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LOS ANGELES TIMES SD SUNDAY. MAY 27, 1990 B7 By JACK PETERS INTERNATIONAL MASTER CHESS Mentally 111 Man Admits 2 Killings mp 2 28 NxlB Rxl8 29 Qg6 KhB 30 QM, White controls most ol tho dark squnros. 27 g4 Menacing g4-g5 g6. b4l? 28 cxb4 Rbc8 A wild counterattack. Whito wolconios 28 fxg4? 29 Bxo4.

29 h3 xg4 30 Qg5 Now30Bxe4? Rc131 Kg2 BfS is lar Irom clear. gxh37 Correct is 30 Bxa2. when Black meets 31 hxg4 axb4 32 Ng6? hxgS 33 Rxg6 with 33 Re6. 31 Qe5 Kg8 32 Qg5 Kh8 33 Qe5 Kg8 34 Bxo4 Winning. Bxa2 Too lato! 35 Qg5 Qg7 Whito simplifies to a winning endgame by 35 Kh8 36 Ng6! hxg6 37 Rxg6 h2 38 Khl! Re6 39 Qh6 Qh7 40 Qxh7 Kxh7 4l Rxo6 or by 36 Kg8 37 No 7 Kh8 38 Nxc8 Rxc8 39 RdB.

36 Bxh7I Calculating 36 Kxh7 37 Rg6! Fte7 38 Kh2l, threatening 39 Qh4 Kg8 40 Qxe7. 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 Black Resigns. abcdefgh May 27. 1990 Position 5064: White to play and win.

From tho gamo Battsotsog Tanima, Doha 1990. Solution to Position 5063: Black wins with 1 h5 (threatening 2 Qll mate) 2 Nxg5 threatening 3 Qg2 4 KlvlQxh2 mate K3QXI6 (or 3 Nxf3 Qf 1 mato) Nxf6 4 Bxo6, then 4 Qg2 5 Kh4 12 6 Bxl6 Kg8 I Rbl HQ 8 Rxll Qxtl will pick up the Bishop, too. Match, San Francisco 1990: 1 Nf3 c5 2 c4 Nc6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 A new idea against the English Opening. 5 Nc2 Also tempting is 5 Nb5. Qh4? Benjamin appears determined to break new ground in tho oponing.

6 Nc3! As 6 Qxc4 7 e4 Qo6 8 Nd5 Bd6 9 Bc4 gives White plenty ol 'compensation. Nf6 7 Nb5 Rb8 8 No7 Kd8 9 Nd5 Qxc4 Elso 5 Qh4 is completely absurd. 10 Nxf6 gxf6 11 e3 Qe6 12 Bd3f5 After 12 d5? 13 Bc4 No? 14 e4 or 13 Nb4 14 Nxb4 Bxb4 15 Kf 1. the d-pawn falls. 13 0-0Rg8 14 f4 Bd6 Possibly 14 o4 15 Bb5 Bg7 puts up more rosistanco.

15 Rf2 Threatening 16 Bxl5. Not 15 Bxf5? because 16 Oxf6 16 Qxd6 Qxc2 costs a pieco. exf4 16 BxfSI Qxf5 17 Qxd6 Qo5 18 Qh6l With Quoons on. White can attack Black's King. QdBlf 18 19Bxe3Qxb2.

then 20 Bg6 Kc7 2 1 Bf6 Qb5 22 QI4 wins quickly. 19 Bd2 Ne5 20 Of 6 Kc7 21 Rc1. Black Resigns. Tho only decisive game of the playoff. GM Lputian (U.S.S.R.) GM Galler (U.S.S.R.).

New York Open, New York City 1990: 1 d4 d5 2 c4 a6 3 Nc3 Be7 4 Nf3 Nf6 5 Bf4 A quiet variation of the Queen's Gambit. Sharpor is 5 Bg5. 0-0 6 e3 c5 7 dxc5 BxcS 8 cxd5 NxdS 9 NxdS exd510a3 Nc611 Bd3 Bb6 120-0 Bg4 Logical. Instead, 12 d4 13 Ng5 lets White attack 13 h3 Bh5 14 b4 ReB 15 Rc1 a57 Better is 15 a6, as Gellor played against Speelman in London, 1982. 16g4l Inaccurato is 16 Ne5 17 Bxe5 Bxl3, with equality.

Bg6 17 Bxg6 hxg6 18 b5 Na7 19 Qd3 Qd7 20 Rfdll Perhaps Gellor oxpected 20 at? Re4. Rad8 Not 20 Qxb5? 21 Qxb5 Nxb5. as 22 Rxd5! N.17I22. Nxo3? loses to 23 Rd3 Nb5 24 Rb3) 23 Rb 1 Re6 24 Rd7 tios Black in knots. 21 Bg5 f6 22 Qxg6l 0.06 Avoiding 22 23 Qxb6 Nxb5 because 24 a4! Mo3 25 Rc7 Qxa4 26 Og6 Qxdl 27 Kh2 Qal 28 Nd4 mates.

23 Bf4 Nxb6 24 Rbl The refutation. Nc3 25 Rxb6l Qxb6 26 Ng5INe2lf 26. fxgb 2 Qxb6 Nxdl. then 28 Bo5! threatens 29 Qc7, and 28. IW loses to 29 Bd4 and 30 Qbl.

27 Kh1 Nxf4 28 Qh7 Kf8 29 Qh8 Ko7 30 Qxg7 Kd6 31 Nf7 Ke6 The sturdier 31 Kc7 32 NxdBt Kb8 33 oxf4 Rxd8 34 Qo won't save Black oither. 32 exf4l Seoing 32 Rd7? 33 He1. Qxf2 33 f5 Kd7 34 Ne5 Kc8 Or 34 Kd6 36 0x16 Kc7 36 QI7 Kb8 (36 Kd6 37 Rxd5 mote) 37 Rbl! b6 38 Nd7 Kc7 (38 Rxd7 39 Qxe8 Kc7 40 Rc1 Kd6 41 Qo6 mate) 39 Nc5 Kc6 (similar is 39 Kd6 40 Qf6 Kxc5 41 Qxb6) 40 Qb7 Kd6 41 Qxb6 Ke7 42 Qa7 43 winning Black's Queen. 35 Rb1l b67 Black holds out longor with 35 Qa7 36 Nc6 Qo6. although 37 Nxd8 Kxd8 38 Rc1 Qb6 39 Of 7 should win.

36 Rc1 Kb8 37 Nc6, Black Resigns. GM Geller (U.S.S.R.) GM Fedorow-icz (U.S.A.), New York Open. New York City 1990: 1 04 c5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 e5 The Pelikan or Sveshnikov Sicilian. 6 NdbS d6 7 Bg5 a6 8 Na3 b5 9 Bxf6 gxf6 Black accepts a mangled pawn structure in return for activo piece play. 10 Nd5 Bg7 11 c3 f5 12 exfS BxfS 13 Nc2 Be6 14 Nco3 No7 White has had success with 14 0-0 15 restraining f7-l5.

15 g3 Nxd5 16 NxdS 0-0 17 Bg2 a6 18 0-0 Rb8 19 Qh5l? Earlier games indicate that 19 Qe2 Kh8 20 Rod1 f5 offers Black equal chances. Kh8 20 Radl f5 22 Rd2 Qd7 22 Rfdl Qf7 23 Qh4 White intends 24 a3, 25 f4, and 26 Ne3, applying pressure to Black's shaky center. e4 The other try is 23 f4 24 Be4 BfS. hoping to use the f-file. 24 Nf4 Bo6 After 24 Bxa2 25 Rxd6.

White threatens 26 Ng6 and 26 Rd7. 25 Rxd6l White must keep the Instead, 25 a3? Bb3 26 Ro1 b4 lots Black take charge. Bxd6 Forced, as 25 Bxf4? 26 Qxf4 Bxa2 27 Rd7 Qf6 28 Qc7 tios Black up. 28 Rxd6 Rfa8 If 26 Bxa2 27 Ng6 Kg8 Seven players will ropresent the United States in the Men'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 The La Habra Chess Club, which meets Friday evenings in the Assembly Hall, Orange at Erna in La Habra, will host the Juniper Joust, a six-round tournament on Fridays, beginning June 1. For information, call Jerry Schain at (213) 691-2393 or Bob Goulet at (213) 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 Melendez at (213) 625-6134.

TODAY'S GAMES GM Miles GM Benjamin. Playoff NATIONAL NEWS Now Showing Weekdays: 1 San rf Diego I I Movie 1 Guide in I 1 Calendar Section Cos Attflelee imee San Diego County Edition Nick de 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 de Firmian 2-2, and Benjamin 1 W-2W in the double round-robin match.

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1, 1988, slayings of Armando Torres, 18, of Los Angeles, and Jeren Beeks, 27, of La Crescenta. The unarmed security guards were shot to death at Universal's main gate, moments after Trupp had been turned away after asking to see Landon, who he believed to be a Nazi. Under terms of the agreement, Trupp pleaded guilty to two counts of murder in Los Angeles Superior Court because prosecutors wanted him to admit that he killed the two guards. But Judge Clarence A. Stromwall, at the request of prosecutors, accepted Trupp's original plea of not guilty by reason of insanity and committed him to an unspecified state mental hospital.

Trupp, who also is accused of killing three people in an Albuquerque, N.M., bagel shop two days before the slayings at Universal Studios, sat attentively in the courtroom, answering "guilty" twice when asked by Deputy Dist. Atty. Sterling E. Norris how he pleaded to the murder charges. Norris said after the hearing he was satisfied with the agreement and added that it was unlikely Trupp would ever be released from custody.

The plea bargain was necessary, Norris said, because convicting Trupp of the two murders would be unlikely. He has a long history of mental illness, and court-appointed psychiatrists who examined him after the shootings concluded he was insane. "In practical terms, we think he will never be released," Norris said. "It is the result we had to accept. We had three top psychiatrists who found he was insane." Several friends and members of the families of the two victims attended the hearing.

Some burst into tears when the names of the two victims were announced during the reading of the charges. Afterward, the families said they were basically pleased with the plea agreement as long as Trupp remains in custody. "I just hope they keep their side of the bargain and keep him in there for life," said Jaime Torres, Armando Torres' older brother. He said that whether Trupp was in a prison or a mental hospital did not matter, "as long as he is not allowed to hurt anyone else." The victim's tearful mother, Ninfa Torres, said: "I hope he never gets out because of the damage he has done to these families." Authorities in Albuquerque said Friday they had no immediate plans to proceed with a prosecution of Trupp for the three other murders. Michael Cox, head deputy in the Bernalillo County district attorney's office, said his office would "stand by" and be ready to prosecute Trupp if he is ever found sane and released in California.

Norris said that Trupp, who is under medication to control mental problems, will continue to receive psychiatric treatment and will be entitled to petition periodically for hearings on whether his sanity has been restored. But prosecutors will be allowed to challenge any effort he makes to gain his freedom. "He is very mentally disabled and he is a great danger," Norris said. "We hope that he will never be released." Authorities said Trupp has experienced mental problems since he was at least 13 and was hospitalized at least twice for treatment. Prosecutors and Deputy Public Defender Stephen L.

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