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  • How does a game of chess end according to the text?
    The game ends when a player loses his or her king.
  • True or False Chess players use their brain.
    True
  • What are the two colors of the pieces?
    black and white
  • People have been playing chess for....
    over 500 years
  • What is the author's purpose in writing the second paragraph?
    to explain the rules of chess
  • What is a verb?
    Words that show action
  • What year did the computer first beat a strong human player?
    1997
  • When have the computers start playing chess?
    since the 1970s
  • Chess is called what?
    game of Kings
  • Is this passage a fiction or nonfiction?
    Non Fiction
  • Why is Blitz Chess more challenging to play than regular chess?
    Blitz is only ten minutes so less time to think
  • What is the main idea of paragraph four?
    Explains how blitz is played
  • How has the computer chess programs changed over time?
    In the beginning they made mistakes and did not play well but as time when on they grew stronger and beating the best players in the world
  • What is the verb in the following sentence? Each piece moves in a special way.
    moves
  • What year could a cell phone beat the best player?
    2006
  • What is Deep Blue?
    A big computer in 1997 that beat the best player in the world for the first time.
  • What is blitz chess?
    It is a shorter chess game. Each player gets ten minutes to use for the whole game.