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Chess must be one of the oldest games in the world. An Arab traveller in India in the
year 900 wrote that it was played “long, long ago”. Chess was probably ___1___ in India,
and it has been played ___2___ from Japan to Europe ___3___ 1400. The name “chess” is
interesting. When one player is attacking the other’s King, he says ___4___ English,
“Check”; when the King has been caught and cannot move anywhere he says “Check mate”.
These words come from Persian. “Shah mat” means “the king is dead”, that is when the game
is ___5___ and one player has won.
Such an old game changes very slowly. The rules have not ___6___ been the same as they
are now. For example, at one time the queen could move one square at a time. Now she is the
___7___ piece on board. It would be interesting to know why this ___8___ happened!
Chess takes time and thought, but it is a game for all kinds of people. You don’t have to be a
champion in order to enjoy it. It is not always played by two people sitting at the same table.
The first time the Americans ___9___ the Russians was in a match played by radio. Some of
the chess masters are able to play many people at the same time. The ___10___was when one
man played 400 games! It is said that some people play chess by post. This must make chess
the slowest game in the world