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IDS W.IIIN IIMIN Sunday. iwo B5 METRO NEWS By JACK PETERS INTERNATIONAL MASTER CHESS CATALIN Animals Eating Away at Island 7 6 9 i 5 ii wm 4 a mm 3 mm mm 2 mm i a mimlm Ns-l BHIAN VANUKIl UltUO ForThc imcj the herd from 400 to 100 animals. LONQ BEACH KDRO Sanfa Cafllna Mann AVALON 2 'P MILES Buffalo graze on sparse grass. Conservancy head Doug Propst One fire in recent years nearly wiped out a grove of Catalina ironwoods tall, slender trees native only to the island. Catalina usually gets between 12 and 14 inches of rain annually, Edison's LeFever said.

But during the last 12 months, there's been less than six inches. Natural pools of water, used for drinking by animals, have dried up, LeFever said. To help blunt the impact of the drought this summer, water troughs have been placed in grazing areas for buffalo and other thirsty animals. Blocks of molasses are also put out in the hills to help animals supplement their protein IIUMfiM The conservancy hopes to reduce BRIAN VANDERnftuG ForThe Times by one of the last pools of water. diet.

The island's other animals the 2,500 human residents of Avalon also vie for Catalina's scarce water. To meet Avalon's needs, Southern Edison Co. has drilled wells in the conservancy area, raising some concern that above-ground water sources, crucial for plants and animals, might be affected. As a result of a 1962 agreement that predates the conservancy's founding, the utility company holds all the water rights on the island. Conservancy and Edison company officials said they work together This is the one program that made I 111 Al RM-17 g7 15 Kxd1 Ordinarily, a Queen is stronger than two pieces and two pawns.

In this position, though. Black's Queen and Rooks are inactive, and his King is exposed. b57l Hoping lor Kd8 c8 b7 16Ne6 Kc8 Ineffective, but 16 Kd7 17BI5and 16 Ko8 17 NI5 look good lor White, too. 17 Nf5Bf8 Black spots danger after 17 Kb7 18 Nxe7 Nxe7 19 Nc5I. Then 19 Kb6' 20 Nd7 and 19 Kc8 20 Bg5Re8l20 Ng6 2 1 BI5 mate) 2 1 Rf 1 win for White.

And White breaks through after 19 Kc6 20 a4! bxa4 (not 20 b4 2 1 Bb5 2 1 Bc2 Qg8 22 Bxa4 Kb6 23 Ra3l c6 24 Rb3 Kc7 25 too Perhaps 19. Kc6 20 a4l a6 is toughest, although 21 Bg5 or 2 1 Nxa6 keeps up the pressure. 18 Rfl Kb7 Or 18 Kd7 19 Nfg7. setting up 20 RI7. 19 BhBl EtxhB 20 Nc6I Preventing 20 Kb6 because of 2 1 Nd7.

Kc8 21 Nxh6 Threatening 22 NI7 and 23 BI5 mate. Ne7 22 Be2l Ng6 The cutest finish is 22 c6 23 Bg4 Kd8 (23 Kc7 24 Na6) 24 NI7 Ke8 25 Bd7 KI8 26 Ne6 Kg8 27 Nh6 mate. 23 Nf7, Black Resigns. This game earned the Super Torero prize, the tournament's best-game award. GM Christiansen GM Alburt 1, U.S.

Championship, Jacksonville 1990: 1 e4 Somewhat unusual for Christiansen. Obviously he wanted to face Alburt's beloved Alokhino's Defense. Nf6 2 eS NdB 3 d4 d6 4 Nf3 g6 Alburt is the only leading GM who likes Black's prospects in this opening. 5 Bc4 NbG 6 Bb3 Bg7 7 a4 dxeB In the past, Alburt has suffered with 7 a5 8 Ng5 and 7 d5 8 a5 Nc4 9 Nbd2. 8 a6 Also reasonable is 8 Nxe5 0-0 9 a5.

N6d7 Provoking a sac, as 8 Nd5 9 dxe5 cloarly favors White. 9 Bxf7 Kxf7 10 Ng5 Kg8 11 Ne6 Both lorced and forcing. Neither 11 dxe5? e6 12 Nxe6 Qo7 13 Nxc7 Qxe5 nor 11 QI3? NI6! 12 dxo5 Bg4 13 Qb3 Nd6 14 Qxb7 Nb4! 15 Bd2 N8c6l, threatening 16 Rb8, works for White. Qe8 12 Nxc7 Qd8 13 Nxa8 White can draw with 13 No6 Qe8 14 Nc7. axd4 14 c3l White has won the exchange but his Knight at a8 is in dangor.

Therefore Christiansen stirs up troublo in tho center to distract Black from winning tho Knight. Nc5 15 cxd4 Bxd4 16 0-07 Critical is 16 Nc7l, extricating tho Knight. e5 17 Be3 Nba6 Now White's Knight is doomed, and Black has the advantage. 18 Nc3 Bf5 19 Rc1 Kg7 Intending 20 Bxo3 21 Ixe3 Qxd 1 22 Rlxdl RxaS. Much weaker is 19 Qxa8? 20 Bxd4 oxd4 21 Oxd4.

when Black trails in development. 20 Bxd4 Qxd4 21 b47l Whito gots more drawing chances Irom 21 Qxd4 exd4 22 Nb5 RxaS 23 Nxd4, or 22 Bd3 23 Nac7 Bxf 1 24 Kxf1. Nd3 22 Ne2 Qd7 23 Rc3 RxaS Avoiding 23 24 Oal. 24g4Nb2l Black will return some material to reach a winning endgame. 25 Qc1 Bd3 26 Qxb2 Qxg4 27 Ng3 Hopeless are 27 Kill Bxe2 28 13 Qd4! and 28 Rg3 Qe4 29 (3 Qo3 30 Rel Bxl3.

Bxfl 28 Kxf1 Qd4l Not falling for 28 Qxb4? 29 Rc7. 29 Qo1 Rf8 30 Qe3 Qxe3 31 Rxe3 Nxb4 Seeing 32 Rxe5 Rxl233 Kxf2 Nd3. 32 Rb3 RI433 Rc3 Na6 34 Re3 Nc5 Again, Black invites 35 Rxe5 Rxf2 35 Rc3 b6 36 axb6 axb6 37 Kel h5 38 h3 Rb4 39 Ke2 Kf6 40 Rc2 KgS 41 Rd2 NeB 42 Ke3 Nf4 43 Ne4 Kf5 44 Nd6 Ke6 45 NcB Rb3 46 Ke4 NdBI, White Resigns. Black threatens 47 NI6 mate, and 47 Rxd5 Rb4 costs the exchange GM M. Gurevich IU.S.S.R.) GM Tal IU.S.S.R.), Men's Interzonal, Manila 1990: 1 c4 e6 2 d4 dB 3 Nc3 c5 The Tarrasch Defense to the Queen's Gambit.

4 cxdB exdS 5 Nf3 NcB 6 g3 Nf6 7 Bg2 Be7 8 0-0 0-0 9 Bg5 cxd4 Black accepts the isolani, the crux of Tarrasch's idea. 10 Nxd4 h6 11 Be3 Re8 12 Rcl Bf8 13 Qa4 Ne5 14 Rcdl Making room for 14 Nc4 15 Bel. Bd7 16 Qb3 Bc6 16 NxcBl White wants the Bishop pair and pressure against tho backward c-pawn, and he may renew his pressure on d5 by e2-e4. bxc6 17 Bd4 RbB 18 Qc2 QaB 19 Qf5l Expecting 19 Ned7 20 e4 g6 21 0(4. when White benefits from the opening of tho center.

Rxb2l? Trappy. If 20 Bxe5, Black regains tho piece with 20 d4. 20 NxdBI Rxe2 21 Nxf6 gxf6 22 Ba4 Bg7 After 22. Rxe4l? 25 Qxo4 Qxa2. Black has some compensation for the exchange.

Neither 26 14? Ng4 nor 26 Ra 1 Qc4 makes progress, but 26 Qf5 keeps control. 23 Qh7 KI8 24 Rc1 Preparing 25 Bc5. fB 25 Bxc6 White strives for clarity. The messy 25 Bc5 Qxc5 26 Rxc5 fxe4 gives Tal swindling chances. Re7 26 BbBf The new throat is 27 Rc8.

Nf3 Now 26 Qxb5 27 Rc8 Re8 28 Bc5 Qxc5 won't save Black. For example. 29 Rxc5 NI3 30 Kg2 Nd2 3 1 Rfcl Bd4 32 Rxf5 wins easily for White. 27 Kg2 Nxd4 28 Rc8 Re8 29 Bxe8 Qd5 30 Kh3 Rxe8 31 Rxe8 Kxe8 32 Qxg7 The oxtra exchange is decisive. Qe4 33 f4 Ne6 Or 33 Qo2 34 Qe5.

34 0.85 Qc2 35 Rf3 KI8 38 Rb3, Black Resigns. OF THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA nssoEinTion abcdefgh Sept. 2, 1990 Position 5078: Black to play and win. From the game Shepley S. Arkell, England 1990.

Solution to Position 15077: 1 Nd4 2 cxd4 Bxl3, threatening 3 Qh2 mate, wins White's Queen. NATIONAL NEWS Elena Donaldson won the 1990 U.S. Women's Championship, which ended Tuesday in Spartanburg, S.C., with a convincing score of 7V4-1 In her first try for the U.S. title, the former Soviet star who defected in 1988 began with six straight wins. Then she had to return to her home in Seattle, so she arranged to play her remaining three games in one day, and drew them all to clinch first prize.

Esther Epstein of Massachusetts finished second with 6W-2M. Epstein, who emigrated from the Soviet Union with her husband IM Alexander Ivanov in 1988, also made her first appearance in the U.S. Women's Championship. Next at 5-4 were Pamela Ruggiero of Danville and Vesna Dimitrijevich of Massachusetts. Other scores: Shernaz Mis-try-Kennedy (New York), 4-5; Sharon Burtman (Massachusetts), Krystyna Wieckiowicz (Massachusetts), Liz Neely (Santa Cruz), and Alexey Root (Los Angeles), 3'5-5W; and Diana Gherghe (Nor-walk), 3-6.

LOCAL NEWS There were 26 players in the Old Irvine Octos last Sunday in Irvine. David Bassett and Clay Bradley tied for first prize in the top section, while B.S. Lon-ney and Jeff Arnold won their sections outright. The next Old Irvine Octos tournament takes place Oct. 28.

The El Toro Chess Club, which meets p.m. Fridays at Silverado High School, 25632 Diseno Drive in El Toro, begins a five-round tournament on Sept. 7. For more information, call Richard Kasa at (714) 492-6241. The Gym for the Mind Fall Swiss, an eight-round, two-section tournament on Monday evenings, begins Sept.

10 at Gym for the Mind, 4907 Topanga Canyon Blvd. in Woodland Hills. Call (818) 710-8042 for details. The Southern California Open, our state championship tournament, continues today and Monday at the Radisson Hotel, 6300 Telegraph Road in Commerce. Spectators are welcome.

In addition, all Southern California Chess Federation (SCCF) members are invited to attend the annual SCCF membership meeting, which begins today at 2:30 p.m. The SCCF Booster Open will be held at the same site on Monday. It's a special four-round tournament designed to attract newcomers to tournament chess. Only unrated players and players rated below 1400 may compete. To enter, register at the site before 9:30 a.m.

TODAY'S GAMES GM Smagln IU.S.S.R.) GM Sahov-ich (Yugoslavia), Biel 1990: 1 e4 Nc6 The Nimzovich Defense. 2 d4 d5 3 e5 Bf 5 4 c3 e6 The pawn structure resembles a French Defense, and Black's bad QB has found a uselul diagonal. However, Black's QN obstructs his c-pawn, inhibiting the standard countermeasuro of 5 Nd2 f6 6 f4 fxeB 7 fxeB Nh6 8 Ndf3 Nf7 9 Nb2 Be7 10 Ng3 White gets only a small edgo from 10 Bg6 1 1 h4 h6 12 h5 Bh7 13 Bd3 00. 1 1 Bd3 Ng5? 12 NxgSII The rarest sacrifice a speculative oiler ol the Qiiocn. Bxd1 13 Nxe6 Qb8 If 13 Bg4 14 Nxd8 or 13 Qd7 14 BI5, White emerges with an oxtra pawn.

14 Nxg7 Kd8 Despite his huge material advantage. Black appears helpless after 14 KI7 15 BhG Bg4 16 00 Kg8 17 RI4 Bd7 18 Rail. White may follow with 19 N7I5 and 20 Rg4. or 19 N7h5 and THESE ADVERTISERS ARE MEMBERS nucTionEEns A.N. ABELL FEATURING: PASADENA Continued from Bl said.

The conservancy also allows game hunters to shoot boar, deer and goats during the fall and winter. "We're not here to run a game preserve," said Propst, who noted that hunting was the very reason deer and boar were originally brought to the island. Because of the hunting and goat-killing, the conservancy has come under attack from animal rights groups such as the Fund for Animals. "We recognize that goats are destructive to the habitat, but there are non-lethal alternatives," including sterilization, said Jcrye Mooney, Los Angeles coordinator for the Fund for Animals. The Fund for Animals is particularly opposed to hunting with bow and arrow, the only type of hunting now allowed on the island.

"Bow-hunting is the crudest form," Mooney said, because many animals manage to escape but suffer from implanted arrows. But the conservancy says both animal and plant life on the island would eventually be destroyed without the controlled killings that vegetation would be ravaged and the island's animals would have nothing to eat. The conservancy has tried in the past to trap and ship goats off Catalina, but that led to widespread stress-related illnesses and deaths among the animals, Propst said. Sterilizing the goats, many of whom live in out-of-the-way canyons, is impractical, according to the conservancy staff. "If we don't kill the goats, they'd kill themselves and the island with them," Gay said.

The grazing animals compete with the island's native mammals for scarce food supplies, putting pressure on rare species such as the Channel Island fox, listed by the state as endangered, said Penelope O'Malley, spokeswoman for the conservancy. Conservancy officials point out that the family of chewing-gum magnate William Wrigley which owned the island and donated most of it to the conservancy in 1975, specifically wanted to preserve native plants and animals. The imported animals aren't the only threat to the fragile balance of plants and wildlife. Although the native plants are well-adapted to drought, the continuing dryness presents a fire risk in certain of the more heavily wooded areas, such as the hills north of Avalon. Chinese Burial Shrine Declared a Historic Monument The Los Angeles City Council voted Friday to declare a 19th-century Chinese burial shrine in Boyle Heights a historical monument, saving it from demolition or removal for up to a year.

Without discussion, the council voted 10 to 0 to make the shrine part of the city's list of historic-cultural monuments. The owners of Evergreen Cemetery, where the memorial is located, were considering removing the twin kilns and stone altar to provide space for more grave sites, officials said. With the council's backing, the shrine could be protected for up to a year while preservationists draft a plan to save it permanently by either purchasing the 450-square-foot memorial or persuading the owners of Evergreen Cemetery to abandon any plans to uproot it. We're Recycling! (How about you?) SILVER Our silver recovery systems extract silver from 38,160 gallons of photo solution annually. Recycling for an almndant fuitirv.

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