Astronaut Fuglesang gets his prize

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After returning safely to Earth from the 128th mission of NASA’s Space Shuttle program, during which he had played a game of chess against the readers of a Swedish newspaper, astronaut Christer Fuglesang was given a prize (in spite of losing the game). It was a Rybka program, signed by five World Champions. One of his reader opponents got a similar prize. Illustrated report with videos.

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