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11 Sunday. 2. iwn B13 IDS AV.I IIS I (Ml METRO NEWS GARDENS: Authentic Feel for Getty Museum By JACK PETERS INTERNATIONAL MASTER CHESS 7 mm mm 5 11 mm 4 a mpm 2 Mmmm ill LISA IIOMKIIKIN Los Angeles Times keep Getty gardens historically Propagation of plants is one of DeHart's most important duties, not only to save money but because many of the varieties are not readily available in this country. DeHart says he had never even seen a medlar a small tree that produces bitter, apple-like fruit until he arrived at the Getty. After the museum's two medlars finish fruiting, he'll take tip cuttings in hopes of multiplying them.

Modern scientific horticulture is only part of the picture for DeHart. In the half-ancient world in which he gardens, plants are one of life's essential mysteries, food for the stomach, the eye and the mind. Old beliefs live on, particularly in the herb garden, a favorite with visitors. Herbs had religious significance for the Greeks and Romans and were also valued as cures. Garlic, for instance, was thought to be an aphrodisiac and to ward off snakes.

The staff is allowed to do some restrained harvesting in the herb garden. "They keep the basil in check," says DeHart, who is brought the occasional gift of pesto by a grateful colleague. Getty-raised dill sometimes appears in dishes served in the museum tea Museum officials attempt to Roman-style meadows, not the lawns, as manicured as golf courses, that now exist. He even specified appropriate plants for the meadows, including that old Roman favorite, the dandelion. He says the public has complained whenever the museum has experimented with letting an area get authentically scruffy, often with barbed remarks about the institution's having enough money to mow the lawn.

Authenticity is always on De-Hart's mind, as he circumambulates the gardens. In choosing plants, he says, he asks himself three questions: Is it Roman, when does it bloom and how thirsty is it? Knowing a plant's blooming cycle is the key to keeping the gardens perennially attractive. And drought resistance is both a horticultural and a social issue. In the spring, the museum called for a cutback on water use. DeHart was asked to trim 10.

By cutting back just over 20 on water for hillsides and other non-museum areas, he has enough to keep the five museum gardens, which are hand-watered, looking their best. RI4-I7 g7 15Kxd1 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 Hoping lor Kd8-c8 b7 16Ne6 Kc8 Ineffective, but 16 Kd7 1 7 Bt5 and 16 KeB 17 NI5 look good for White, too 17 NfS Bf8 Black spots danger alter 17 Kb7 18 Nxe7 Nxe7 19 Then 19 Kb6'20Nd7and 19 Kc8 20 Bg5Re8(20 Ng6 21 BIS mate 21 Rll win (or White And White breaks through alter 19 Kc6 20 a4l bxa4 (not 20 2 1 Bb5) 2 1 Bc2 Qg8 22 Bxa4 Kb6 23 Ra3l c6 24 Rb3 Kc7 25 Bg5l. too Perhaps 19 Kc6 20 a4i a6 is toughest, although 2 1 Bg5 or 2 1 Nxa6 keeps up the pressure 18 Rf1 Kb7 Or 18 Kd7 19 Nfg7. setting up 20 RI7 19 Eth6! Bxh6 20 Nc5I Preventing 20 Kb6 because ol 21 Nd7 Kc8 21 Nxh6 Threatening 22 NI7 and 23 BI5 mate Ne7 22 Be2l Ng6 The cutest linish is 22 c6 23 Bg4 Kd8 (23 Kc7 24 Na6) 24 NI7 Ke8 25 Bd7 Kf8 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 11, U.S. Championship, Jacksonville 1990: 1 e4 Somewhat unusual for Christiansen Obviously he wanted to face Alburt's beloved Alekhme's Defense. Nf6 2 e5 NdS 3 d4 d6 4 NfS g6 Alburt is the only leading GM who likes Black's prospects in this opening Bc4 Nb6 6 Bb3 Bg7 7 a4 dxeS In the past.

Alburt has suffered with 7 a5 8 Ng5 and 7 d5 8 a5 Nc4 9 Nbd2. 8 aS Also reasonable is 8 Nxo5 0-0 9 a5 N6d7 Provoking a sac. as 8 Nd5 9 dxe5 clearly favors White. 9 Bxf7 Kxf7 10 Ng5 Kg8 11 Ne8 Both (orced end forcing Neither 1 1 dxe5? e6 12 Nxo6 Qo7 13 Nxc7 Qxe5 nor 11 QI3 NI6! 12 dxe5 Bg4 13 Qb3 Nd5 14 Oxb7 Nb4! 15 Bd2 N8c6l. threatening 16 RbB, works lor White QeB 12 Nxc7 Qd8 13 NxaS Whito can draw with 13 Ne6 Qe8 14 Nc7.

exd4 14 c3l White has won the exchange, but his Knight at 08 is in danger. Thereloro Christiansen stirs up trouble in the center to distract Black Irom winning the Knight. Nc5 15 cxd4 Bxd4 16 0-07 Critical is 16 Nc7(. extricating the Knight. eS 17 Be3 Nba6 Now Whilo's Knight is doomed, and Black has the advanlage.

18 Nc3 BIS 19 Rcl Kg7 Intending 20 Bxo3 21 Ixe3 Qxdl 22 Rlxdl Rxa8. Much weaker is 19 Oxa8' 20 Bxd4 exd4 21 Qxd4. when Black trails in development. 20Bxd4Qxd4 21 White gets more drawing chances Irom 21 Qxd4 oxd4 22 Nb5 Rxo8 23 Nxd4. or 22.

Bd3 23 Nac7Bxf124Kxl1.Nd3 22 Ne2 Qd7 23 Rc3 Rxa8 Avoiding 23 o4! 24 Qal. 24 g4 Nb2l Black will return some material to reach a winning endgame 25 Qcl Bd3 26 Oxb2 Qxg4 27 Ng3 Hopeless are 27 Khl Bxo2 28 13 Qd4! and 28 Rg3 Qo4 29 (3 Qo3 30 Rol Bxl3. Bxf 1 28 Kxf 1 Qd4l Not foiling lor 28 Qxb4? 29 Rc7. 29 Qo1 Rf8 30 Qe3 Qxe3 31 Rxe3 Nxb4 Seeing 32 Rxo5 Rxl2 33 Kxl2 Nd3. 32 Rb3 Rf4 33 Rc3 Na6 34 Re3 Nc5 Again, Black invites 35 RxeS Rxl2 35 Rc3 bfi 36 axbB axbB 37 Kel h5 38 h3 Rb4 39 Ke2 Kf6 40 Rc2 Kg5 41 Rd2 Ne6 42 Ke3 Nt4 43 Ne4 Kf 5 44 Nd6 Ke6 45 Nc8 Rb3 46 Ke4 NdSI.

White Resigns. Black threatens 47 NI6 mate, and 47 Rxd5 Rb4 coststhe exchange. GM M. Gurevich (U.S.S.R.) GM Tal (U.S.S.R.), Men's Interzonal, Manila 1990: 1 c4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 Nc3 c5 The Tarrasch Delenso to the Queen's Gambit. 4 cxdS exd5 5 Nf3 Nc6 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 Rc1 BfB 13 Qa4 Ne5 14 Rcdl Making room lor 14 Nc4 15 Bel Bd7 15 Qb3 Bc6 16 Nxc6t Whito wants the Bishop pair and pressure against the backward c-pawn. and he may renew his pressuro on d5 by o2-o4. bxc6 17 Bd4 RbB 18 Qc2 Qa5 19 QfSI Expecting 19 Ned7 20 e4 g6 21 QI4. when Whito benefits from the opening of the center.

Rxb2l? Trappy. II 20 Bxe5, Black regains the piece with 20 d4. 20 NxdS! Rxe2 21 Nxf6 gxf6 22 Be4 Bg7 Alter 22 Rxe4l? 25 Qxe4 Qxa2. Black has some compensation for the exchange. Neither 26 (4 Ng4 nor 26 Ra 1 Qc4 makes progress, but 26 Q(5 keeps control.

23 Qh7 Kf8 24 Rcl Preparing 25 Bc5 16 25 Bxc6 While strives for clarity. Tho messy 25 Bc5 Qxc5 26 Rxc5 Ixe4 gives Tal swindling chances. Re7 26 BbSI The now throat is 27 Rc8. Nf3 Now 26 Qxb5 27 RcB Re8 28 Bc5 Qxc5 won't save Black. For example.

29 RxcS NI3 30 Kg2 Nd2 3 1 Rlc 1 Bd4 32 Rx(5 wins easily lor White 27 Kg2 Nxd4 28 Rc8 Re8 29 Bxe8 QdS 30 Kh3 Rxe8 31 Rxe8 KxeS 32 Qxg7 Tho extra exchange is decisive. Qe4 33 f4 Ne6 Or 33 Qo2 34 Qe5. 34 QeB Qc2 35 Rf3 Kf8 36 Rb3, Black Resigns. abcdefgh Sept. 2, 1990 Position 15078: Black to play and win From the game Shepley Arkell.

England 1990 Solution to Position 15077: 1 Nd4 2 cxd4 Bxl3. Ihrealening 3 Qh2 mate, wins While'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 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-2V4. 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 (Now York), 4-5; Sharon Burtman (Massachusetts), Krystyna Wieckiewicz (Massachusetts), Liz Neely (Santa Cruz), and Alexey Root (Los Angeles), 3V4-5M; 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-noy 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 Smagin (U.S.S.R.) GM Sahov-ich (Yugoslavia), Biel 1990: 1 e4 Nc6 The Nimzovich Dolenso. 2 d4 d5 3 e5 Bf6 4 c3 e6 The pawn structure resembles a French Defense, and Black's bad QB has found a useful diagonal. However, Black's QN obstructs his c-pawn. inhibiting the standard countermeasure ol c7-c5xd4. 6 Nd2 (6 6 f4 fxeS 7 fxeS Nh6 8 Ndf3 Nf7 9 Ne2 Ete7 10 Ng3 White gots only a small edge from 10 Bg6 1 1 h4 h6 12h5Bh7 l3BtJ300.

11 Bd3 Ng5? 12 NxgSII The rarest sacnlice a speculative oiler ol Ihe Queen Bxdl 13 Nxe6 Qb8 If 13 Bg4 14 NxdS or 13 Qd7 14 BI5. Winto emerges with an extra pawn. 14 Nxg7 Kd8 Despite his huge material advantage, Black appears helploss alter 14 KI7 15 Bh6 Bg4 16 0 0 Kg8 17 RI4 Bd7 18 Rail Whito may lollow with 19 N7I5 and 20 Rg4. or 19 N7h5 and Continued from Bl tant to the Getty, which is why there is no bougainvillea despite the fact that it thrives both in Southern California and modern Italy. The gardens are more than a setting for the Getty's antiquities.

They are a context, and the staff labors to make them as accurate in their own way as the museum's display signs. The catch is that no one now knows exactly what a Roman garden was like, although there are clues in ancient frescoes, classical writings and archeological remains. Dennis Kurutz, a Pasadena landscape architect who designed the gardens in the early 1970s and now serves as a consultant to the museum, says the accuracy of the plantings arc an ongoing concern. He cites the main peristyle garden as an example. Based on his research, he says, "I made the assumption that Roman gardens would have been very structured and ordered." As a result, the garden has symmetrical rows of bay laurel trees that might have been cloned and carefully balanced boxwood hedges on either side of the central pool.

But he has since learned from archeologists that the Romans included impulsive touches in their gardens, not unlike modern gardeners who fall in love at the nursery Sunday afternoon and have to have some pretty plant, symmetry be damned. "Those gardens wouldn't have been quite as structured as that," says Kurutz, who is exploring ways to add calculated spontaneity to the peristyle garden. Other refinements are under consideration. Roman gardeners liked to train and trim plants into artificial shapes, called topiary. They would sometimes spell out their names in boxwood hedges a kind of living graffiti and they recreated battle scenes and chariot races in their greenery.

The Getty decided to stick with simple geometric topiary when the gardens were installed, Kurutz says, in part because Getty was still alive and had given no indication that he was going to endow the institution as lavishly as he did. But now more ambitious topiary shapes, lions perhaps, could be phased in. Accuracy doesn't always triumph, even at the Getty. Paths that would have been simply packed dirt in ancient times were paved to protect museum objects from dust. And Kurutz had hoped to see the villa surrounded with 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. Qob Angeles Sfcnee ItecydiriK lor an abundant fulua.

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