Fill in the Blanks ChessOnline version Drag the words in the gaps. by sergio palomino 1 piece playing time stronger minutes Computers been game Chess brains Chess is called the game of kings . It has around for a long time . People have been playing it for over 500 years . is based on an even older game from India . The chess we play today is 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 is called the king . 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 those are the basics . Some people think that chess is more than a . They think that it makes the mind . Good chess players use their . They take their time . They think about what will happen next . These skills are useful in life and in chess . Chess is kind of like a work out for the mind . You don't always have lots of time to think when chess . There is a type of chess with short time limits . It's called blitz chess . In blitz chess , each player gets ten to use for the 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's clock . If you run out of time , you lose . Games of blitz chess are fast - paced . Chess is not just for people . 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 beat the best player in the world for the first . 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 sure has come a long way . Don't you think so ?
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