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A. -C- i- i i i 14C ASRURY PARK SUNDAY PRESS, Aug. 31, 1969 TOE CHESSBOARD Muscat and Oman Prefers Hermitlike Way of Life WASHINGTON Few peo ciety says. A visitor comment Said bin Taimur, governs Local reaction to the lets Mrs. Gresser Women's Titlist By HARRY T.

CONOVER Pren Staff Writer Mrs, Gisela K. Gresser of New York, mounted a hard' driving kingside attack to defeat In view at her restricted position, Black can do little else but continue her queenside push. 28 P-R5 White plays to break open the Black kingside, ignoring any threat to her castled king. 28 P-R5 29 Q-Q3 BxP 30 PxP P-B3 There is scarcely anything better. Muscat 'and Oman has had strong ties with Great Britain since the adoption 'of an Agreement of Friendship in 1798.

Other infrequent pacts include an 1833 Treaty of Friendship and Navigation with the United States. Today, Britons hold key posts in the country's government, and Britain supports the sultan in his territorial disputes with other states. av A British aircraft company recently sold the Sultan his first modern air force: a fleet of light jet attack aircraft accrued by other Arab states but a sizable amount for a poor country. i The nation's other chief exports are more traditional: dates, dried limes, dried fish, tobacco leaf, and frankincense. Long before oil spurred its economy, the ancient land enjoyed considerable prosperity.

Seventeenth century Portuguese occupants used Muscat as a fleet headquarters and stronghold. Only a cenutry ago the town flourished as a pirates' trading center for gems, spices, and slaves. Mona Mae Kara, her closest rival, and win her ninth United ple have heard of the Sultan-ate of Muscat and Oman and the sultan intends to keep it that way. The Arabian country belongs to no international organizations, signs few treaties, and discourages visits from outsiders. It is, a professional traveler remarked, "even less well known than Tibet." Muscat and Oman is warm- er than Tibet, too.

One of earth's hottest spots, the sultanate suffers summer temperatures of 130 degrees the National Geographic So ed that hunting there "was a matter of perfect ease, for the desert was filled with roasted gazelles." Muscat and Oman occupies the southeastern part of the Arabian Peninsula. Its capital, the walled town of Muscat, stands on the Gulf of Oman. Estimates place the country's population at 750,000 and the capital's at 6,200. The 82,000 square miles of Muscat and Oman cover about as much land as Kansas but support only a third as many people. The scholarly ruler, Sultan went unreported.

Only a few years ago the arrival of a twin-engine Royal Air Force plane in a desolate region of the country caused a minor incident, Angry, hatchet-wielding, convinced that the plane insulted the sun and would cause a drought demanded it leave immediately. The pilot Five days later the pilot flew over the same area. Instead of drought, he found the place flooded with no sign of the local populace. rrom a seciuaea paiace at sal-alah, where the heat is less oppressive than in the capital more than 500 miles away. He keeps in touch with aides by radio-telephone, and follows world events through a shortwave radio, London newspapers, and United States magazines.

Like other Eastern nations, the sultanate has been stirred by the sweet smell of oil revenue. Discovered in commercial quantities in 1964, oil reportedly yields $30 million in annual royalties a fraction of that States women's title in the re cent women's national cham pionship tournament. Mrs. Gresser first won the championship in 1944. She was co-champion with Miss Karff in 1948, with Nancy Roos in 1955, and with the late Sonja Graf in 1957.

VALUABLE COUPON After again winning the title in 1962 and 1965, she was tied with Lisa Lane in the 1966 cham pionship tournament. She was defending champion in this year's competition. Here is the score of the ctu- lAm 'LACC1S I 2' PF i II 1 WITH THIS COUPON AND PURCHASE, OF 5 1 1 1 LB CAN OF cial game which enabled her to finish a full point ahead of Miss Thus the lines of combat are sharply drawn, as is usual in the Sicilian. White will try for a kingside attack, while Black seeks counters on the opposite wing. 12 N-K4 Well Played.

Black can now exchange off a knight for one of the well-placed White bishops, at the same time freezing her game considerably. 13 K-N N-B5 14 BxN Better let this bishop depart now than permit his fellow at K3 to be taken, since the latter has a role to play in weakening the Black kingside defenses. 14 QxB 15B-R6 R-K 16 BxB After this exchange, the squares around the Black king become woefully weak. 16 KxB 17 Q-N5 Threatening at once 18 N- B6ch, when, after 18 BxN; 19 PxB, White would have a strong attack. 17 N-R2 18 Q-Q5 Q-B2 After 18 QxQ; 19 PQ.

White would enjoy a strong bind in the ending. 19 Q-N3 To permit the move that follows. 19 N-B3 20N-Q5 NxN 21 PxN Now Black has been saddled with a backward king's pawn which will soon come under heavy attack. 21 B-Q2 22KR-K P-QN4 23R-K3 QR-B 24 R(l)-K Q-Q White's attack on the back Karff. SICILIAN DEFENSE Black White YOUR FAVORITE BRAND Karff P-QB4 P-Q3 PxP N-KB3 P-KN3 Position after Black's 30th.

move 31 Q-K4! The queen returns to the attack with telling effect. 31 Q-B 32 R-R P-B4 Giving up the exchange to prevent the fatal 33 R-R7ch. 33 N-K6ch! KxP 34 Q-Q4 Gresser 1 P-K4 2 N-KB3 3P-Q4 4NxP 5 N-QB3 6 B-K3 Of interest is COUPON GOOD THRU SEPT. 6th 5 P-B4, N-B3, LIMIT: ONE COUPON PER CUSTOMER 7 NxN. PxN; 8 P-K5.

N-Q2; 9 The mate threat at N7 allows PxP, PxP; 10 B-K3, Q-K2; 11 0-04. B-KN2: 12 QxB, QxB ch, with equality, the Levenfish Variation. 6.... QN-Q2 More frequently seen is B-N2: 7 P-B3. P-B3: ftaso O33 Gforo UJinL'ovjs Day Of ore Cguto! B-QB4, P-QN4; 9 B-N3, B-N2; 10 the White queen to withdraw with the gain of a tempo.

34 R-N 35 NxR PxN 36Q-K5 Again the Black king's pawn comes under heavy attack. 36 R-N2 37 P-Q6 PxP 38QxQPch K-B2 39 R-K7ch K-N 40Q-KB6 Q-B 41 R-R8ch Resigns The Black queen goes lost. White sustained a relentless as Q-Q2; QPHiZ; 11 U-U-U, N-B4; 12 K-N. NxB: 13 BPxN, with Out aiOiI 4wm ')ci chances about even. 7 P-B3 B-N2 8 Q-Q2 P-QR3 nit 1 SUPERMARKETS 11 A prophylactic move to prevent the occupation of QN4 by ward Black pawn has resulted in an awkward displacement of the black pieces which White now proceeds to exploit.

25 P-KN3 R-QB4 26P-KN4 PxP sault on the Black king. CHESS PROBLEM NO. 120 H. Boardman Detroit Free Press, 1887 Black 4 men 27 PxP P-R4 a White knight which frequently has a restrictive effect on Black's game. 9 B-QB4 0-0 10 P-KR4 Q-B2 Black's best chances for counterplay lie along the half-open queen bishop's file.

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