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IDS AV.I.I.I.S IIMIS (c Sunday. 9. vm B13 ORANGE COUNTY By JACK PETERS INTERNATIONAL MASTER CHESS SAND: Lending Hand to Charity DONATE YOUR CAR (Trucks, vans, motorhomes boals, loo!) Take advantage ol a Tax Wrile-Off! We Will Pick-Up Your Car -Running or Not! mm 7 mm 5 a Haas 4 mtm 3 13 2 mm CALL (714) 964-4989 a September 9, 1990 Position "5079: White to play and win From the game Christiansen Bonin. Hicksville. New York 1990 Solution to Position 5078: Black comes out a piece ahead by 1 Bxf2" 2 Kxf2 RxM3 KxM Ne3 4 Kel Nxg4 exd4 26 Bxf5 gxf5 27 Nxd-H Bxd4 28 Bo3 However.

Black meets 24 Rdl strongly by 24 Qh4 or by 24 QfG 25 Bxf5 (not 25 Nb4? Nd4 26 cxd4 Qxf2) gxf5 26 NM d4 d4l 25 cxd4 Or 25 Bx(5 gxf5 26 cxd4 f4i, and White gets burred exd4 26 Bxf5 dxe3l Avoiding 26 gxf5? 27 Nxd4 Bxd4 28 Rdl 27 Bg4 exf2 Despite lime trouble. Black finds the clearest path to victory The tempting 27 h5 28 Be2 Qd2 is foiled by 29 Ixe3' Qxe2 30 Rx(8 Bxf8 3 1 Qc3 Kh7 32 Qxc6 28 Rxf2 Rxf2 29 Kxf2 Qh4I 30 Qg3 Certainly not 30 Kgl? because 30 Bd4' 31 Khl Qf2 mates And 30 Kf 1 lets Black snatch a pawn by 30 Qxh2 Qf631 Kgl Qxb2 32 Nel Worse are 32 Qc7 Qc1 and 32 Qf2? Qc1 33 Qf 1 Qxc2 Bd4 33 Khl Qf2 Forcing a simple endgame 34 Qxf2 Bxf2 35 Nc2 Kg7 White can do nothing against the advance of Black's King 36 Be2 Kf6 37 g377 e3. White Resigns. IM Peters Longren, Southern California Open, Commerce 1990: 1 4 c5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 06 6 Nc3 a6 The reliable Taimanov Sicilian. 6 Be3 Nf6 7 Bd3 d6 Transposing to a Schevenin-gen formation Black can also try 7 Qc7 and 7 Bb4 8 f4 Qc7 9 Qf3 Bd7 10 0-0-0 Inviting 10 Nxd4 11 Bxd4 e5? 12 fxe5 dxe5 13 Qg3 or 12 Bg4 13 Qg3 Bxdl 14 ex(6 Be7 11 Rhgl 0-0? Suicidal.

Much stronger is 1 1 h5 12 h3 h4, followed by Queenside castling. 12 g4 White will overwhelm Black on the Kmgside. The first threat is 13 g5 Ne8 14 Qh5. taking aim at h7. Nxd4 Perhaps 12 g6 13 g5 Nh5 is toughest.

13 Bxd4 Logical, but inadequate. Against 13 Bc6 14g5Nd7. I considered 15 exd5 16 exd5, when 16 Bb5? allows mate by 17 Bxh7I Kxh7 18 Qh5 Kg8 19 Bxg7! Kxg7 20 Qh6 Kg8 21 g6. 14 g5! exd4 Forced, as 14 Ng4 15 Nd5 Qd8 16 Bb6 loses at once 16 gxf6 Bxf6 Or 15 dxc3 16 Rxg7 Kh8 17 Rxh7 Kxh7 18 Qh5, mating. 16 NdB QdB 17 e5l dxo5 Black still has no choice.

If 17 Bh4, then 18 Bxh7 Kxh7 19 Qh5 Kg8 20 Rxg7 Kxg7 21 Rg1 soon mates 18 Bxh7I Kxh7 19 Qh5 Kg8 20fxe5 Bxo5 No better are 20 Bc7 21 Rxg7and20- Bg4 21 Nxf6! Qxl6 22 Rxg4 Qe6 23 Rdgl g6 24 Rh4. 21 QxeB f6 22 No7 Kf7 23 Qd5 Easiest, as 23 Ke8 24 Rdel wraps it up. BoG 24 Rxg7I Kxg7 25 Qxo6, Black Resigns. Continued from cheerleaders looked on. teams of amateur sand sculptors hunkered down to turn blocks of sand into towering castles, detailed sculptures and free-form objects.

By the end of the day, neither the gas company nor Disneyland took home the trophy for best sculpture. Despite Disneyland's dazzling sculpture of characters from the motion picture "The Little Mermaid," the top honor went to the the nonprofit organization Sand Sculpture Coalition for its rendering of "Hobbit" creatures. "It was darling," said United Way spokeswoman Dena Montiel. Honors for the best sandcastle went to Chevron USA, whose fortress was surrounded by a mermaid-eating dragon. A special award went to Pacific Mutual for its sculpture of a homeless man and his dog lying in the street.

The free-form first-place award went to Kevin Chung and Friends for their creation called "Waves." The best first-time entry went to Texaco for its carving of seals on the beach. The award for the most team spirit went to Lucky Market I'or a sculpture called "At the Hop." And the most humorous award went to Unocal for a sculpture called "Conserve Water, Bathe with a Friend," in which a boy taking a bath is horrified to discover an alligator swimming in the tub. "Last year we did an offshore oil rig," said Unocal employee Marie September Quads will be held at the same site on Sept. 1 5 only. For information, call Lou Foch at (213) 434-3736.

Antelope Valley Chess will run a five-round tournament on Sept. 15 at Nancy Cory Elementary School, 3540 W. Avenue K-4 in Lancaster. Anyone under age 13 may enter. For more information, call Daa VanDerslice at (619) 762-6279 or Matt Mahowald at (805) 275-5306.

Calvin Powell won the Late Summer tournament at the Santa Monica Bay Chess Club, scoring 6-1. Ofer Nadler, Ben Nethercot, and Simon Kogan were next at 5W-1Vi. There were eight masters in the field of 54 players. The next SMBCC tournament, a seven-rounder on Monday evenings, begins Sept. 10 in the Senior Citizens Recreation Center, 1450 Ocean Ave.

in Santa Monica. For information, call Randy Hough at (818) 282-7412 or Ben Nethercot at (213) 455-1704. The 43-player Arcadia Summer Swiss was won by Robert Goldberg, Top Class Albert Tom had 5-1. Ronald Livaudais, Hue Loo, Jeff Schroe-der, and David Tom shared the prize, Reilly Moss and Lyle Weideman split the prize, Higinio Garcia was top "D-E," and Lee Chuan was best unrated. The Arcadia Chess Club, which meets to 1 1 p.m.

Mondays in tho Senior Citizens Building, 405 S. Santa Anita Ave. in Arcadia, will host the Istvanyi Memorial, a six-round tournament, on Mondays beginning Sept. 10. Call Fred Brock at (818) 331-1638.

The Ventura County Chess Club, which meets p.m. Tuesdays in the Financial Plaza Hilton in Oxnard, has begun Chess for Relaxation, a five-round tournament. Late entrants are welcome. For information, call Irv Besen at (805) 644-5050. TODAY'S GAMES Hughes IM Silman, Southern California Open, Commerce 1990: 1 o4 c5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 o5 5 Nb5 d6 Silman.

who is writing book on this opening, calls it the "Improved Sveshnikov." Presented by and to benefit the LAGUNA ART MUSEUM Appraisers from Bulierficld ButtefdeiO will be ai the Lagunn Aft Museum on Monday. September 10. 1990 between 10:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m.

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Perhaps tournament attendance has rebounded from its yearlong slump. The new state champion is IM Igor Ivanov of San Pedro. Ivanov edged IM's Doug Root and Jack Peters on tiebreak. Each scored Ivanov and Root won their first five games, then drew a quick gamo in the final round, while Peters drew in the first round, then won his last five. The decisivo game of the tournament was Ivanov's fifth-round win over top-rated IM Jeremy Silman.

Next at 6-1 were Burt Izumikawa, Paul Koploy, Mike Szlovak, and top un-dor-2300's Steven Ross and Nicholas Schoonmaker. Jose Casillas, Richard Mattern, and Peter Walsh scored 4V4-1 V4 to share under-2200 honors, while Tracy Gray and Colette McGruder split the undor-2000 prize with 3V4-2V4 scores. The Santa Monica Bay Chess Club won a plaque for having the best total score by four club members. Tom Jarrell, Jeremy Martin, and William Waddoll tied for first at 5V4-V4 in tho Reserve (under 1800) section. Ten-year old Jonathan Goldfarb took the prize with a fine 5-1 score.

Daniel Castro and Julio Ramirez tied for top under-1400, and Philip Nabours was best unrated. Kon Su Shim won all four games to win the Booster Open. Hal Fairchild and Tim Ottman were next at 3-1. LOCAL NEWS Nixon. That didn go over at all.

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No7 Threatening to exchange his backward d-pawn by 13 d5. 13 Bf3 Bb7 14 Ne3 g6l White has thwarted rJ6-d5, but Black will get counterplay by I7-I5. 15 0-0 Bg7 16 o4 Silman points out that 16 Qd3 f5 17 Rdl? loses to 17 d5l 18 exd5 e4. fBI? Bold. Black can prepare this thrust with 16 bxa4 17 Qxa4 Kh8 17 oxbB After 17ex(5e4 18Be2gxl5 19axb5 (4, Black's pawn roller will shatter White's Kmgside.

oxb5 Not caring lor 17 1Sbxa6exf3 19 Qb3 Kh8 20 Qxb7. 18 Rxa8 Bxo8 19 Qb37 Critical is 19 exf5 e4 20 Be2 gxf5 21 hoping for Ne3-c2 and Bc1-e3-d4. Kh8 20 QxbS7l The ugly 20 exf 5 Bxf3 2 1 gxf3 gx(5 22 Nd5 may survive. fxo4 21 Bg4 Bc6 Stopping 22 Qd7. 22 Qb3 d5 23 Nc2 Nf5 24 Bo3? Provoking an avalanche of pawns.

Instead. 24 Rdl sets the trap 24 d4? 25 cxd4 Day and Evening Classes Financial and Job Placement Assistance Available Eight-Month and One-Year Programs Call Today (714) 529-1055 Classes Begin October 25, 1990 Southern California College of Business and Law 595 West Lambert Road, Brea, CA 92621 The Southern California Senior Chess Championship, a four-round tournament open to players over age 50, takes place Sept. 15-16 at the Senior Center, 115E. 4th St. in Long Beach.

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