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I ANCilil.luS TIMES SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1990 B3 METRO NEWS By JACK PETERS INTERNATIONAL MASTER CHESS mm i mm mm mmmmmn cxd5 cxd5 27 Bxd5 Bxd5 28 Nxd5 0x2 29 Qa6 Hoping for 29 Kd7 30 Ne3 Qe4 Karpov, though short of time, fends off White's attack. 31 Rc1 Rb8 32 Qfl Rxb3 33 Qxh3 Kd8 34 Oh 5 Setting the trap 34 Rbl? 35 Qd1. Kc8 35 Qd1 Rxe3 Assuring the draw. The winning attempts 35 Rd3 36 Qc2 Rf7 37 Nc4 and 35 Qd3 36 Qg4 Qd7 37 Qe4 get Black in trouble. 36 fxe3 Qxe3 37 Khl Qe4 38 Kg1 Qe3 39 Kh1 Qe4 40 Kg1 Rd8 41 Qc2, Drawn.

IM Schroer Gold, American Open, Los Angeles 1990: 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 eG 3 Nf3 Bb4 The Bogo-lndian Defense. 4 Bd2 Qo7 5 g3 Nc6 6 Bg2 Bxd2 7 Nbxd2 Avoiding 7 Qxd2 Ne4 8 Qc2 Qb4. d6 8 0-0 a5 Usual is 8 0-0 9 e4 e5 10 d5, with an edge to White. 9 e4 e57l 10 d5 Nb8 11 c5l Exploiting Black's inaccurate order ol moves. Now 11...

dxc5 12 Nc4 Nbd7 permits 13 d6 cxd6 14 Nxd6 Kd8 (worse is 14. Kf8 15 Ng5) 15 Nf5, when White has a fierce attack. 0-0 12 cxd6 cxd6 13 Nh4 b5 14 a4l The light squares c4 and f5 beckon White's Knights. b4 15 Nc4 g6 16 f4 exf4 17 Rxf4 Nbd7 18 Nf3 Heading for c6. Black has too many weaknesses.

Nxe4 19 Nd4 Nec5 20 Nc6 Qe8 Also hopeless is 20. 21Nxd6. 21 Qd4l The hasty 21 Nxd6? Qe3 22 Khl Nd3 lets Black1 fight back. Nb3 22 Qf2 As 22 Nxal 23 Nxd6 wins Black's Queen. Ndc5 23 Re1, Black Resigns.

3. Call Fred Brock at (818) 331-1638 for information. TODAY'S GAMES GM Kasparov (U.S.S.R.) GM (U.S.S.R.) "14, World Championship, Lyon 1990: 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4 A shock. The ancient Scotch Game in 1990? Karpov's defenses to the Ruy Lopez must have withstood the home analysis of Kasparov's team. exd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nxc6 Played repeatedly by Jacques Mieses at iho turn of the century The even older idea of 5 Nc3 Bb4 6 Nxc6 bxc6 7 Bd3 d5 is toothless.

bxc6 6 o5 Qe7 7 Qe2 Nd5 8 c4 Ba6 9 b3 The books concentrate on 9 Nd2, because 9 b3 10 Bb2 Bb4 supposedly favors Black. Maybe Kasparov intended 10 a3 Rb8 11 g3. 0-0-0 10 g3 Re811 Bb2f6Not 11 but 11 g6 makes sense. 12 Bg2 fxeS 13 0-0 h5 If Black tries to retain the pawn with 13 Nf6, White gets good compensation with 14 Rel e4 15 Qe3. 14 Qd2 Nf6 15 Qa5 Bb7 Not falling for 15 Kb? 16 Rel d6? 17 Bxc6 Kxc6 18 Qxa6.

16 Ba3 Qe6 17 Bxf8 RhxfS 18 Qxa7 Qg4 1 9 Na3 h4 Black must counterattack to save his shaky King. 20 Nc2 h3 21 Bh1 Ne4l' Inviting 22 Nxg3! 23 fxg4? Ne2 mate. 22 a4 White gets little from 22 Qe3 Ng5 23 f3 Qf5. Nc3 23 Rae1 One answer to 23 f3 is 23 Ne2 24 KI2 Nd4 25 Nxd4 Qxd4. Ne2 24 Rxe2 Qxe2 25 Nb4 Menacing 26 NaG.

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AMERICAN OPEN Walter Browne and Igor Ivanov shared first place in the 26th American Open last weekend at the LAX Marriott Hotel in Los Angeles. Each scored 7-1, drawing their sixth-round meeting and one other game. Both winners defeated British GM Tony Miles, the tournament's highest-rated player. Maxim Dlugy, the new president of the U.S. Chess Federation, and Jack Peters tied for third at 616-1 16.

At 6-2 were GM Sergey Kudrin, IM Jonathan Schroer (who had a fine tournament until losing to Browne in the last round), and masters Ftenard Anderson, Gregg Small and Isaak Margulies. Steve Stubenrauch was best expert. There were 1 14 entrants in the Open section, including six grandmasters. In Section Two (under 2100), Jamie Schloss, R.C. Rice and Howard Vihon split the first three prizes with 616-116 scores.

Best under 2000 was Paul Clift. Jorge Roman Lopez finished clear first in Section Three (under 1900), scoring an impressive 7 V4-16. Mark McKee was second with 7-1 Jay Abellanosa, rated only 1319, and unrateds Nune Abrahamyan and Steven Lender topped Section Four (under 1600) with 7-1 scores. Organizer Jerry Hanken and the Santa Monica Bay Chess Club were disappointed by the turnout of 369 players for the four-day event. The tournament lost an estimated $2,000.

On Sunday, the Booster Open attracted 35 players, mostly newcomers to tournament chess. Rick Johnson and Franklin Sax both registered perfect 4-0 scores. LOCAL NEWS Robert Goldberg scored 516-16 to win the 37-player Oak Tree Open, which finished Monday at the Arcadia Chess Club. Class prizes went to David Argall top expert); Antonio Martin Alex Bautista James Galloway, Reilly Moss, Richard Williams, and Frank Wos- BABY Los Angeles County "has not refused one request for manpower, resources, anything," Diaz said. "The thing is finding the nurses.

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The match continues Saturdays, Mondays, and Wednesdays. Look for a report in Section A of The Times on the day after play. The Chess Olympiad, the world's foremost team tournament, nears a finish in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia. After 10 of 14 rounds, the Soviet Union leads the Men's Olympiad with a score of 28-12. England has 2616-1216, plus an adjourned game.

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