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los i im i SUNDAY, MAY 11. t'WO B3 METRO NEWS By JACK PETERS INTERNATIONAL MASTER CHESS resident Hlso Carrington. "It really is a shock to think such a violent crime could be committed in an area you think is so safe." Another cab driver murder occurred in October, less than two miles away near Mulholland Drive. In that incident, Mohsen Ghascmi, ,30, a driver for Independent Cab Co. of West Los Angeles was shot to death in a robbery.

Ghasemi's death brought to 27 the number of Los Angeles cab driver deaths in the last 20 years, city officials said at the time. Later statistics were unavailable. a a abcdetgh nOltlSVAItO LosAniiolosTilllOM Police rope off Hidden Valley Road where cab driver was found slain. SLAYING: Taxi Driver Fatally Shot Continued from Bl The suspect was first seen at 8 a.m. Saturday on the corner of Gregory Way and Pock Drive, south of Wilshire Boulevard Beverly Hills.

He was wearing white pants with a five-inch smear of blood on them and a dark leather jacket spotted with blood, Osti said. A passcr-by called local police when Gull asked for an ambulance, Beverly Hills Police Bill Lemke said. After Guil was examined at Century City Hospital and no injuries were found, Beverly Hills officers, who had overheard police radio exchanges about the cab driver's death, wondered if Guil might have been involved. They contacted Los Angeles police and turned Guil over to them. Hall said Guil admitted shooting the cab driver during questioning by Los Angeles homicide detectives.

Whittenberg's death upset employees of Yellow Cab of Culver City, which has never had a driver killed during his 30 years of management, Chunti5 said. "This really comes as a shock," he said. "We've had a couple of guys hit on the head and that's about it." cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 e5 The Peliknn ot Svoshnikov Sicilian. 6 NdbS 46 7 Bg5 nG 8 Na3 b5 9 Bxf6 gxf6 Black accepts a mangled pawn structure in return for active piece play 10 Nd5 Bg7 1 1 c3 15 12 0xf5 Bxf5 13 IMc2 BoG 14 Nce3 Ne7 White has had success with 14 0-0 15 restraining f15. 15 g3 Nxd5 16 NxdS 0-0 17 Bg2 a6 18 0-0 Rb8 19 QhSI? Earlier games indicate that 19 Qo2 Kh8 20 Radl 15 oflors Black equal chances.

Kh8 20 Rad1 fB 22 Rd2 Qd7 22 Rfd1 Qf7 23 Qh4 Whito intonds 24 o3, 2B 14, and 26 Ne3, applying prossuro to Black's shaky centor. e4 Tho othor try is 23 f'l 24 Bo4 Bfb, hoping to use tho f-file. 24 Nf4 Ba6 Alter 24 Bxn2 2b Rxd6. White Ihroalons 26 Ng6 and 26 Rd. 25 Rxd6l White must koop tho initiative.

Instead, 25 a3? Bb3 26 Re I b4 lets Black take charge. Bxd6 Forced, as 25 Bxl4? 26 Qxl'l Bxa2 2 Rd QfG 28 Qc tios Black up. 26 Rxd6 Rfe8 If 26 Bxa2 2 Ng6 KgB 28 Nxf8 Rxf8 29 Qgb Kh8 30 Qf4, White controls most ol tho dark squaros. 27 g4 Monacing g4-gb-g6. b4l? 28 cxb4 Rbc8 A wild counteratlack.

Wiiito welcomes 28 Ixgl 29 Bxo4. 29 h3 fxg4 30 Qg5 Now30Bxe4? Rcl31 Kg2 BIB is far from clear. gxh3? Correct is 30 Bxa2, whon Black moots 31 hxg4 axb4 32 Ng6? hxg6 33 Rxg6 with 33 Ro6. 31 Qe5 Kg8 32 Qg5 Kh8 33 Qe6 Kg8 34 Bxo4 Winning. Bxa2 Too late! 35 Qg5 Qg7 White simplifies to a winning endgame by 35 Kh8 36 NgGl hxg6 37 Rxg6 h2 38 Kh I Ro6 39 Qh6 Qh 40 Qxh Kxh 4 1 Rxo6 or by 36 Kg8 3 No Kh8 38 Nxc8 Rxc8 39 Rd8.

36 Bxh7I Calculating 36 Kxh 3 RgG! Re 38 Kh2l. threatening 39 Qh4 Kg8 40 Qxo. Kh8 37 Bg6 Ro5 38 Qh4 Kg8 39 Kh2 Black's King cannot escapo the swarm of White pieces. Qe7 40 Bh7 Kf7 41 Bg6 Kg8 42 Rf6 Kg7 43 BfBI, Black Resigns. May 27, 1990 Position f5064: Whito to piny nnd win.

From tlto gnmo Tnnimn, Doha 1990 Solution to Position 15063: Blnck wins with 1 lib (throntoning 2 Ql I ninto) 2 Nxg5 Qxl2l, thronloning 3 Qg2 '1 KIM Qxh2 malo If 3 QxISt lor 3 Nxl3 Ql I mnlo) Nxllj 4 BxoB, (lion 'I 0g2 5 KM 2 0x16 Kg8 HI) I HQ fl 11x11 Qxll will pick up tho Bishop, loo Boy, 9, Critical After Drive-By Shooting A 9-year-okl boy was in critical condition Saturday after a shot fired from a passing car struck him in the head as he bounced a ball near his South -Central Los Angeles home, authorities said. The boy, whose name was not released, was shot at 7: IS p.m. Friday as he stood on the sidewalk in front of an apartment complex at Wadsworth Avenue and 32nd Street, police Sgt. Pat FincUcy said. He said the boy was in critical condition at County-USC Medical Center.

A motive for the shooting was unknown and there were no suspects, Pindloy said. "It's pretty tragic when kids can't even stand in front of their home and play without someone driving by and blowing them down," Findlcy said. "It's insane." A quiet, single man, Whitten-berg was known as a dedicated chess player. He also spent time caring for his father, Jack Whit-tenberg, also a Mar Vista resident, Chuntz said. Whittenberg was considered a well-seasoned professional, having been a driver for more than 10 years for various Los Angeles-area cab companies, Chuntz said.

He had returned three weeks ago to the Culver City company after a year's absence. "He liked to work late at night, oven though it's a little dangerous out there that time of night," Chuntz said. Because the company's 50 drivers answer calls in West Los Angeles, with many from regular customers, Chuntz said he considered it a safer job than driving for companies in inner-city urban areas. But with Whittenberg's death, Chuntz said he may rethink company procedures. The shooting also upset residents of Hidden Valley, where tho body was found.

The area, formerly owned by actress Myrna Loy, is home for a half-dozen Hollywood actors. "People live up here for the privacy, away from harm's way, and now harm's way is here," said one resident, who declined to give his name. "Hidden Valley has been very tranquil up to now," said 35-year BE HERE EARLY FOR BEST SELECTION ATTENTION! HOTEL-MOTEL OWNER-OPERATORS, BUILDING CONTRACTORS, NURSING HOMES, SPECIAL CONSIDERATION GIVEN TO QUANTITY BUYERS. FREE LAYAWAY FREE STORAGE CLOSED TC THE PUBLIC HURS. NATIONAL NEWS Nick cie Firmian and Tony Miles have qualified for the Men's Interzonal tournament, one of the steps leading to the world championship.

The Mechanics Institute Chess Club in San Francisco hosted a three-way playoff between de Firmian, Miles and Joel Benjamin, who had tied for fifth place in the 1989 U.S. Championship in Long Beach. Miles scored 2'h-Vi, de Firmian 2-2, and Benjamin 1Mf-2W in the double round-robin match. Seven players will represent the United States in the Mon's Interzonal, scheduled June 27-July 15 in Baguio City in the Philippines. Yasser Seirawan and Boris Gulko are seeded because of their exceptionally high ratings; Roman Dzindzichashvili, Stuart Rachels, de Firmian and Miles qualify from their U.S.

Championship results, and 15-year-old Gata Kamsky will receive a special invitation from an official of the World Chess Federation. By the way, Kamsky's new U.S. Chess Federation rating is 2780, the highest in the country. Seirawan is second at 2733. Two 20-player Women's Interzonals begin next month.

Sharon Burtman of Massachusetts will go to the Soviet Union for a tournament starting June 4. Current U.S. Women's champion Alexey Root of Los Angeles and former champion Anna Akhsharumova of Massachusetts will compete in Malaysia, beginning June 30. LOCAL NEWS Tho La Habra Chess Club, which meets Friday evenings in the Assembly Hall, Orange at Erna in La Habra, will host tho Juniper Joust, a six-round tournament on Fridays, beginning June 1. For information, call Jerry Schain at (213) 691-2393 or Bob Goulet at 1213) 947-6739.

The 10th annual Region chess tournament, sponsored by the Los Angeles Unified School District, takes place June 2 at Stevenson Junior High, 725 S. Indiana St. in Los Angeles. There will be a team tournament for students in Region and an individual tournament for students from other areas. For information, call Efrain Melenclez at (213) 625-6134.

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White can attack Black's King. Qd5 If IB lxo3 19 Bxo3 Oxb2, Ihon 20 llrjbt Kc 2 1 BIG QbS 22 Qf4 wins quickly. 1 9 Bd2 IMe5 20 0.16 Kc7 21 Rc1 Black Resigns. The only decisive game of tho playoff GM Lputian (U.S.S.R.) GM Geller (U.S.S.R.), New York Open, Now York City 1990: 1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Be7 4 Nf3 Nf6 5 Bf4 A quiet variation of tho Queen's Gambit. Sharper is Bg5.

0-0 6 e3 c5 7 dxc5 Bxc5 8 cxd5 Nxd5 9 Nxd5 oxd5 10a3 Nc6 11 Bd3Bb612 0-0Bg4 Logical Instead. 12 dl 13 Ngb lets wiiilo attack 13 h3 Bh5 14 b4 Re8 15 Rc1 a5? Better is lb aG, as Gellor played against Spoolmnn in London, 1982. 16 g4l Inaccurate is IG bft'l Nob 1 Bxe5 with nqualily Bg6 1 7 Bxg6 hxg6 18 b5 Na7 19 Qd3 Qd7 20 Rfdll Perhaps Hnlloi expected 20 n'l Ite'l Rad8 Not 20 QxblW 2 1 QxljB NxbB, as 22 Rvdol Ma (22 Nxa3 loses to 23 Rd3 NbS 2'l 23 lib I RoG '2't Rd ties Black in knots 21 Bg5 16 22 Qxg6l Qe6 Avoiding 22 IxqB 23 QxbG Nxbb because 2'1 a'l! Hi: Oxa'l 2G QgG Qxdl 2 Kh2 I 28 Nd'l males 23 Bf4 Nxb5 24 Rbl rim rolulation Nc3 2S Rxb6l Qxb6 26 Ng5INe2ll2G Ixgii 2 QxbG Nxrl tlinn 28 BnlSl mrnatons 28 Qc, and 28 Hd loses to 29 Bd'l anil 30 Qui 27 Kh1 Nxf4 28 Qh7 Kf8 29 Qh8 Ke7 30 Qxg7Kd6 31 Nf7fKe6 The sturdier 31 Kc 32 Nxrl8 Kl)8 33 exM 8xd8 3'l Qo won't save Blnck eithor 32 exf4l Keerng 32 Rd' 33 Rolf Qxf2 33 f5 1- Kd7 34 Ne5t- Kc8 Or 3'1 KdG 35 (Mill- Kc 3G QI Kl)8 (3G KdG 3 IKclb mate) 3 RI)H b(i 38 Nd Kc (38 Rxrl 39 Qxc8f Kc '10 8c I KdG 'I I Deli m.ito) 39 Ncbt- KcG (similar is 39 Kill! 40 QIGl- Kxcb 'I I QxbG) 40 Qb KdG 4 1 QxlG Ko 42 Q.il- KI8 43 Ni)U. wiiminil Black Queen 35 Rbl I b6? Black holds out Ioibjdi with 3b Qn 3G NcG Q.ili, althoinjii 3 Nxrl8 KxilB 38 ltd QI)G 01 should win 36 Rc1 I- Kb8 37 Nc6K Black Resigns. GM Gellor (U.S.S.R.) GM Fedorow-icz (U.S.A.), New York Open, New York City 1990: 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4 M3 EA.

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