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SD SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1990 B1 3 LOS ANGELES TIMES EJ 158 mm By JACK PETERS INTERNATIONAL MASTER CHESS a a a a a death; a msrnmm mckimn Offering the b-pawn, as the c-pawn becomes a target. Qc8 Now Black gets nothing for the pawn. Kavalek suggested 21 22Ra2Bc8 23Nb5Q(6 24Nxc7 RdO, although White should still win. 22 Nd4 Ba6 23 Qc3 c6 White threatened 24 b4, and 23 Qb7 24 Nac2 Qb6 25 b4 doesn't help. 24 dxc6 Bxd4 26 Qxd4 Qxc6 26 b4 Black is lost, but White must play carefully to prove it.

h6 27 Re3 Re6 28 f3 Rc8 29 Rb3 Bb6 30 Rb2 Qb7 31 Nc2l The Knight heads for d5 and 15. Qe7 32 Qf2 Rg6 33 No3 QeS 34 Rbb1 Bd7 36 RaBI Qe7 Black must retreat. If 35 Qd4, then 36 Nd5 Qe5 37 Ra7 Bxh3? 38' Ne7 Kh7 39 Nxg6 wraps it up. 36 Ra7 Qd8 37 NdB Kh7 38 Kh2 Rb8 39 f4 Rs6 Or 39 .15 40 Qc2 Rc8 41 Qd3 Ixe4 42 Qxc4. intending 43 Ne7.

40 Qd4 Qe8 41 Re1 Bc6 42 Qd3 Setting up 43 Nc7. The immediate 42 Nc77? Hxe4 lets Black off the hook. Qf8 43 Rc1 Bxd5 44 exd5 Rg6 46 Qf6 KgB 46 Rac7 Threatening 47 Rc8. Rf6 47 Qd7 Rd8 48 Qxd8 Qxd8 49 Rc8 Qf8 Similar is 49 Qxc8 50 Rxc8 Kh7, 51 Rc4 Rf5 52 Rd4. and the b-pawn queens.

60 R1c4 RfB 61 Rxf8 Kxf8 62 Rd4 h6 Or 52 Ke7 53 g4 Rf6 54 b5 Kd7 55 Rc4. 63 b6 Ka7 64 b6 Kd7 66 g4 hxg4 66 hxg4 Rf6 67 Rc4, Black Resigns. H800) 542-3431 msami la I 8liffUB Jtit 6 JLAMP 5 OliiLPL 4 JSI Hi hi abcdefgh OVER 100 YEARS OF UAMF MAM TRUST AND DEPENDABILITY iMDOAVCMCMTiw nm-BK- NB'IBaBV i PROFESSIONALS fti Moil Tiuittd Hunt Around Tbt Houu. MnllaMafiOHiH UBHMMHnMnHMHMnlV i mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Interesting is 12 Bxd4 13 Bxd4 Qxd4 14 Qxd4 Nxd4 15 hxg4 Nc2 16 Kd2 Nxal 17 Bd3. 13Rb1 Ro8 Setting the trap 14 Nxd4! 15 Bxd4 (or 15 Bd3 Nc2! 16 Bxc2 Bc3) Bxd4 16 Qxd4 Rc1 17 Kd2 Rd1! 18 Kxd1 Ba4, winning White's Queen.

14 Nf3 Na6 16 Bd3 Bs67l A time-wasting maneuver. Either 15 b6 or 15 Nc4! 16 Bxc4 Rxc4 17 Bc6 18 Rxa7 Bxe4 improves. 160-0 Bc47l Again, 16 Nc4 17 Bxc4 Bxc4 comes closer to equality. 17 Rfd1 bB 18 BgEI 06 Relying on 19 Bxe7 Qxe7 20 Qxa5 Bxd3 21 Rxd3 Qxe4. 19 Rbc1 Bxd3 Black drifts into trouble.

Probably 19 Re8 is best. 20 Rxc8 Qxc8 21 Qxd3 Weak. More' active is 2 1 Nc4 23 Qxe7 Qxe7 24 Bxe7 Re8 is line for Black. White keeps an edge with 22 Rd, as 22 h6 23 BI4 Rc8 allows 24 Rxc8 Qxc8 25 Qa3 Qc3 26 Qxc3 Bxc3 27 Bxh6. 22 Rc1 Qb7 23 d6 Creating an outpost at c6.

Nc4 24 Nd2l Nxd2 2E Bxd2 Rc8 26 Rc6l Gaining control of the c-file, a winning advantage. The tactical justification is 26 Rxc6 27 dxc6 Qxc6 28 Qd8 Bf8 29 Bh6, mating. Be6 27 Bc3 Bb8 28 Qd4 16 29 Ba6 Bd6 30 Qc3 Rs8 Black is lost. An unusually listless game by Kasparov. 31 a3 Kg7 32 g3 Be6 33 QcB hS 34 Bc7 Ba1 36 Bf4 Qd7 36 Rc7 Qd8 37 d6 g6 38 d7 Rf8 39 Bd2 Be6 40 Rb7.

Black Resigns. The finish could be 40 Bd6 41 0x6 Bxa3 42 Be3, winning a Rook lor the d-pawn. GM Kasparov (U.S.S.R.) GM Karpov (U.S.S.R.) 18, World Championship. Lyon 1990: 1 4 06 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb6 s6 4 Ba4 Nf6 6 0-0 Ba7 6 Ro1 bB 7 Bb3 d6 8 c3 0-0 9 h3 Nd7 Karpov's latest defense to the Ruy Lopez. 10d4Bf6 11 a4 Bb7 12 No3 exd4 13 cxd4 Nb6 Varying from Game 12, when Black tried 13 Na5 14 Ba2 b4 15 Nc4 Nxc4 16 Bxc4 Re8 17 Qb3 Rxe4.

14 Bf4 bxa4 16 Bxa4 Nxa4 16 Qxa4a6 Planning Nc6-b4. 1 7 Bd2 Re87l Karpov was still following his faulty home analysis. He must regroup with 17 d5 18 05 Be7 18 d6 Nb4 19 Bxb4 Simple and strong. Not so clear is 19 Nc4 c5. axb4 20 Qxb4 Rb8 21 Qc4l LAST SALE OF THE YEAR ENCLOSURE 152511 OFFER EXTENDED 2ltWA WTrfcteigg Dec.

16, 1990 Position "5093: Black to play and win. From the game Dekker Pellant. American Open, Los Angeles 1984. Solution to Position 5092: White wins by either 1 Rxg6 fxg6 2 Ne7 Rxe7 3 Rxf8 mate or 1 Ne7 Rxe7 2 Rxg6 fxg6 3 Rxf8 mate. TIM PELLANT DIES Tim Pellant of Alhambra died Dec.

4 of complications of cystic fibrosis, one day after his 25th birthday. Tim was a player with an aggressive, crowd-pleasing style, one who never chose a safe continuation when bold moves were available. He will be missed. Tim crammed some significant accomplishments into his brief chess career. He became a master at age 17.

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Tim illness was congenital, and he rarely discussed it with his chess friends. His death was caused by an infection that his body's defenses, weakened by a double-lung transplant in November, could not repel. There will be a memorial service at looo the Music Hall of Cal State L.A. on Dec, 17, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Chess players who knew Tim are invited to attend, INTERNATIONAL NEWS Gary Kasparov inched closer to victo ry in his world championship match against Anatoly Karpov in Lyon, France.

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Taylor, U.S. Open, Pasadena 1983: 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 Nc3 3 d4. cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 6 Nc3 d6 6 f4 g6 7 Nxc6 The Levenfish, or Anti-Dragon, Attack, an uncompromising variation of the Sicilian Defense. bxc6 8 e5 Nd7 9 exd6 exd6 10 Be3 Qe7 1 1 Qf3 The books recommend 11 Qd4 Bg7 12 Qxg7 Qxe3 13 Bo2. Bg7 12 0 0 0 0-0 13 Bd4 Nf6l7 Inviting 14 Qxc6 Bg4, with some compensation.

14 Bd3 d5 15 h3 c5 Unappealing is 15 Be6 16 15. 16 Rhe1 Be6 17 Be6 d4 Fearing f4-f5. Black goes for broke. 18 Ne4 c4 19 Bf1 c3 20 Bxd4 Nxe4 21 Bxg7 Kxg7 22 Rxq4 cxb2 23 Kbl The b-pawn provides shelter. Rfc8 24 Qe3 Qc7 25 Bd3 There's more hope in 25 Qa5 26 Qd4 Kg8 27 Qa4 Qc5.

26 Ra4I Preventing Qc7-a5. aB 27 fBI gxfS 28 Qg6 Kf8 29 g4 fxg4 30 Bxh7 Qc3 Black might as well grab with 30 gxh3 31 hxg4 Qg7 32 Qh4 f6 33 Rf1 Ke7 34 Bf5 Exposing Black's King. BxfS 35gxf6Rc536Re1Kf8 0r36. Kd6 37 Qd4 Kc6 38 Re6 Kb5 39 mating. 37 Rg4 Rb4 38 Qh61 Qxg4 39 Ro8 Kg7 40 Qh8 Kf7 41 Qf8 mate.

GM Karpov (U.S.S.R.) GM Kasparov (U.S.S.R.) 17, World Championship, Lyon 1990: 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nc3 d5 4 cxdB Nxd5 6 e4 The Exchange variation against the Grunfeld Defense. Nxc3 6 bxc3 Bg7 7 Be3 cS 8 Qd2 0-0 In Game 9, Kasparov did not manage to equalize with 8 cxd4 9 cxd4 Nc6 10 Rd 1 Qa5. 9 Nf 3 Black got a good position in Game 13 after 9 Rc1 Qa5 10 Nf3 e6 1 1 d5 exd5 12 exd5 Re8, but 1 1 Bh6, as played in Game 15, favored White. Bg4 10Ng5l? To meet 10 h6 with 1 1 h3, as 1 1 Bh5 12 Nxf7! Rxf7 13 g4 wrecks Black's Kingside. cxd4 11 cxd4 Nc6 12 h3 Bd7 F.

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