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We Want It All!
By Glenn Petersen, Editor, Chess Life for Kids   
thumb_175636main_Blue_Marble.jpgEarth has spoken!  We want it all!  Rather than engage in complications, Earthlings have chosen 27...Rb8 in response to Astronaut Greg Chamitoff's 27. a4.  "We're two pawns up ... let's keep it that way!"
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Up Close And Personal Down Under
By Glenn Petersen, Editor, Chess Life for Kids   
thumb_australia.jpgAfter a long personal tour, Astronaut Greg Chamitoff is taking some well-deserved vacation time.
  
Right now he is visiting Australia - this time up close and personal, instead of from a distance of 210 miles out in space!

And he's sent move 27 to us from "down under," and now the Earth vs. Space match again continues with voting this weekend to select Earth's 27th move.
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"They're Darn Good Players"
By Hal Bogner, Match Director   
thumb_Greg presents.jpgAstronaut Greg Chamitoff and the Stevenson Chess Stars met on May 21st at Seattle's Museum of Flight for a public celebration of the Earth vs. Space match, which continues with voting this weekend to select Earth's 26th move.
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Earth Meets Space, at Seattle's Museum of Flight Thursday
By Hal Bogner, Match Director   
thumb_202_07_067_p21.jpgOn Thursday, Greg Chamitoff and the Stevenson club members will be at Seattle's Museum of Flight for a public celebration of the match, between 3 and 8:30 PM.  If you are in the area, don't miss it!

Meanwhile, on the chessboard, Earth's voters chose 25...Rfc8 over the weekend by a one-vote margin.
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Busy Week in Earth vs. Space Match
By Hal Bogner, Match Director   
thumb_202_07_067_p21.jpgThe Stevenson Team has offered up four choices for Earth's 25th move, so it's time for YOU to VOTE!

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.  If you are in the area, don't miss it!

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Earth vs. Space Chess Match, 2008-09


Voting on Earth's 27th move closed at midnight EDT on Monday, as scheduled. You can see the voting results here:
 
Use the Java chess viewer (below) to explore the position 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 Current Position:
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(after Earth's 27...Rb8)

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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.
 

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Media Contacts:
NASA - Kelly Humphries
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111
kelly.o.humphries
@nasa.gov


USCF - Glenn Petersen
732-252-8388
gpetersen@uschess.org

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
hmb@stratlabs.com