The king summoned Sessa and said "I wish to reward thee for thy wonderful invention, so name what thou wouldst have and thou shall have it."
Sessa replied "Thy kindness knows no bounds O'Lord, but I need time to consider my reply."
Next day, Sessa surprised the king by his extremely modest request. He said "My Lord, I would like to have one grain of wheat for the 1st square of the chess board.."
"A grain of ordinary wheat!?!" King could hardly believe his ears.
"..Yess sir. two for the second, four for the third, eight for the fourth...."
"Enough", roared the king. "Thou shalt get thy grains for all the 64 squares as thou wishest: for every square double the amount of preceding square. But know thou that thy request is not worthy of my generosity. By asking for such a trite reward, thou hast shown disrespect to me. Go away! my servants will bring thee thy sack of grains."
I am taking a break here to give a poser: Can you estimate the quantity of wheat given to Sessa?
Umang