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Chess has been around for a long time．（56）D．Chess is handed 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．Each player has a piece called the king．（57）E．There are a few more rules，but these are the basics．
Some people think that chess is more than a game．They think that it makes the mind stronger．（58）A．They think about what will happen next．These skills are useful in life and in chess．Chess is kind of like exercise for the mind．
There is a kind of chess with short time limits called blitz chess．（59）C．
The clock runs during each turn．If one runs out of time，he or she will lose．Games of blitz chess are fast-paced．
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 defeat 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．（60）B．Chess sure has come a long way．Don't you think so？
A．Good chess players use their brains
B．By 2006，a cell phone could beat the best players in the world
C．In blitz chess，each player gets ten minutes for the whole game
D．People have been playing chess for over 500years
E．The game ends when a player loses his or her king．
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