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SUNDAY, DEC1-MI1EK 23, 1990 B3 METRO NEWS CHESS By JACK PETERS INTERNATIONAL MASTER Santa a Tourist Attraction at Farmers Market i.os times 6 'Wf 5 II IS Si 4 1111 si asal 2 mim iiiilUI abcdefgh By BOB POOL n.n:.s si'ait whi Surrounded by crowds of excited teen-agers and exploding flashbulbs, I experienced Los Angeles' latest tourist attraction the other day in the Fairfax District. Me. Well, not me, exactly. Santa Claus was the focus of attention from Japanese visitors who piled by the busload into Farmers Market. That is where I was on rent-a-Santa duty to dispense candy canes and Christmas cheer.

Most of the visitors were young. And most pulled cameras from their pockets and purses and rushed me when they spied Santa strolling among the outdoor shopping center's famous food and fruit stands. Bach wanted a picture taken standing next to Santa No Ojisan that jolly old man in the red suit. "Santa Claus is very famous in Japan," said tour guide Ken Kanazawa. "He's in many movies and on TV." The visitors explained that Christmas is known as seinaru hi Rxo3 Rxe3 26 Ixe3 gxl6 27 Qc2 Qc 28 Bxl6Kg8 29Qg6Bg30Ng4.

or 24 Rxe3 25 Rxe3 NxlG (25 gxl6 26 Rg3, threatening 27 Qg4l 26 Qc2 Qc7 27 Ng4, gives White overwhelming pressure. 24 Rg3 Deep Thought, the world's best chess computer, preferred 24 Qh5. Kasparov's choice appears quite sufficient, as all of his pieces contribute to the attack. Re6 25 Ng4 Qo8 26 NxhBI? White calculates 26 Rxh6 27 Nxd6 Qd7 28 NI5 Rh7 29 Nxg7! Bxg7 30 Bxg7 Qxg7 (or 30 Rxg7 3 1 Qh5 Rh7 32 Bxh7 NI6 33 Qe5) 3 1 Rxg7 Kxg7 (as 31 Bxg7 gets mated by 32 Qh5 Kg8 33 Re8) 32 Bxh7 Kxh7 33 Qhb Kg7 34 Re6, with a quick mate. However, both 27 Qh5 28 Qxh5 Rxh5 29 Nxb7 Rb8 and 27 Qxe1 28 Qxe1 Rxd6 keep the outcome unclear.

c3 27 Nf 5 cxb2 28 Qg4 Bc8 Short of time, and facing a multitude of threats, Karpov cannot (ind a defense. Not 28 N(6 because of 29 Nxl6! Rxe1 30 Kh2, mating. 29 Qh4 Rh6 Similar is 29 Kg8 30 Nh6 Rxh6 31Qxh6. If 30. Kh8.

then 31 NI7Kg8 32 Nog5! forces mate. 30 Nxh6 gxh6 31 Kh2 Threatening 32 NI6 Qxe1 33 Rg8 male. Qe6 32 Ng51 Ctf6 Or 32 Qxe 1 33 NI7 mate. 33 Re8 Bf6 As good as any. 34 Qxh6I Qxh6 36 Nf7 Kh7 36 Bxf 6 Qg6 37 Bxg6 Kg7 38 Rxa8 Be7 39 Rb8 aS 40 Be4 Kxf7 41 Bxd5.

Black Resigns. GM Seirawan (U.S.A.) GM Timman (Holland) 6, KRO Match. Hilversum 1990: 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nf3 b6 4 Nc3 Bb4 Black adds a touch of Nimzo-lndi-an to the Queen's Indian Defense. 5 Qb3 c5 Alternatives are 5 Qe7. 6 a3 Ba5 7 Bg5 Nc67 This natural move unexpectedly lands Black in deep trouble.

He can reach a nearly even endgame with 7 cxd4 8 Nxd4 Bxc3 9 Qxc3 Ne4 10 11 Qxg7 Qxg5 seems line lor Black) Nxc3 1 1 Bh4 Ne4 12 e3 g5, and both 7 Bb7 and 7 h6 are reasonable, too. 8 0-0-0 Not 8 d5 Nd4, but now 9 d5 is a real threat. Bxc3 Expecting 9 Qxc3 Ne4. It's too late for 8 cxd4, as either 9 Nb5 or 9 Ne4 creates threats while stranding the Bishop at a5. 9 d5l exd5 If Black tries to keep the center closed with 9 Na5 10 Qxc3 d6.

White replies 1 1 dxe6! Bxe6 12 e4. Even worse is the dark-square disaster 9 Bxb2 10 Qxb2 Na5 1 1 e4 h6 12 Bh4 g5 13 Nxg5. 10 cxdS Be611 dxc6Qe712cxd7Bxd713e3 Rd8 01 course, 13 0-0? loses a piece to 14 Nxe5 Qxe5 15 Bxf6. If 13 Bc7, simply 14 Bb5 Bxb5 15 Qxb5 is powerful. 14 Rxd7l Rxd7 White refutes 14 Kxd7 by 15 Bb5 Kc8 (or 15 Kc7 16 Nxe5 Qxe5 17 Bf4l 16 Ba6 Kd7 17 Nxe5 Qxe5 18 Qxf7 Kc6 19 Qb7 Kd6 20 BI4.

15 Bb5 Bd6 16 Rdl 0-0 17 Bxd7 Qxd7 18 Bf4 The new pin is fatal. c4 Or 18 Ne8 19 Qd5. 19 Qc2 Ne8 20 NgSI Spotting 20 g6 2 1 Ne4. Not so easy is 20 Qd2 c3. f6 21 Qxc4 KhB 22 Bxd6 Nxd6 23 Qd5 Rd8 Setting the trap 24 Qc8I 25 Kb1 Rxd6 26 Rxd6 Kg8.

Both 23. Qc724Kb1 Ne8 25Ne6and 23. Qc824Kb1 Ne4 25 Nf 7 cost the exchange. 24 Ne6 Qc8 Instead, 24 Rc8 25 Kb1 Rc6 loses to 26 Nd8. 25 Kb1 Rd7 26 Qxd6l, Black Resigns.

ALSEIB Los Angeles Timeb takes a photo of Santa Claus with, her mother and daughters. ALSEIB LosAngelesTlmes hugs Santa at Farmers Market. Vans and tour buses full of camera-wielding visitors were still pulling up when it came time for Santa to pull out. I changed out of my Santa suit and beard in market manager Sherif Barsoum's office before leaving. I hid the red suit in a bag.

As I walked out wearing jeans and a sweater, I rcflexively waved toward a new group of Japanese tourists flocking in from the parking lot. They ignored me. SECRET SANTA Our man at the mall Times staff writer Bob Pool is working this season as a shopping mall Santa. Here is one ol his occasional reports. in Japan a holy day in some parts of the world that is more of a fun day for Japanese.

The day is much the same for some locals who frequent the 56-year-old marketplace, near one of. Los Angeles' oldest Jewish neighborhoods. Many of the 20,000 or so who stop off at Farmers Market each day are more likely to celebrate Hanukkah than Christmas at home. For that reason, I was nervous when I was first told I was being sent on a four-hour Santa shift there even after officials of Western Temporary Services assured me that they often recruit Jewish Santas for seasonal work at shopping centers. But my worries evaporated two weeks ago while on a Santa assignment at a mall in Manhattan Beach.

That day, a group from Congregation Tifereth Jacob was conducting a menorah-lighting ceremony across the food court from my Santa stand. When it was over, the rabbi's children, 5-year-old Marissa Hyman and her brother, Jonathan, 8, shyly waved at me. Then they came over and wished me happy holidays and handed Dec. 23. 1990 Position 5094: Black to play and win.

From the game Kiwitter Koeller, West Germany 1990. Solution to Position "5093: Black wins with 1 Qf2! 2 Rxl2 Rxl2 3 Kg lor 3 Kel Rxg2, intending 4 Rgl mate) Rxe2 4 Khl Rxc2. Not convincing is 1 INTERNATIONAL NEWS Gary Kasparov almost clinched victory in his world championship match against Anatoly Karpov in Lyon, France, by winning the 20th game in spectacular style. After a hard-fought 86-move draw in Game 21, Kasparov leads the match, 1 1 V5-9'S. He needs only one draw to retain his title, Kasparov has often expressed contempt for Karpov's play and his personality.

On a few occasions during the match, though, Kasparov grudgingly praised Karpov's fighting spirit. After the 20th game, Kasparov went still further. "He saw that I wasn't going to take any risks," Kasparov said. "That's why he decided to fight today he's a great fighter. He doesn't care how much he loses by one point, two points he only wants to win the match." Lately the two rivals have resumed analyzing together after each session of play.

Yasser Seirawan of Seattle defeated Jan Timman of Holland in their KRO match in Hilversum, Holland. After losing Game 2, Seirawan won three straight games, taking an insurmountable lead in the six-game series. The match was the ninth in the annual series, sponsored by a Dutch radio company, which pits Timman, the best Dutch player, against foreign stars. LOCAL NEWS We will begin the new year with our annual list of local chess clubs. Club organizers should send me their club's name, address, meeting time, a brief list of club activities, dues, and the name and telephone number of someone who will answer calls from readers.

Holidays are Free, a five-round tournament in three sections, takes place Dec. 29-30 at the Long Beach Senior Center, 11 BO E. 4th St. in Long Beach. There is no entry fee.

Any player can enter the tournament at the site, free of charge. For more information, call Lou Foch at (213) 434-3736 or Ed Town-send at (7141 840-1439. Four-player teams may still enter the Southern California Chess Club League, which will begin its season in January. Regional weeknight matches will culminate in the championship final in May. If your club wants to join, call Richard Ka-sa at 1714) 492-6241.

TODAY'S GAMES GM Kasparov (U.S.S.R.) GM Karpov (U.S. S.R.I 120, World Championship, Lyon 1990: 1 o4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 0-0 Be7 6 Rel bS 7 Bb3 d6 8 c3 0-0 9 h3 Bb7 Abandoning 9 Nd7, Karpov returns to the Zaitsev system against the Ruy Lopez. 10 d4 Re8 11 Nbd2 Bf8 12 a4 h6 13 Bc2 exd4 14 cxd4Nb4 15Bb1 c5 Another method is 15 bxa4 16 Rxa4 a6 1 7 Ro3 Ra6. as in Game 2. 16 d5 Nd7 17 Ra3 fSI7 Needing a win, Karpov chooses the sharpest move.

In 1986, he relied on 17 c4 against Kasparov. 18 Rao3 Karpov nearly won Game 4, which varied with 18 exf5 Nf6 19 Ne4 Bxd5. Nf6 The first high-level test of this move, which Karpov suggested in his notes to Timman-Karpov 9, Kuala Lumpur 1990. That game continued 18 14 19 R3e2 Ne5 20 Nxl3 21 gx(3 Qh4 22 Nh2 Re5 23 Qd2 Qxh3 24 with wild play. 19 Nh2 White's idea is 19 Ixe4 20 Nxe4 Nbxd5 21 Nxl6 Nx(6 22 Rxe8 Nxo8 23 Qd3 Nf6 24 Ng4, trying to invade at h7.

Or, il 20 Nlxd5 21 Rg3 NI6. White attacks strongly with 22 Nxl6 Qxf6 23 Ng4 Kh8 20 b3 bxa4 21 bxa4 c4 Alter White's center collapses, a timely Nb4 d3 may squelch White's dream of using the b1-h7 diagonal. 22 Bb2 Black welcomes 22 Nxc4 fxe4. fxe47I Risky. Perhaps 22 Rc8 23 Bc3 a5 improves.

23 Nxe4 Nfxd5 II 23 Nbxd5, then 24 Nxl6! should win. For example, 24 Nxe3 25 Japanese tourist Kazue Ando me a tiny wooden dreidel a toy top that is a traditional symbol of Hanukkah. Farmers Market patrons treated Santa with the same kindness. Nora Handelman, Dorothy Levinson and Tillie Feinstein invited St. Nick to join them for coffee as they sat huddled against Thursday 's unusually chilly weather in front of a marketplace doughnut shop.

Feinstein grabbed the bottom of my beard and lifted it up. "I want to see who's underneath there," she exclaimed. Even the oldest of shoppers grinned when I stopped them to ask if they'd been good little girls or boys this year. They beamed when I reached into my candy cane bag to reward those who claimed to have been nice. I got a laugh when male shoppers happily confessed to being naughty.

"Maybe Santa should give you the whole bag," I told them. When a 65ish woman who said her name was Doris demanded to know what Santa was bringing her this year, I suggested she sit on my knee and discuss the matter. To my surprise, she agreed. "This is the first time in my life I've ever sat on Santa's lap," Doris said. Her wish list included a cure for AIDS, rain for Los Angeles "and a man for me." Tourists at Farmers Market had different requests for Santa, "Henley did not even know he was in a crash," Herek said.

"He stayed passed out through the whole thing." Immediately after he plowed into the house, Henley unconsciously kept applying pressure on the accelerator, causing the engine to rev at high speed, Herek said. The engine overheated and caught fire. The living room also caught fire, as did parts of the kitchen and garage, Herek said. The crash woke Henley's wife, Laura, who thought it was an earthquake, Herek said. Janice Scott, 5, of Los Angeles however.

Al Rolnick of Wilmette, 111., was wishing for warmer sunshine for his Southern California visit. He could have stayed home if he wanted to be cold at Christmastime, he indicated. But Robyn Ford of New Zealand was looking for snow. It's summertime in Auckland, where she lives. Her family was stopping off briefly in Los Angeles on its way to Colorado for a skiing vacation, she said.

Motorist's Troubles Began When He Arrived at Home caused $76,000 damage to their home, Herek said. No injuries were reported. Henley was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving. He denied that he was intoxicated and refused a breath test to determine if he exceeded the blood-alcohol limit of .08, Herek said. Henley was held at the Pico Rivera sheriff's station jail.

In the first 12 hours of the Christmas holiday weekend, at least 300 other drivers in Los Angeles County were arrested for allegedly driving while intoxicated, authorities said. "She said she started to roll over and go back to sleep," the sergeant added. But the unusual sound of water flowing through the living room caught her attention, Herek said. A water spigot had also fallen victim to the errant car and driver, and spewed into the house. Laura Henley got up to find the family car on fire inside her living room, and her husband still asleep behind the wheel, Herek said.

She woke her husband, their four young children, the children's grandmother and the family dog, and together they watched as fire By JOHN H. LEE TIMI-S STAFF WRI William Henley almost made it home safely Saturday. The 36-year-old Whittier motorist, who authorities said apparently had been drinking, pulled into his driveway about 6 a.m. and kept going. He missed the garage door, the front door and ended up in his living room.

Henley had just driven up to his home on Avoncroft Street, when he fell asleep, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff's Sgt. Michael Herek. Henley was not injured in the crash. 4 Victims of Train-Car Collision Identified The four victims killed in a collision Friday between a car and a train in Chatsworth were identified Saturday as Canoga Park High School students. The dead students, all residents of Canoga Park, were Troung Lam, 17; Quang Lam, 18; Long Nguyen, 16, and Vinh Vo, 17, Los Angeles County coroner's officials said.

A passenger train struck a car occupied by the youths Friday as the vehicle passed through a railroad crossing on Lassen Street, a block west of Canoga Avenue, police said. Witnesses said the car apparently was trying to beat the train to the crossing, and that the car's driver ignored flashing red lights and swerved around two cars that had stopped at the crossing. Troung Lam, Quang Lam and Nguyen were pronounced dead at the scene. Vo died Friday about 10 p.m. after surgery at Northridge Hospital Medical Center, the coroner's office said.

The impact of the crash threw the teen-agers from the car, which was smashed nearly beyond recognition, officials said. The train was loaded with passengers heading toward Northern California and Seattle for the Christmas holidays, officials said. JEPSOTM PLEASE KELP US AT CHRISTMAS tflJMJBI traditional home-cooked Christmas dinners with all the trimmings for the hungry and safe shelter for the homeless during this Christmas season. $15.70 will feed 10 hungry people $31.40 will feed 20 hungry people $62.80 will feed 40 hungry people $157 will feed 100 hungry people $1,020 will help feed and shelter 500 needy people Please help us feed the hungry and shelter the homeless during this Christmas season and throughout the year. Your gift will help the needy share in the joy of Christmas.

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