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Date: 21 Aug 2008 07:30:42
From: [email protected]
Subject: NASA International Space Station

Reports indicate that astronaut Greg Chamitoff is defeating ground
controllers in Houston's Mission Control at chess!

Date: 24 Aug 2008 11:35:01
From: Jon D'Souza-Eva
Subject: Re: NASA International Space Station

On Aug 24, 1:38 pm, "Chess One" <[email protected] > wrote:
> Thanks, Jon. Do you think that the score is correct, and therefore the
> illegal move stands?
>
> Phil Innes
>
> PS: Thought comments by "Fat Lady" on Fide's jurisdiction hilarious.
>
> "Jon D'Souza-Eva" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> news:e00508cc-4fd5-40d9-8255-39405528bd0a@y21g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
>
> > On 21 Aug, 15:30, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> Reports indicate that astronaut Greg Chamitoff is defeating ground
> >> controllers in Houston's Mission Control at chess!
>
> > I managed to find the game score. It is in both descriptive and
> > algebraic, but both contain errors. I think I managed to reconstruct
> > the game and I've posted the moves here:
> >http://www.redhotpawn.com/board/showthread.php?threadid=99107

Hi Phil,

The score can be downloaded here:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition17/chess_chamitoff.html

I have made a snapshot of this to save people having to download a PDF
file:
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b177/gallicrow/chess/space_game.jpg

Maybe someone else could see if they agree with my decoding of the
game score?

I'd be surprised if there really was an illegal move made, I think it
more likely that either I've made a mistake or the score is missing a
move on either side.

Jon

Date: 26 Aug 2008 08:58:01
From: Chess One
Subject: Re: NASA International Space Station

"Jon D'Souza-Eva" <[email protected] > wrote in message
news:fabcd196-d55f-4dbf-a8dd-087658f93727@c65g2000hsa.googlegroups.com...
> On Aug 24, 1:38 pm, "Chess One" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Thanks, Jon. Do you think that the score is correct, and therefore the
>> illegal move stands?
>>
>> Phil Innes
>>
>> PS: Thought comments by "Fat Lady" on Fide's jurisdiction hilarious.
>>
>> "Jon D'Souza-Eva" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>
>> news:e00508cc-4fd5-40d9-8255-39405528bd0a@y21g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
>>
>> > On 21 Aug, 15:30, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> Reports indicate that astronaut Greg Chamitoff is defeating ground
>> >> controllers in Houston's Mission Control at chess!
>>
>> > I managed to find the game score. It is in both descriptive and
>> > algebraic, but both contain errors. I think I managed to reconstruct
>> > the game and I've posted the moves here:
>> >http://www.redhotpawn.com/board/showthread.php?threadid=99107
>
> Hi Phil,
>
> The score can be downloaded here:
> http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition17/chess_chamitoff.html
>
> I have made a snapshot of this to save people having to download a PDF
> file:
> http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b177/gallicrow/chess/space_game.jpg
>
> Maybe someone else could see if they agree with my decoding of the
> game score?

Thanks again Jon, for the column I converted a .pdf to plaintext - and also
suggested there is something amiss. I think I'll play the game through and
see what's amiss - them use my own diagrams from an EPD2 resource. Phil

> I'd be surprised if there really was an illegal move made, I think it
> more likely that either I've made a mistake or the score is missing a
> move on either side.
>
> Jon

Date: 24 Aug 2008 02:34:45
From: Jon D'Souza-Eva
Subject: Re: NASA International Space Station

On 21 Aug, 15:30, "[email protected]" <[email protected] > wrote:
> Reports indicate that astronaut Greg Chamitoff is defeating ground
> controllers in Houston's Mission Control at chess!

I managed to find the game score. It is in both descriptive and
algebraic, but both contain errors. I think I managed to reconstruct
the game and I've posted the moves here:
http://www.redhotpawn.com/board/showthread.php?threadid=99107

Date: 24 Aug 2008 08:38:23
From: Chess One
Subject: Re: NASA International Space Station

Thanks, Jon. Do you think that the score is correct, and therefore the
illegal move stands?

Phil Innes

PS: Thought comments by "Fat Lady" on Fide's jurisdiction hilarious.

"Jon D'Souza-Eva" <[email protected] > wrote in message
news:e00508cc-4fd5-40d9-8255-39405528bd0a@y21g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
> On 21 Aug, 15:30, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Reports indicate that astronaut Greg Chamitoff is defeating ground
>> controllers in Houston's Mission Control at chess!
>
> I managed to find the game score. It is in both descriptive and
> algebraic, but both contain errors. I think I managed to reconstruct
> the game and I've posted the moves here:
> http://www.redhotpawn.com/board/showthread.php?threadid=99107

Date: 21 Aug 2008 10:34:58
From: johnny_t
Subject: Re: NASA International Space Station

[email protected] wrote:
> Reports indicate that astronaut Greg Chamitoff is defeating ground
> controllers in Houston's Mission Control at chess!

I thought that the space station had internet access. Surely there are
better places/people to play than Mission Control.

There is a lag problem, but still....

Date: 21 Aug 2008 10:52:16
From: J.D. Walker
Subject: Re: NASA International Space Station

johnny_t wrote:
> [email protected] wrote:
>> Reports indicate that astronaut Greg Chamitoff is defeating ground
>> controllers in Houston's Mission Control at chess!
>
> I thought that the space station had internet access. Surely there are
> better places/people to play than Mission Control.
>
> There is a lag problem, but still....

I have seen astronauts playing on playchess.com in the past. I do not
think they would find much interest in Getclub....
--

"Do that which is right..."

Rev. J.D. Walker

Date: 21 Aug 2008 09:06:43
From: Sanny
Subject: Re: NASA International Space Station

On Aug 21, 7:30=A0pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected] > wrote:
> Reports indicate that astronaut Greg Chamitoff is defeating ground
> controllers in Houston's Mission Control at chess!

Ask that astranaut to play at GetClub Chess.

May be there is internet access in the Space Station?

Greg Chamitoff can then play Chess at GetClub and that will be the
first program to have played at Space Station.

Ask him to play Chess at GetClub.com

Bye
Sanny

Play Chess at: http://www.GetClub.com/Chess.html

Date: 21 Aug 2008 07:42:41
From: SBD
Subject: Re: NASA International Space Station

On Aug 21, 9:30 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected] > wrote:
> Reports indicate that astronaut Greg Chamitoff is defeating ground
> controllers in Houston's Mission Control at chess!

A game score might indicate you've done more than lift this from the
newswires. Oh, you don't want to do the work? Not surprising.

Date: 23 Aug 2008 17:20:19
From: Chess One
Subject: Re: NASA International Space Station

"SBD" <[email protected] > wrote in message
news:93f00ab4-a147-4d50-9857-2554870b5c87@m36g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
> On Aug 21, 9:30 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Reports indicate that astronaut Greg Chamitoff is defeating ground
>> controllers in Houston's Mission Control at chess!
>
> A game score might indicate you've done more than lift this from the
> newswires. Oh, you don't want to do the work? Not surprising.

Stephen, what cheer?

I did 'nothing more than' ... you! Except to report the fact.

Get it? Please tell me, because I seem to have upset you already, and you
know how you are! Is this your way of asking for a game-score? Does this
technique work where you are? (Amazing!) Did you try to get it yourself?
Easy, isn't it? :))

But I ain't your boy, nor nobody's. And if someone wants something they can
say please and thank you like human beings, otherwise they can go pound
sand. Get it, Saxon?

PI