Earth vs Space chess: Match to be played today to mark 50th anniversary

Russia's Grandmaster Sergey Karjakin will be present at the Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics, and the match will be streamed by the Russian chess federation

The third Earth vs Space chess match will be played on Tuesday, when Russia's Grandmaster Sergey Karakin from Earth takes on cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Wagner from International Space Station (ISS). The clash will also mark the 50th anniversary of the first Earth vs Space chess match.
 
How the match will be played
 
Karjakin will be at the Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics, and the match will be streamed by the Russian chess federation. This time, the game will happen much faster. Karjakin will play Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner who are 400 km away on the ISS.