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The club will host a simultaneous exhibition by U.S. Women's champion Alexey Root at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 15. For details, call (8181 710-8042.

TODAY'S GAMES Van Buskirk IM Strauss. SCCF State Championship. Los Angeles 1990: 1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 c6 4 o4l? Marshall's Gambit against tho Slav Defense dxo4 5 Nxe4 Bb4 6 Bd2 Qxd4 7 Bxb4 Qxo48Bo2c5l? Allor 8 Na6 9Bd6 or 9 Bc3. White has nagging pressure on the dark squares Too risky is 8 9 Qd6 Nd7 10 0-0-0 Qg5 1 1 14 Qo7 12 Qd2 c5 '13 Bc3 Ngl6 14 Qc2 0 0 16 NI3. as White will attack on the g-file.

9 Bxc5 Qxg2 10 Bf3 Now 10 Qd6? Nd 1 1 BIS Qg5 is line for Black. QgS 1 1 Bd6 Ne7 Also II Nc6 12 Bxc6 bxc6 13 NI3 lets White develop rapidly. 12 Ne2 Natural. White can consider 12 Nh3, too. Nbc6 Attractive is 12 Nf5 13 Rgl? Qd8, bul the sharper 13 Bxb8l? FlxbS 14 Qa4 Bd7 15 Qxa7 0-0 16 Rgl Qf6 17 000 is far from clear 13 Rg1 Qa5 14 Nc3 NfB 15 Bxc6 White must act quickly, before Black can play 15 Bd7 and 16 0-0-0.

Strauss planned to answer 16 Nb5 by 16 Na6 17 Kf 1 Bd7 18 Bxb7 Bxb5. Even wilder is 16 Nc2 17 Kfll 1 1 7 Ke2 Ncd4 18 Nxd4 Nxd6 appears safe for Black) Nce3 18 Ixe3 Nxo3 19 Ke2 Nxdl 20 Raxdl Qxa2 21 Ke3. with dangerous threats. bxc6 16 b4 White gets nothing from 16 QI3 Bb7 17 b4 Qa6 18 Bc5 0 0 0 Qa3 17 Ne4 Ba6 18 Bc5? Threatening 19 Rxg7 Nxg7 20 NI6 mate, but Black has a winning counter. Also insufficient Is 18 Rxg7? because Black counterat-i tacks with 18 0-0 OI 19 Rxf inot fearing 20 Rc7 Kb8.

Best seems 18 Ob3 Qxb3 19 axb3 Bc8 20 Bc5 16, with about equality Note that 18 Qb3 Nd4 19 21 b5and20. Bxc4 21 Qd3 Bxd3 22 Kxd3 Nxal 23 Rxg7 favor White. Rd877 Both players assumed 18 Bxc4 19 RxgV won for White. But 19 Qb2l, threatening 20 Rd8. loaves White helpless.

19Qb3 Nd4 Desperation. Black avoids 19 Qxb3 20 axb3 Bc8 21 Rxg7! and 19 Rd3 20 Qxa3 Rxa3 21 b5, which win for While. 20 Rxg7! N(3 Just as bad is 20 Rd 21 Nf6 Kd8 22 Bxd4 Qxb3 23 axb3 Rxd4 24 Rxa6. 21 Kf1 Bxc4 22 Qxc4 Qb2 23 Qc3 Nd2 24 Kg2. Black Resigns.

SOS posed a very low risk of cancer to people who drank contaminated well water. The study does not deal with the probability of disease in individuals, he said. SOS, a division of TransTechnol-ogy produced explosives and flares and was convicted of illegally, storing and dumping hazardous chemicals at its Sand Canyon plant in 1986. The company was sold in May and is being relocated to Phoenix. The controversy over SOS erupted last June shortly after the death of Charlotte Hercules Ait-ken, 23, of acute myelocytic leukemia, a rare form of the disease known as AML.

Her stepfather, Robert Hercules, had died of kidney cancer four months earlier. Aitken's twin sister, Denise, died of AML at age 23 in 1986. Their half-brother, Christopher, 20, also died of AML in 1983. The Hercules family had moved to Sand Canyon from Culver City in 1979 and lived about three-quarters of a mile from SOS. Relatives charged that toxic chemicals dumped at the plant were responsible for the diseases that claimed an entire family.

Diane Hercules, mother of Christopher and the twins, died in 1984 from an illness that eluded diagnosis. State health officials, in a report released in June, said the cause of Diane Hercules' death might never be known, but suggested she also might have had AML and passed on the genetic flaw to her children. By STEVE PADILLA TIMES STAPP WRITER Federal health officials late last week defended their conclusion that cancer-causing chemicals dumped at a defunct Santa Clarita Valley defense plant had seeped into nearby domestic water wells. But the officials also acknowledged Thursday some errors in a report on the effects of toxic chemicals found at Space Ordnance Systems in secluded Sand Canyon, "east of the Antelope Valley Freeway. They said, for example, that the report inaccurately stated that three contaminated wells supplied water for human consumption, when in fact they were used to water livestock.

Officials of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry repeated the principal conclusions of a draft study released in May. State and Los Angeles County health officials have challenged the federal agency's report that certain chemicals from the defense plant had gotten into well water in the area. The registry, an affiliate of the national Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, held a public meeting at a Sand Canyon church Thursday night to collect public testimony for the final version of the report, which is expected to be completed in October. Public Health Service Lt. Joe Hughart, an environmental health specialist, said contamination at CLEO KATZ: Has 16 years' experience in buying and selling loreclosure property.

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BEFORE mjm abcdefgh Aug. 5, 1990 Position W5074: White to piny find win. From tho game Long Pennucci, Hughes Chess Club vs Gym for-lhe Mind Match. Woodland Hills 1990 Solution to Position 85073: White wins with 1 Nxgb hxg5 2 Rxe2 Rxe2 3 Rd8 Re8 A Bh8! Re 7 BIG Re8 6 Qe5! Rxd8 (if 6 Rxe5, then 7 Rh8 mate) 7 Qo7KhG8Qxd8Qb7(or8. Kh5 9 h3, and White mates) 9 Qh8 Qh7 10 Bg.

INTERNATIONAL NEWS Former women's world champion Nona Gaprindashvili of the Soviet Union won the second Women's Interzonal in Malaysia with an overwhelming score of Gaprindashvili, who reigned as champion from 1962 to 1977 before being dethroned by current champion Maya Chiburdanidze, had her best result in years. Xie Jun of China finished second at 12VS-4V6. Nino Gurielli of the Soviet Union and Alisa Marich of Yugoslavia, who tied for third at 11V5-5V5, will play a short match to determine who advances to the Candidates tournament, the next step toward the world championship. Anna Akhsharumova of Massachusetts came close to qualifying, but two losses near the finish dropped her to fifth place, at 1 1-6. The 1989 U.S.

Women's champion, Alexey Root, of Los Angeles, scored a miserable 1-16, drawing only two games. LOCAL NEWS The Southern California Chess Federation (SCCF) conducted an eight-player invitational tournament over the last two weekends in El Toro and Los Angeles for the championship of the chess "state" of Southern California. Jack Peters repeated as champion, despite losing his first and last games and playing poorly in a few others. Peters scored a half-point ahead of Matt Beelby, Paul Koploy and IM David Strauss. Cyrus Lak-dawala and Charles Van Buskirk were next with 3VS-3'6.

The highest-rated player, IM Jeremy Silman, was way off form and managed only 2W-4W. Mark Duckworth had 2-5. This is the second year that the SCCF has run an invitational state championship. Although the system of regional qualifying events has worked well for both players and organizers, the championship itself consumes a substantial portion of the SCCF's annual budget, and some SCCF board members doubt that the expense is worthwhile. This subject will be considered at the SCCF's annual meeting on Sept.

2, during the Southern California Open in Commerce. Ed Labate has closed Labate's Chess Centre, the Anaheim store with a huge selection of chess books and equipment. For most of the 1980s, Labate's Chess Centre was a chess landmark, hosting more than 100 Grand Prix tournaments and countless smaller events. After numerous clashes with local chess authorities, Labnte sued the U.S. Chess Federation, claiming that its actions hampered his business.

Although he received a settlement of $35,000, he considered the lawsuit a failure. His business never rebounded and, for the last year, Labate searched in vain for a buyer. He decided to put his inventory of 30,000 chess books in storage and devote himself to his burgeoning baseball-card business. Calvin Powell won thp 47-player Hughes Summer Swiss at the Hughes Chess Club, 8433 Fallbrook Ave. in Can-oga Park.

Class prize winners were Leonids Gaigals, Howard Zimmerman, Michael Keating, Beverly Woolsey and Gagik Balnkyan. The club plans two Thursday night tournaments, beginning Aug. 9. The eight highest-rated entrants will play a round-robin, and everyone else will compete in a Swiss-system event. For more information, call Herman Hess at (818) 346-5959 or John G.

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