The Los Angeles Times from Los Angeles, California • Page 622

VCV SUNDAY. Sr-PTIiMBER 2. I WO B21 I OS Will IS IIMIS LOS ANGELES COUNTY By JACK PETERS INTERNATIONAL MASTER CHESS 7 mm 5 If 111 4 HH siai 2 m- mm i rnimlm Bringing Up Babies in a Tortoise Lab Endangered species: A Cnl State Domingucz Hills hatchery breeds the slow-moving desert dwellers in an effort to rejuvenate their dwindling Southern California population. abcdefgh Sept. 2.

1990 Position 5078: Bl.ick to piny and win From thn fl.lnto Shoplny Arkoll. Enfllnnri 11)90 Solution to Position 5077: I NM 2 cxtM Dxl3. Ihrcllonmg 3 Qh2 ni.ilo. wins While's Quoon MAHSIIATHAKGKH AngclosTiincs A newly hatched desert tortoise rests in laboratory at Cal State Dominguez Hills. RH-i; 15 Kxdl Ordinarily, a Ouoon is stronger than two pieces and two pawns In this position, though.

Black's Quoon and Rooks aro inactive, and his King is exposed bB7l Hoping lor Kd8 cS 16 Ne6 Kc8 Ineffective, but 10 Kd7 1 7 BI5 and 16 Ke8 1 7 NI5 look good for White, too 1 7 Nf 5 Bf8 Black spots danger after 17 Kb7 18 Nxc7 Nxo7 19 Nc5! Then 19 KbG 20 Nd 7 and 1 9 Kc8 20 Bgb Rc8 120 NgG 2 1 BI5 mate) 2 1 H1 1 win for White And White breaks through alter 19 Kc6 20 a4l bxa4 (not 20 b4 2 1 Bb5t) 2 1 Bc2 Og8 22 Bxa4 KbG 23 Ra3l cG 24 Rb3 Kc7 25 Bg5l, too Perhaps 19 KcG 20 a4i aG is toughest, although 2 1 Bg5 or 2 1 NxaG keeps up the pressure 18 Rfl Kb7 Or 18 Kd7 19 Nlg7. sotting up 20 RI7 19 BhBI BxhB 20 Nc5I Preventing 20 KbG because ol 21 Nd7 Kc8 21 NxhB Threatening 22 NI7 and 23 BI5 mato Ne7 22 Be2l Ng6 Tho cutest finish is 22 cG 23 Bg4 Kd8 123 Kc 24 Na6) 24 NI7 Kc8 25 Bd7 KI8 26 NeG Kg8 27 Nh6 mate 23 Nf7, Black Resigns. This game earned tho Super Torero prize, tho tournament's best-game award GM Christiansen GM Alburt 11, U.S. Championship, Jacksonville 1990: 1 e4 Somewhat unusual lor Christiansen Obviously ho wanted to lace Alburt's beloved Alekhino's Defense Nf6 2 e5 NdB 3 d4 d6 4 Nf3 g6 Alburt is tho only leading GM who likes Black's prospects in this opening Bc4 NbB 8 Bb3 Bg7 7 a4 dxeB In tho past. Alburt has suffered with 7 a5 8 Ng5 and 7 d5 8 a5 Nc4 9 Nbd2 8 aB Also reasonable ts 8 Nxo5 0 0 9 a5 N8d7 Provoking a sac, as 8 Nd5 9 dxo5 cloarly lovors White 9 Bxf7 Kxf7 10 NgBf Kg8 11 No6 Both forced and lorcing Neither II dxo5 06 12 NxoG Oo7 13 Nxc7 Qxo5 nor II 013' NI6! 12 dxo5 Bg4 13 Qb3 Nd5 14 Oxb7 Nb4! 15 Bd2 N8cGI, threatening 1G Rb8, works lor White Qe8 12 Nxc7 Qd8 13 Nxa8 Whito can draw with 13 NoG Oo8 14 Nc7.

exd4 14c3l White has won tho exchange but his Knight at a8 is in danger. Theroloro Christiansen stirs up trouble in tho center to distract Black from winning tho Knight. NcB 1B cxd4 Bxd4 16 0-07 Critical is 16 Nc7l. oxtricating tho Knight eB 17 Bo3 NbaB Now White's Knight is doomed, and Black has tho advantage. 18 Nc3 BfB 19 Rc1 Kg7 Intending 20 Bxo3 2 1 Ixe3 Qxd I 22 Rlxdl Rxa8.

Much weaker is 19 Qxa8 20 Bxd4 oxd4 2 1 Qxd4. whon Black trails in development 20 Bxd4 Qxd4 21 b47l Whito gets moro drawing chancos Ironi 2 1 Qxd4 oxd4 22 Nb5 Rxa8 23 Nxd4. or 22 Bd3 23Nac7Bxl124Kxfl.Nd3 22 Ne2 Qd7 23 Rc3 Rxa8 Avoiding 23 o4'l 24 Oal. 24g4Nb2l Black will return somo material to roach a winning endgamo 2B Qc1 Bd3 26 Qxb2 Qxg4 27 Ng3 Hopoloss aro 27 Khl Bxo2 28 13 Qd4i and 28 Rg3 Qo4 29 13 Oo3 30 Rol Bxl3 Bxf1 28 Kxfl Qd4l Not falling for 28 Qxb47 29 Bc7. 29 Qo1 Rf8 30 the first year of a desert tortoise's life," Morafka said.

"In fact, if we treated them as a separate species, they would be one of the least-understood animals in the desert," What little is known about infant tortoises, however, suggests that they are voracious, and ambitious, little critters. "They cat like little wolves to grow like crazy and got out of the 'ravioli' stage as quickly as possible," Morafka said. "They are also very ambitious about two-thirds of them start digging burrows from day one." Even such impressive natural talents, By LOUIS SAIIAGUN TIMES STAN- WRITER Unlike their heavily armored parents, baby desert tortoises are saddled with soft, fingernail-thin shells that make them "walking ravioli" for predators and reduce the chances that the imperiled species can be saved from extinction. A key to improving the odds of survival for the tortoise may lie in the basement of a Cal State Domingucz Hills laboratory where biologists have established a special hatchery and nursery for the benign herbivores. There, David Morafka, a professor of biology and an authority on the reptiles, and graduate student Michelle Joyner are pampering more than 60 "babies in the basement" with a goal of reviving and managing wild tortoise populations decimated by off-road vehicles, military maneuvers, housing developments, disease, poaching, drought and hungry ravens.

The tortoises under study in the laboratory were donated by collectors and breeders and eventually will be set free in the desert. Once abundant in the deserts of California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona, there are only an estimated 60,000 desert tortoises left in the wilds, experts say. The Cal State Domingucz Hills hatchery, which began operating in August, is one of six being established at laboratories and protected lands throughout the Southwest in an effort to save the slow-moving tortoises, whose numbers have declined dramatically in the deserts around Southern California, Morafka said. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans to add the Mojave Desert population to the nation's list of threatened species.

"We know very little about what goes on in Edison which operates power lines and stations throughout tho California desert. "One of tho problems we run into aro land-use conflicts with critical species, and the desert tortoise is one of the most widely distributed endangered species in the desert," said John Palmer, a research scientist with the utility. "The general commercial and residential growth in the region will increasingly impinge on tortoise habitat." A similar tortoise hatchery has boon built outdoors with predator-proof brick and chicken wire In tho Mojave Desert on land owned by tho U.S. Army at Ft. Irwin, near Barstow.

"We've got about 60 eggs in two enclosures that should bo hatching pretty soon," said Tom Clark, a civilian ccologist at tho Army base, otherwise reserved for desert training exercises. "The knowledge wo gain here will bo helpful to everybody, including the Army, because we need basic information to manage the impact of our maneuvers." Morafka suggested that saving tortoises has become a cause celebre, in part because they symbolize a "wholesome connection" with otherwise harsh and arid landscapes. "When people think of the desert they think of tarantulas, rattlesnakes, scorpions and cactus," Morafka said. "But the tortoise is a benign vegetarian, something that brings back good memories of growing up." 'The desert tortoise is one of the most widely distributed endangered species in the JOHN PALMER Southern California Edison Co. research scientist NATIONAL NEWS Elena Donaldson won the 1990 U.S.

Women's Championship, which ended Tuesday in Spartanburg, S.C., with a convincing score of 7W1W. In her first try for the U.S. title, the former Soviet star who defected in 1988 began will six straight wins. Then she had to return to her homo 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 6M-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. Noxt at 5-4 wore Pamela Ruggiero of Danvillo and Vosna Dimitrijevich of Massachusetts. Other scores: Shornaz Mis-try-Konnedy (Now York), 4-5: Sharon Burtman (Massachusetts), Krystyna Wiockiowicz (Massachusetts), Liz Neely (Santa Cruz), and Aloxoy Root (Los An-goles), 3W-5W; and Diana GherghefNor-walk). 3-6.

LOCAL NEWS There were 26 players in the Old Irvine Octos last Sunday in Irvino. David Bassett and Clay Bradley tied for first prize in the top section, while B.S. Lon-ney and Joff Arnold won their sections outright. Tho next Old Irvino 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 tho 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. Tho Southern California Open, our state championship tournament, continues today and Monday at tho Radisson Hotel, 6300 Telegraph Road in Commerce. Spectators are welcome.

In addition, all Southern California Chess Federation (SCCF) mombors are invited to attend the annual SCCF membership meeting, which begins today at 2:30 p.m. Tho 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. however, are no match for developers' bulldozers or for ravens, which regard baby tortoises as a favorite meal.

The tortoise hatchery at Cal State Domingucz Hills was funded entirely with a $27,000 grant from the Southern California "NutriSystem helped me lose 157 lbs. Safely." 'This is the one program that made me feel safe. I felt great the whole time I was on it. The reason is that NutriSystem is a complete weight loss program: nutritious food, counseling, light activity, even maintenance. That why I trust NutriSystem completely." Qe3 Qxe3 31 Rxo3 Nxb4 Sooing 32 Rxo5 Rxl2f 33 Kxl2 Nd3 32 Rb3 Rf4 33 Rc3 NaB 34 Re3 NcB Again, Black invites 35 Rxo5 Rxl2 3B Rc3 bB 36 axbB axbG 37 Ke1 hB 38 h3 Rb4 39 Ke2 KfB 40 Rc2 KgB 41 Rd2 NeB 42 Ke3 Nf4 43 No4 KfB 44 Nd6 KeG 4B Nc8 Rb3 46 NdSI, White Resigns.

Black threatens 47 NI6 mato. and 47 Rxd6 Rb4 costs tho oxchango. GM M. Gurevlch (U.S.S.R.) GM Tal (U.S.S.R.), Men's Interzonal, Manila 1990: 1 c4 e6 2 d4 dB 3 Nc3 cB Tho Tarrasch Dolenso to tho Queen's Gambit. 4 cxdS exdB Nf3 NcB 6 g3 Nf6 7 Bg2 Be7 8 0-0 0-0 9 BgB cxd4 Black accepts tho isolani, tho crux of Tarrasch's idea.

10 Nxd4 h6 11 Be3 Ra8 12 Rc1 Bf8 13 Qa4 NeB 14 Rcdl Making room for 14 Nc4 15 Bel Bd7 15 Qb3 BcB 16 Nxc6l White wants tho Bishop pair and prossuro against the backward c-pawn, and ho may renew his prossuro on d5 by o2-e4. bxcB 17 Bd4 Rb8 18 Qc2 Qo5 19 QfBI Expecting 19 Nod7 20 o4 g6 2 1 QI4, whon Whito benolits from tho opening of tho center Rxb2l7 Trappy II 20 Bxo5. Black regains tho pioco with 20 d4. 20 NxdSI Rxe2 21 Nxf6 gxfB 22 Be4 Bg7 Alter 22 Rxo4l? 25 Qxo4 Qxo2. Black has somo compensation for tho oxchango.

Noithor 26 14 Ng4 nor 26 Ra 1 Qc4 makos progress, but 2G 015 koops control. 23 Qh7 KfB 24 Rc1 Preparing 25 Bc5. fB 2B BxcB Whito strives for clarity. The mossy 25 Bc5 Qxc5 26 Rxc5 lxo4 givos Tal swindling chancos. Re7 26 BbBI Tho now throat is 27 Rc8.

Nf3 Now 26 Qxb5 27 nc8 Ro8 28 Bc5 Qxc5 won't savo Black. For oxamplo, 29 Rxc5 NI3 30 Kg2 Nd2 31 Rlcl Bd4 32 Rxl5 wins easily lor White 27 Kg2 Nxd4 28 Rc8 Re8 29 Bxe8 QdB-f 30 Kh3 RxeB 31 Rxe8 Kxe8 32 Qxg7 Tho oxtra oxchango is decisive Qe4 33 14 NeB Or 33 Qo2 34 Oo5. 34 QeB Qc2 3B Rf3 KfS 36 Rb3, Black Resigns. TODAY'S GAMES if- GM Smagin (U.S.S.R.) GM Sahov-Ich (Yugoslavia), Biel 1990: 1 e4 Nc6 Thn Nimzovich Dnlcnso 2 d4 d5 3 eS Bf5 4 c3 e6 Tho pawn structure resembles a Dolonso, nnd Black's bnd QB has found a usolul diagonal Howevor. Black's ON obstructs his c-pawn, inhibiting the counlemieasuro of c'-c5xd4.

5 Nd2 16 6 f4 fxeS 7 fxeB NhB 8 Ndf3 Nf7 9 No2 Bo7 10 Ng3 Whito gets only a small odgo from 10 Bg6 1 1 h(i l2hbBh ISBcOOO NxgGII Tho rnrost sacrifice a speculative ollor of Ihn Quoon Etxdl 13 Nxe6 Qb8 II 13 Bt4 14 NxclB or 13 Qc7 14 White emerges with an oxtrn pawn 14 Nxg7 Kd8 Despite his huge material advantage, Black appears helpless after 14 KU Bh6 Bg4 16 OO Kg8 17 RI4 lid HI nail Whito may follow with 19 Nl! 20 Rg1. or 19 Nh5 and WE'RE Already Ahead Of TheHmes Try the NutriSysterrf Crave-Free" Weight Loss Program that includes a variety of delicious meals and Craving Control" snacks, nutritional and behavioral counseling, light activity, and weight maintenance. Don't Wait, Call Today. Our client, Wayne Stutzman, lost 157 lbs. C( THESE ADVERTISERS ARE MEMBERS OF.

THI SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (I 2 1WXNut1'Synlnc. numonEEns nssocinTion A.N. ABELL AUCTION CO. We Succeed Where Diets Fail You: As of January 1, 1991: State Assembly Bill 1305 requires every consumer of newsprint in California io use at least 25 recycled newsprint. Today: More than 80 of the paper In the Los Angeles Times is recycled newsprint.

In fact, our current usage of recycled newsprint, alone, exceeds what will be required in 1991 for all the daily newspapers in the state! When it comes to the environment, don't you feel better about reading The Times? FEATURING: PASADENA AND WHITTIER ESTATES AUCTION THURSDAY, SEPT. 6 AT 10 AM PREVIEW WED. 9 A.M TO 5 P.M. THURS. 8 A.M.

TILL TIME OF SALE Partial Usllng Includes, Antique Carved French Hutch. 19th Century Carved Mah. Sideboard. 19th Century Mah. Chest.

Mah. Leather Top Drum Table. 6 Ornately Carved French Arm Chairs. Pair Of Carved French Sofas. Chinese Carved Marriage And Opium Beds.

Carved Chinese Seltee And Chairs. Carved Chinese Marble Top Pedestals And Lamp Tables. Antique Coramandel Screen. Carved Chinese Champhor Chest. Carved Oriental Panels And Hangings.

Carved American Oak Mirror Back Sideboard. Carved Victorian Walnut Settee, Chair And Rocker. French Victorian Gold Leaf Mirror h. Sterling Silver And Sheffield Serving Pieces. Collection Of Ivory Figures, Urns, Netsuke, Etc.

Royal Doulton Figures. Belleck Tea Set. Vases, Plates, Etc. Crystal Stemware. Bisque Figures.

Spelter Marley Horses. Bavarian And Limoges Dlnnerware Sets. Down Filled Sofas, Loveseat And Chairs. Mah. Inlaid Table With 10 Queen Anne Chairs By Kindel.

10 Pc. Carved Mah. Chippendale Dining Room Set. 6 Pc. Mah.

Poster Bed Room Set. Lale Model Kitchen Appliances, T.V., Etc. Large Library Of Books. 1911 WEST ADAMS BLVD. (neah the santamonica freeway western ave.) weight loss centers LOSE ALL THE WEIGHT C7(Dl YOU CAN FOR ONLY 'Wilriin tho time framo sol by Iho Nutr lOata compuler program lor your weight loss goal.

Special odor does not include the cost ol NUTRISYSTEM foods, mamtonanco or Body Qreaklhrough Activity Plan and cannot be combined with other oilers, valid only with ihe purchase ol a program by new clients at a participating cantor One discount por person. OVER 60 CENTERS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Z13) 734-4151 CAL.LIC.H49 FAX (213 734-0137 iuw rremium win ue unargea io ine Buyer can ui ins purchase price. ORRILL'S AUCTION Tuesday Sept. 4th. Sale Starts at 10 AM Furniture A furnishings removed Irom slorage, a park La Brea eslate.

private homes, and consignments. QosAurjeles Slimes UctycliiiK ftinui abundant future. ITM vmci ipu.u, ran ui CiLUMiti vitiuiian Maicnmg love aeais. ura Marwe lop Oval Collee Table. Pair ot Victorian Diamond Tutted Arm Chairs Covered in Burgundy Velvet.

Bungalow Size Wurlitver Player Piano. Old 20's Walnut 10 Pc. Dining Room Set. Old English Oak Glass Front Bookcase. Old Small Mahogany Drop Side Dming Table, that lowers into a Colfee Table.

Victorian Style Drop Front Oesk. An Oulstandmg Ail Deco Waterfall Bedroom Set with Vanity Round Etched Mirror, Storage Vanity Bench Full Sue Bed. Tall CMIerobe with Closets Mirrors and 1 Night Stand. Old Carved Wood Spiral Floor lamp, Okl Torchier Lamp. A Fine Old Painting ol Nude Woman Signed A.

Bernstein, other Quahly Paintings, Prints and Pictures. Deauiilul Marble Sculptured Dust ol Young Woman. Many Quality Old Table Lamps. Lois ol Bnc A Brae. China.

Glassware. Signed French Vase wilh Figure of Woman, Browed. Old Hals, Old World Globe on Swivel Stand that opens to Hidden Bar. 2 Tal Oak Contemporary Bedroom Armoires. Decorator Glass Top Collee Table.

Black Lacouered Bedroom Furniture French Pmv kinn FlPdmnm cnic Akn 'As It i iu I hy tin Cililniiil.i Stall1 U'liMJiiirr. in whtiti mil los 111. in til its lilu't oiiiNisisol post iiitisimu'i wjstr pajHi" In ttu his Annrli's Tinii'v Umm Sll'. til ihr lihri iitiii nt is lioin ii'iyi lul wastr vef 1700 Smun inMinMIOMlly. 39 'JSU ISI E3 SSjoSltfuJ Appliances, Bedding, even Pots A Pans and Swapmeel slulf in A M.

JJ 213-277-7373 Lie 345 1 9 1 0 W. Adams Blvd. liar Wittim.