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Busy Week in Earth vs. Space Match Print E-mail
By Hal Bogner, Match Director   
May 16, 2009
thumb_pcw_0.jpgThe Stevenson Team has offered up four choices for Earth's 25th move, so it's time for YOU to VOTE!  You have until 10 PM EDT (7 PM PDT) on Sunday night to weigh in, as the Earth team sets about determing how to untangle and organize the black pieces.  Of course, having two extra pawns provides some comfort - for the moment, at least.

And on Thursday, Greg Chamitoff and the Stevenson club members will be at Seattle's Museum of Flight for a public celebration of the match.

For Greg, who served for six months as flight engineer and science officer on the International Space  Station, this will be one of the highlights of  his personal appearance tour for NASA.  In addition to giving a presentation about his time in space at 7 PM, he is looking forward to showing Stevenson's young stars around inside a full-size replica of one of the ISS labs, the Destiny Module, where they and other area chess students will be able to get a feel for what life is like on the Space Station.  The entire local chess community has been invited, and special museum admission rates of $10 for adults and $5 for kids are in effect from 3 PM onwards - just mention the Earth vs. Space Match at the door.  If you are in the area, don't miss it!

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Greg Chamitoff vs. Earth (after 25.Qb4)

You can check out the current position in our Java viewer and try out the alternatives and see where they may lead.
   

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Earth vs. Space Chess Match, 2008-09

Astronaut Dr. Greg Chamitoff has sent 46.Kxa2 and his resignation and congratulations to the Stevenson stars and Earth's voters.
 
Use the Java chess viewer (below) to review and analyze this historic game and read game commentary.

Explore the game in our Chess Viewer

(Click here for help with Java or the chess viewer, or click here for a move list.)

The Final Position:
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(after Greg's 46.Kxa2)

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Read NASA's announcement about this game.

If you don't know all the rules of chess, and would like to learn, click here.
 
Media Contacts:
NASA - Kelly Humphries
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111
kelly.o.humphries
@nasa.gov


USCF - Glenn Petersen
732-252-8388
[email protected]

Stevenson Team -
Coach David Hendricks
WA State Scholastic Coordinator
425-868-3881
425-269-7949
DavidCHendricks
@comcast.net


Match Director -
Hal Bogner
650-284-5062
[email protected]