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4D THE PALM BEACH POST SUNDAY, JULY 9, 1995 NASAk true, (wiazing, out-of-this-worid HOBBIES pi. rr 'y mmk I Energy, brains win the game BEGINNER'S CORNER G-Whiz forces 'GOOD LUCK AND GODSPEED' That's the classic farewell from Kennedy Space Center as it completes a liftoff. The Apollo 13 was launched from Firing Room 1 the Cape Canaveral control center shown here. Johnson Space Center in Houston takes over once a vehicle is aloft. Moves Ivanchuk Akesson 1 e4 c5 2.

Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. 0-0 Qc7 7.

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Nb3 b6 13. Nxc5 bxc5 14. e5 Bb7 15. Qh3 dxe5 16. fxe5 Qxe5 17.

Rxf6(a) Bxg2ch(b) 18. Kxg2 Black resigns Note (a): White is now a piece ahead and threatens 18) Qxh7 mate. Note (b): With the forlorn hope of 18) Qxg2 Bxf6 with good chances for Black. Solution to BEGINNER'S CORNER: 1) Nh5! Nxh5 2) Qxg4ch Rd7. 3) Qxh5.

MM mm wf 'r- wv JL I 1 I I abcdefgh WHITE NETS A PAWN SOLVE-IT after 14. Bb7 Akesson abcdefgh Ivanchuk WHITE TO PLAY your body does," he explained. "You can't separate mind from body." Although grandmasters readily acknowledge the necessity of physical conditioning, few exercise systematically. One of the world's best players 8 hs mm mmi 5 mm mm, a wk Wi W4 1 mmmm mil I t. JIhIII honors Globe Theatre A Photos by BARRY ALLENStaff Photographer 7.75 MILLION POUNDS OF THRUST Brendon Farrell of West port, views part of a Saturn rocket on display at Kenne-' dy Space Center.

The Saturn America's most powerful launch vehicle shot Apollo spacecrafts to the moon. NASA From ID Henschel, who retired in '94 after 31 years at the cape, recalls when skeptics thought moon landings might have been staged. "That kind of talk would make you want to punch people in the nose," jokes the engineer. "And, no, I wasn't a big celebrity back home in Wisconsin. People would come up to me and say, 'So how're you wasting our money Son of a car mechanic love to Henschel remembers when NASA cash was plentiful.

"In the early days, we had a little more control. We were freer to do things, and money was no object. We wanted to beat the Russians to the moon." And in 1969, bingo! A year later, however, the Apollo 13 moon mission chronicled in Ron Howard's film by the same name nearly ended in disaster after an oxygen tank blast. A risky and complex rescue brought the crew home as Americans stared spellbound at their TVs. "I didn't wear the thick glasses like they did in the movie, and you didn't see a lot of slide rules," says Henschel, 60, who lives in Titus-ville.

"But it was so well done. "Some of the NASA people in the audience chuckled because the guy who played Deke Slayton (an astronaut in the Houston control room portrayed by Chris Ellis) really looked like Slayton. And what a good job they did picking Ed Harris to play (flight director) Gene Kranz." Everyone was silent during the real thing in April 1970. Although Kennedy Space Center's job launching the Apollo 13 went off without a hitch, the NASA workers scrambled to help their harried colleagues in Houston. "We were so tense, you could hear a pin drop," Henschel says.

"When they made it home, it made us proud." The Kennedy Launch Control Center (aka "Firing Room shown in Apollo 13 is still active today, although the computers have much more muscle. Those used in the Apollo moon missions had less power than a home PC. In addition to filming the launch sequence at Cape Canaveral, the moviemakers also shot Saturn VApollo assembly scenes and shore footage there. "Remember the part where Gary Sinese (grounded astronaut Ken Mattingly) has his Corvette on the beach?" asks Manuel Vrata, who works in the Kennedy public affairs office. "That's the one place 4 ''OH LL! By SHELBY LYMAN Special to The Palm Beach Post It's a seeming contradiction.

Chess, the most sedentary of major sports, demands prodigious amounts of energy. As a veteran grandmaster once told me: "When I'm tired, my head stops working." But there is tiredness and there is tiredness. The intense stress and emotion of chess combat compound ordinary fatigue. Aaron Nimzovich, a provocative, thinker and top player of the '20s and '30s, advised: no circumstances become excited because excitement saps your strength." In separate conversations with this writer, ex-champions Boris Spassky and Anatoly Karpov attributed critical letdowns in title matches to "nervous exhaustion." It was no accident that Bobby Fischer usually came to the chessboard brimming with energy. He swam, played tennis, and took vigorous long walks.

As a teenager competing in Manhattan tournaments, he preferred to stay in hotels near tournament venues rather than commute daily from his Brooklyn apartment. "Your chess deteriorates as Royal Mail Bv FRED LEE Special to The Palm Beach Post The opening of the reconstructed Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London is to be marked by Britain's Royal Mail with a special set of stamps Aug. 8. The five 25-pence seten-ant strip of stamps was designed by historical illustrator C. Walter Hodges.

Pen-and-ink drawings depict a new view of the theaters from the 1590s to 1614. They are linked by a meandering path (which is reallv straight) and depict characters of the time, both real and fictional, including the Bard and Christopher Marlowe. first stamp shows the Swan Theatre of 1592 with the next view showing the Rose Theatre, also 1592, based on the discovery of its foundation in 1989. Globe Theatre stamp, shown in the center, depicts the original, built in 1599 and razed following a fire in 1613. The fourth stamp shows the Hope Theatre of 1613.

The second Globe Theatre, built immediately Bridge Quiz You are South and the bidding has gone: West North East South IT Dble Pass What would you bid now with each of the following four hands? 1. 8753 A74 952 J63 2. KJ84 92 9764 AQ6 3. Q6 KJ84 QJ832 K5 4. Q854 AJ63 KJ872 1.

One spade. You may not like the looks of your spade suit, but the fact is that you're not responsible for the quality of the suit when you respond to partner's takeout double. The doubler is expected to tread gingerly opposite a forced response unless re-sponder makes a strength-showing bid. It is better to bid one spade than one notrump. The latter response is generally reserved for hands with seven to nine points in addition to at least one stopper in the opponents' suit.

Bridge North dealer U-S vulnerable NORTH A64 OK43 AQ985 WEST QJ10 5M95432 O1087 6 EAST 5 VK1076 OQ96 10732 SOUTH K98732 OAJ52 I-; K4 North East South West 1 Pass 1 Pass 2 NT Pass 30 Pass 4 Pass 6 All Pass Opting lead 4 Vassily Ivanchuk confesses: "In theory physical preparation is very important, but I am unable to carry it into practice. I don't have much time. I am very lazy." The accompanying box shows a sharp win by Ivanchuk over Ralf Akesson, of Sweden, at the 1994 London Intel Grand Prix. Lately, he has won or come close to winning every tournament in which he has played. Imagine if he were not "lazy." day of issue took place July 8.

The Bureau of Engraving and Printing produced the water-activated stamps on its gravure press with two panes of 10 stamps per booklet. Avery Dennison printed the self-adhesive version on a single pane of 18 stamps. Civil War June 29 was the first day of issue for the American Civil War minisheet of 20 stamps, the second release in the classic collection series. Each stamp has a 32-cent denomination. Gettysburg, 17325, was the first-day city.

Depicted on the minisheet are the gunboats Monitor and Virginia, Robert E. Lee, Clara Barton, Ulysses Grant, the battle of Shilo, Jefferson Davis, David Farragut, Frederick Douglass, Raphael Semmes, Abraham Lincoln, Harriet Tubman, Stand Watie, Joseph E. Johnston, Winfield Hancock, Mary Chesnut, the battle at Chan-cellorsville, William T. Sherman, Phoebe Pember, "Stonewall" Jackson and a Gettysburg scene. Four drawings of carousel horses will be depicted on a block of 32-cent stamps set for release July 21 with first day ceremonies in Lahaska, 18931.

The block of four stamps will appear in panes of 20 stamps. by STEVE BECKER it's better not to respond with three diamonds. With hearts double-stopped, it would seem to make more sense to aim for a nine-trick game, rather than an 11-trick one. Furthermore, partner might have a hand with which he would pass three diamonds, but not two notrump. 4.

Two hearts. You ought to feel very bullish about game prospects with this layout opposite a takeout double. However, at this point it is uncertain where the best game lies. Instead of trying to guess which suit will serve best as trump, you can force partner to make the choice by cuebidding West's suit. You intend to go to game in whichever suit North chooses to bid.

It is also possible that the combination of your cuebid and subsequent jump raise to game will arouse partner's interest in a slam. around here where you can see the water because the dunes are lower. I took (film director) Ron Howard around to scout sites, and he was just the nicest guy. "And although we don't normally ask for autographs, Tom Hanks and the other actors brought along pictures to sign," Vrata says. "He even signed my daughter's Forrest Gump book." Howard created documentary-style scenes on a federal facility still laden with acronyms.

Spacecraft are built in the Vehicle Assembly Building, or VAB. Shuttles are propelled by Solid Rocket Boosters, or SRBs. And employees eat in a Multifunctional Facility, or MFF, which houses a cafeteria, bank and sundry shop. The VAB is a safe distance from the MFF in case the SRBs explode. You get the i-d-e-a.

1 NASA is hoping that Apollo 13' hubbub and the historic 10-day Atlantis-Mir mission reignites interest in the final frontier. "I'm so glad to see the movie doing well, and Friday we were packed," says marketing manager Rich Renaud of Spaceport Kennedy's tourist center. Under pressure from Congress, NASA recently announced plans to cut 28,000 jobs, and Ken-' nedy workers are worried. "Those layoffs are all people are talking about around says Clifford Crandall, a Spaceport bus driver. "Hopefully, some of those folks up in Washington will see the movie and think again." Tour guide Dorris Williams, however, hasn't seen the film.

"I don't need to," he says, "because I saw that movie 25 years ago." 'I thought the film was very good. It very vividly portrayed the story and was authentic much more than a lot of Hollywood stuff on real LT. CMDR. JIM LOVELL on the movie 'Apollo 13' The Royal Mail issued special stamps marking the opening of the new Globe Theatre. after the original was destroyed on the same spot, opened in 1614, and is depicted on the fifth stamp.

Peaches and pears Saturday the Postal Service started selling 32-cent "fruit" stamps, available in two types of booklets. Sparks, 89431, served as the first day city for this setenant stamp strip which depicts a peach then a pear in alternate vertical and horizontal designs. Starting today the stamps go on sale nationwide. Both varieties have 20 stamps per booklet. One type booklet has self-adhesive glue while the other type has water-activated glue.

The first 2. Two spades. This hand is obviously much stronger than the preceding one, and you should inform partner of your more promising values by making a jump response. If you were to bid only one spade, North would have no way of knowing that you have 10 high-card points and a decent suit. He might pass one spade and this could cost you a game.

In general, the responder to a takeout double makes a single jump response in his best suit with nine to 11 points (with 12 or more points, some stronger bid must be made.) 3. Two notrump. Once partner has doubled, it is highly likely that there's a game in the hand. With 12 points facing at least an opening bid, as represented by the double, you should make a jump response to identify your values. The best game contract probably lies in notrump, which is why by ALFRED SHEINW0LD and FRANK STEWART 'GENTLEMEN, IT'S BEEN A PRIVILEGE FLYING WITH YOU' These were the words of Jim Lovell (center) played by Tom Hanks in Apollo 13 to Jack Swigert (left) and Fred Haise before their risky re-entry into Earth's atmosphere on Apollo 13 in 1970.

Space exhibit getting interactive overhaul Unlucky Louie had been on vacation. When he walked into the club, we found ourselves pleased. "Hi, Cookie," we greeted him. "Cookie?" Louie frowned. "Because you've been a wafer so long," we deadpanned.

He gave us a sour look and headed eagerly for a rubber-bridge game. We tagged along to find out if two weeks in Bermuda had affected his luck. Today's deal was the first one we saw. Louie took the top trumps and led the king and a low club. West discarded, so Louie couldn't set up a club for his 12th trick.

Instead, he cashed the top diamonds, hoping the queen would fall. When that play failed, Louie tried the heart finesse. East won and cashed the queen of diamonds, and West got a trump. ii "Typical," Louie sighed. "Two suits break badly, and I misguess which red-suit finesse to try.

With all that stuff, I lose 200 points." Better play would net a profit. After taking the ace of clubs, Louie should lead the queen to discard his heart. If West doesn't ruff, Louie exits with a trump. West must then lead a red card. If West leads a heart, South gets a free shot by finessing with the queen.

East covers, but South ruffs and falls back on the diamond finesse. Before long, we saw Louie get up and head for the door. "Where are you going?" we called after him. "Back to Bermuda," Louie snarled. His luck hasn't chafed.

CAPE CANAVERAL Jamie Batson of Jacksonville is bummed. "You can't get into anything," the teenager says, tapping the Plexiglas atop an Apollo spacecraft on display at Spaceport USA. "This is impressive, but I'd like to try sitting in it myself." Just you wait, Jamie. Spaceport USA, the 70-acre visitors complex at Kennedy Space Center, is about to get a $60 million overhaul including interactive exhibits like flight simulators and space suits thanks to Delaware North Parks Services. In May, the Buffalo, N.Y.-based company bought the tourist attraction, which started in a trailer in 1966.

(Spaceport, a NASA contractor, receives no federal money.) "We're not going to get too much into rides," says marketing manager Rich Renaud. "We're not a Disney or a Universal Studios. There, it's fantasy. Here, everything is real. Mst of our exhibits have either flown into space or could fly into space." I And almost all are off-limits to nearly 3 million visitors a year.

Look, but don't touch. "The instrumentation is very delicate, and it's all in the right place," he says. "If people handled the exhibits, they'd probably fall apart." Space travel may be rigorous, but oh those tourists! Meanwhile, there are two 5'2-story IMAX the- aters, a two-hour NASA bus tour, a satellite show, an art gallery, eight real rockets to gawk at, separate educational programs (call ahead) and a roving spaceman for souvenir pictures. Summer hours are 9 a.m. to dusk.

Entry is free. IMAX movies are $4 for adults, $2 for kids ages 3 to 11. Bus tours are $7 for adults, $4 for kids ages 3 to 11. Spaceport USA is 2 miles south of Titusville off U.S. Highway 1.

Call (407) 452-2121. LORjiTTA GRANTHAM.