(i) Where did modern chess originate ? (ii) Which is the most important piece in chess ? (iii) How does it affect the brain ?

Question

Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow :

1. People have been playing chess for over 500 years. The chess we play today came from Europe. Chess is a two-player game. One player uses the white pieces. The other uses the ***** pieces. Each piece moves in a special way. One piece is called the king and each player has one. The players take turns moving their pieces. It a player lands on a piece, he or she takes it. The game ends when a player loses his or her king. There are a few more rules, but these are the basics.

2. The players of chess believe that it makes the mind stronger. Good chess players use their brains. They take their time. They think about what will happen next. These skills are useful in life and in chess. Chess is like a workout for the brain.

3. You don't always have lots of time to think while playing chess. There is a type of chess with short time limits. It' called blitz chess. In blitz chess, each player gets ten minutes to use for tire whole game. Your clock runs during your turn. You hit the time clock after your move. This stops your clock. It also starts the other player' clock. If you run out of time, you lose. Games of blitz chess are fast-paced.

4. Chess is not just for people. Computers have been playing chess since the 1970s. At first they did not play well. They made mistakes. As time went on they grew, stronger. In 1997, a computer the best player in the world for the first time. it was a computer called Deep blue. Deep Blue was big. It took up a whole room. By 2006 a cell phone could the best players in the world. Chess surely has come a long way. Don't you think so ?

(i) Where did modern chess originate ?

(ii) Which is the most important piece in chess ?

(iii) How does it affect the brain ?

(iv) What is the relationship between chess and life ?

(v) What is blitz chess?

(vi) How much time does each player gets blitz chess?

(vii) When did the computers start playing chess ?

(viii) How have computer chess programs changed over time ?

(ix) Which word in para2 means the same as 'exercise' ?

Answer 1

(i) Modern chess originated in Europe.

(ii) The King is the most important piece in chess.

(iii) It makes the mind stronger and is an exercise for the brain. It is like a workout for the brain.

(iv) Chess and life are cofmparable and moves in chess are like skills which are useful in life.

(v) Blitz chess is a type of chess with short time limits.

(vi) Each player gets ten minutes in blitz chess to use for the whole game.

(vii) The computers started playing chess in 1970.

(viii) At first, computer chess programs didn’t work well. They made mistakes but with the passage of time, computers have improved enough to **** people.

(ix) Exercise means to 'Workout'