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B12 SUNDAY, APRIL I990 SD I.OS ANGELES TIMES TRACK CHESS By JACK PETERS INTERNATIONAL MASTER ID OIH. 1 PM1 Qa6, when 26 d6 Qxa2 and 26 a3 Nb6 27 Ne3 Nd5 should hold. 26 Ne3 h4 Pointless, but 26 Nf6 27 d5 opens lines for White's pieces. 27 d5l Bc5 28 Rhel White masses his forces for a breakthrough with 29 dxe6. 29 Ng4 Rca77l The a-pawn means little.

Black may survive 29 f6 30 Qg6 NI8I. but 30 d6l? Bxd6 31 Qg6, threatening 32 Nh6, appears to win Then 31 Bf8 is mated by 32 Nh6 Kh8 33 Nf7 Kg8 34 Re4 Nc5 35 Rh4. and 31 KI8 32 Ne3! NcB 33 Nf6 Rd8 loses nicety to 34 BxeB! Ixe5 35 Rxd6. 30 NxeB Nxe6 31 Rxe6 Rxa2 32 d6l More convincing than 32 RhB (6 h3 Now 32 .16 loses instantly to 33 Re7 (threatening 34 QgB) Bxd6 34 Re6. 33 Kxh3 Bxd6 34 RhB Qxf20r34.

(6 35 Bxf6! 0x12 36 Qb3 KI8 37 Rh8 mate. 36 Qh7 Kf8 36 Qxg7 K8 No better is 36 Ke7 37 OJ6 Ke8 38 Rh8 BIS 39 QeB mate. 37 Rh8 Kd7 38 Qxf7, Black Resigns. Bb48Kf1 As 8 Bd2 allows 8 Qxd4. Nfd7l? A new move.

Black gets some compensation with 8 c6 9 Nxc6 Nxc6 10 Bxc6 Ke7 1 1 Bxafj Qxa8 9 Nxc4 With a two-point lead, Karpov plays it safe. The wild 9 Bxa8 Nxe6 would suit Timman. c6 10 Bb2 0-0 11 Nbd2 b5 12 Na3 Bb7 13 Qc2 Qb8 14 Nf3 Thinking of 15 Ng5 NI6 16 d5. Nf6 16 NeB Be7 16 N3g4 Nxg4 17 Nxg4 Nd7 16 Bf3 RacB 19 Rd1 5 Strange. Black stands well after the natural 19 c5 20 Qc3 NI6, and 20 exd5 probably favors Black after either 21 Bxd5 Bxd5 22 Rxd5 Qc6 or 2 1 QIB Qe6! 20 Qa4 Rc7 21 Kg2 a47l Going for complications.

Instead, 21 c6 22 d5 ReSI (if 22 t5, then 23 keeps material equality) 23 Qf4 exd5 is fine. 22 bxa4 Ra8 23 axb6 cxbS 24 Qbl Bxf3 26 exf3 h57 Black would like to plant his Knight on d5, but 25 26 Nxf6 Bxf6 27 d5! leaves White a safe pawn ahead. More logical is 25 HI a ROOM SALE ROOM SALE ROOM SALE LARGE 12X18 FAMILY OR PATIO ROOM NOW Ui COMPLETELY INSTALLED MMM (213) (4) 545-4437 281-1940 26 dxe5 NxeB, and 26 Rxd5 exd4 is harmless. But 26 Rfcl e4 27 Nb4 improves on Karpov's choice. b8 27 Rc2 a4 28 Nf2 White has lost his chance to occupy b4.

Nd6 29 Qd2 Rdc8 Now Black has equalized. 30 Rfcl 6 31 Bf1 Nb4 32 Rc3 Qd7 33 Ndl Rc6 34 Rxc6 Rxc6 35 Rxc6 Qxc6 36 Nc3 Kf8 37 Kf2 Ke7 38 K1 KIB 39 Kd1 Qc8 40 Ke1 Kg7 41 Na2 Nxi2 42 Qxa2 Qc7 Black accomplishes nothing with 42 Qc1 43 KI2 because 44 Ne2 Qdl 45 Qa3! Nc8 46 h3 hxg4 47 hxg4 KI7 48 Qcl exchanges Queens. 43 KI2 Kffi 44 Qb2 K7 45 Be2 Kd8 46 Ke1 Kc8 47 Kd2 Kb7 48 Qc1 Q77l A point behind, Timman disdains the draw he could secure by trading Queens. 49 Ke1 Bd7 60 Kf2 Ne8 51 Qhll? Karpov abandons his Queenside to try for a win. QM 62 h4 Qxb3 If 52 h6 53 hxg5 hxg5, then 54 Qh7 Kc8 55 Qf7! Qxb3 56 Nxe4 Bxa4 57 Nxf6 gives White the more serious threats.

63 hxgB fxgB 54 Qxh7 Qxa4 65 Q7 Qc6 66 Qxg5 a4 Splitting his passers. Perhaps Black should push the b-pawn. 67 Qe7 Qd6 68 QxdB Nxd6 69 Bdl Bb6 60 N2 a3 61 Ncl Kc7 The sealed move. White has the better of a drawn ending, because Black must bring his King back to the Kingside to stop White's pawns. 62 Kg3 Nc4 63 Be2 B8 64 Kf4 Nb2 66 KgB Nd3 66 Nb3l Not 66 Na2? b5 67 Kf6? because of 67 b4 68 Bd1 Nf2 69 Bb3 Nxg4, and Black wins.

a2 Threatening 67 Ncl. 67 N1 b568 Bd1 Restraining Black's pawns. However, Black should still draw. b4 69 Bb3 Ncl 70 Bxd6Kd6 71 Bc4Bb6As 72 b3 queens. 72 Bg8 K7 73 KhB Setting a last trap.

If 73 Kg6, Black draws with 73 KI8 74 Bd5 Bc6 75 Bc4 BbB 76 Be6 Bd7, as 77 loses to 77 Bxe6 78 fxe6 b3 79 Kf6 b2 80 g6 bIQI 81 g7 KgB 82 e7 Qb6. KI877 Correct is 73 b3! 74 Bxb3 Nxb3 75 Nxb3 Bc4 76 Na1 Kf6, drawing. The attempt 77 Kxf5 78 g6 Ko4 79 Kh7 Kf3 80 g7 Kxe3 81 g8Q BxgB 82 KxgB Kxd4 wins for Black. 74 B6 Bd7 76 g6l Ouch! II 75 Bxe6 76 fxe6 b3. then 77 g6 b2 78 g7 Ke7 79 g8Q bxa 1 80 Qf7Kd6 81 Qd7mate.

Or 78 79 e7 Kf7 80 g8Q Kxe7 81 Qg5, and a series of checks wins the pawn at b2. For example. 81 Kd6 82 Qc5 Ke6 83 Qb6, or 81 KIB 84 Qg6 mate) 84 Qb7, winning. b3 76 g6. Black Resigns.

GM Karpov (U.S.S.R.) GM Timman (Holland) '8. Kuala Lumpur 1990: 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 6 3 Nf3 b6 4 g3 Ba6 A popular line of the Queen's Indian Defense. 5 b3 d5 Karpov and Kasparov thoroughly tested 5 Bb4 6 Bd2 Be7. 6 Bg2 dxc4 7 N6 skeins Root. Root, Sacks and Schoonmaker tied for second place with 4-2.

Alan Morrow topped the Reserve (under 2000) section with 5-1. Mark Doyle was second, and Doug Fraser was best under 1500. The next Victor Valley Chess Assn. event is a three-round quad tournament, scheduled April 15, at Victor Valley College in Victorville. For details, call Steve Bradley at (619) 243-3287.

Jeff Birkel won the Arcadia Club Championship with a perfect score of 6-0. Birkel's rating has crossed 2200, making him a master. Class prize winners were Dan Lee, Jerry Downs, Gerald Harrison, Albert Tom, David Lo and St. Ives De Plevissier. There were 46 players.

The Arcadia Chess Club begins its Spring Special, a five-round tournament on Monday evenings, on April 2. The club meets 1 p.m. Mondays in the Senior Citizens Building, 405 S. Santa Anita Ave. in Arcadia.

For more information, call Fred Brock at (818) 331-1638, or, during club hours, at (818) 445-9081. Alexey Root, the 1989 U.S. Women's champion, is circulating a petition to protest the U.S. Chess Federation's proposed change in the format of the annual U.S. Women's Championship.

To save money, the USCF is considering a switch from the usual 10- or 12-player tournament to a four-player event with only the defending champion and three high-rated contenders. For more information on the controversy, call Root at (213) 471-7909 or Diana Gherghe at (213) 929-8038. TODAY'S GAMES GM Karpov (U.S.S.R.) GM Timman (Holland) 4, Kuala Lumpur 1990: 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nf 3 Bg7 4 g3 c6 5 Bo2 d5 6 cxdB A quiet variation of the Neo-Grun-feld Defense. cxdB 7 Nc3 0-0 8 NeB s6 9 0-0 Nfd7 10 14 This was tested in several dull Karpov Kasparov games. Nc6 1 1 Bo3 1 2 Nd3 Nb6 1 3 b3 Q7 14 4 Bd7 1 5 Bel Rfd8 16 3 Bfl 17 Ba3 Qf7 18 Rcl Bf8 19 Bxf8 Qxf8 White has a tiny edge, because of his greater control of the dark squares.

20 g4 07 21 Qd2 Roc8 22 N2 Rc7 23 Rc5 NcB 24 IB The game heats up. Karpov undermines d5 and menaces 25 Nel4. gB 26 Ng3 Now White intends 26 Ixe6 and 27 Nf5. eBI? Offering a pawn. Instead, too dangerous is 25 26 Rc2 e5 27 Rfcl, when White threatens Nd3-b4.

26 Qc1 71 White's pieces do not cooperate well after 26 Bxd5 Kh8 or Former IRS Professionals Negotiate Business Personal Repayment Plans, Lien-Levy-Seizure PreventionReleases, Penalty Reductions, Delinquent Returns Filed Aggressively April 1. 1990 Poiltion '6056: Black to play and win. From the game Bricard Pinter, France 1989. Solution to Poiltion 5055: White wins with 1 Nxf7! Rxf7 2 NI6 gxf6 (Black holds out longest with 2 Kh8 3 Qxf7l 3 Qxf7 Kh8 4 Qxf6 Kh7 5 Qxh6 mate. If 1 Qe8, then 2 Nxh6 gxh6 3 Nxe7 Kg7 4 Qxh6 mate and 2 Kh7 3 NI7 Kg8 4 Nxe7 Nxe7 5 Qh8 mate wrap it up.

INTERNATIONAL HEWS Former world champion Anatoly Kar-pov defeated Jan Timman of Holland, 6'6-2'A, in their Candidates final match in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Karpov finished with a flourish, winning the last two games. He earns the right to challenge Gary Kasparov in the 1990 world championship, which begins Oct. 7 in New York City. Karpov won the first, fourth, eighth and ninth games, and drew the rest.

He was never in trouble, and actually missed chances to win by an even greater margin. Timman, ranked third in the world behind Kasparov and Karpov, said that he didn't think he could win after losing the adjourned fourth game, which he called his "best game." The next Kasparov-Karpov match will be their fifth championship match, extending their record rivalry. Kasparov leads, 17 wins to 16, with 87 draws. LOCAL NEWS Senior Master Alan Pollard won the 39-player Victor Valley Open last weekend in Victorville. Pollard, scored 5-1, drawing Andy Sacks and Nick Schoon-maker and defeating top-rated IM Doug Fun FREE COMSUL TATiOH CALL EQW-TAX.

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10-8. Tues. 10-8 CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC Continued from BIO science and technology in the West German government. "There's great reluctance for anyone to be the first buyer." Menden praised the California-Nevada commission for being willing to consider the new maglev technology, but he acknowledged that some "bugs" remained to be worked out. But, he added, "The technology is ready to be used in revenue service." Roth agreed.

But other commissioners were not happy with Roth's obvious boosterism for maglev. "If you went by what Roth is telling everyone, then the whole issue is already settled," said state Sen. Bill Leonard (R-Big Bear), a member of the bistate commission. "That's simply not true. Each train has its pluses and minuses." Some commission members simply are undecided.

"I was very impressed with the continuing progress that the French are making in carrying paying passengers," said Bill Wells, dean of the college of engineering at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas. "Their system is-really working. But I'm also impressed with maglev. It is, I feel, the wave of the future." Wells and other commissioners have taken only short rides on the German maglev because test track conditions did not permit endurance runs on the days of their visits. Wells said the panel should return for an endurance run of several hours when possible.

Some commissioners argued that the French train has a demonstrated record of profitable operation and can tie into existing rail systems, while the West German government won't even be ready to certify the maglev for commercial service until this summer. Thousands of hours of additional endurance tests at the maglev test track in Emsland, West Germany, are necessary for certification. "That's going to be a major consideration, I think, but I'm not sure of the full impact," Wells said. The maglev may be more environmentallyand thus politicallyacceptable, commissioners said. While the 30-foot high concrete guideway the maglev train follows may draw objections in some areas of Orange County, maglev uses less right of way and does not require major earth removal as do more conventional train systems.

It also is quieter and uses less electricity than the TGV. What it comes down to, Leonard and other commission members said, is the quality of the bids, which have not yet been prepared. So far, both French TGV and German maglev officials say they are having great difficulty putting together their financing plans, which must be part of their bids. It is difficult to tell potential investors that they may have to wait 15 years to see their money again, said officials from San Francisco-based Bechtel International a partner with West Germany's Transrapid firm in the maglev proposal, and from the French National Railroad, which owns and operates the TGV. The TGV is financed with government-backed loans, which are being repaid more quickly than scheduled, thanks to hefty, passenger-generated profits.

With Japanese backing, Transrapid has been selected to build and operate maglev service between the Orlando, airport and Disney World. But the project has been stalled over real estate and business disputes among Floridians jockeying for favorable positions. Transrapid has also won approval from the West German government to build a short line between the airports in Cologne and Dussel-dorf so that airline service provided by each airfield can be complementary. But the French have been able to sell the TGV to Spain and other countries, with billions of dollars in advance orders. High-speed rail is being considered in many states, including Texas, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Ohio, New York, North Carolina and Washington.

A report by the National Research Council states that highspeed rail may become an essential component of the U.S. airport network. Some say high-speed rail can be used to tie major cities to large airports in remote areas, where environmental constraints are less severe and land is cheaper. Roth, Santa Ana Mayor Daniel H. Young and other Orange County officials believe that even if paying $104 for a round-trip ticket to Las Vegas at 300 m.p.h.

is not a socially worthwhile goal, the project itself may be needed to promote George Air Force Base as a site for a new international airport. The military is closing the base, near Victorville, and Orange County desperately wants another site to relieve overcrowded John Wayne Airport. State Sen. Leonard is eager to see George become a major airport. It's in his district.

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