Chess in space
Via puddingpie:
Greg Chamitoff, an American astronaut stationed at the International Space Station, is a chess player who plays Mission Control at the rate of one move per day! Barred from bringing magnetic pieces, he uses a lightweight plastic set fitted with Velcro.
He is currently playing six simultaneous games—one against each of the mission's ground stations. NASA is keeping a record of the games at http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition17/chess_chamitoff.html.
Read the entire story at the New York Times.
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