Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow : 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 black 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. If 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's called blitz chess. In blitz chess, each player gets ten minutes to use for the whole game. Your dock runs during your turn. You hit the time clock after your move. This stops your clock. It also starts the other player's clock. If you run out of time, you lose. Games of blitz chess are fast-paced.
(4) Chess is not just for people. Computers hay e 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 beat 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 beat the best players in the world. Chess has surely come a long way. Don't you think so ?
Answer the following questions briefly :
(a) Where did modem chess originate ?
(b) Which is the most important piece in chess ?
(c) How does it affect the brain ?
(d) What is the relationship between chess and life ?
(e) What is blitz chess ?
(f) How much time does each play get in blitz chess ? (g) How have computer chess programs changed over time?
(g) When did the computers start playign chess?
Answers
Expected Answers/Value Points of Test Item :
(a)In Europe.
(b)The king.
(e) It makes the mind stronger and is an exercise for the brain.
(d) It is comparable to life and chess skills are useful in living life.
(e) a type of chess with short time limits.
(f) Players only have ten minutes to play.
(g) 1970.
(h) Computers made mistakes earlier but have improved enough to beat people.
Detailed Answer :
(a) Modern chess originated in Europe.
(b) The King is the most important piece in chess.
(c) It makes the mind stronger and is an exercise for the brain. It is like a workout for the brain.
(d) Chess and life are comparable and 'moves' in chess are like 'skills' which are useful in life.
(e) Blitz chess is a type of chess with short time limits.
(i) Each player gets ten minutes in blitz chess to use for the whole game.
(g) The computers started playing chess in 1970.
(h) At first computer chess programs didn't work well They made mistakes but with the passage of time, computers have improved enough to beat people.read the passage and answer
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