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B14 SUNDAY, MAY 27, l0 VC i.os LOS ANGELES COUNTY Educators Predict High School on Hotel Site by 1992 By JACK PETERS INTERNATIONAL MASTER CHESS compensation Nf6 7 Nb5 Rb8 8 Nc7 Kd8 9 Nd5 Qxc4 Else 5 QM is completely absurd 10Nxf6gxf6 11 e3 Qe6 12 Bd3f5 After 12. d5? 13 Bel Ne7 e4 or 13 NM 14 Nxbt Bxbt 15 Kfl, thed-pawn falls. 130-0 Rg8 14f4 Bd6 Possibly 14 04 15 Bb5 Bg7 puts up more resistance. 15 Rf2 Threatening 16 Bxl5. Not 15 Bxl5? because 15 Qxf5 16 Qxd6 Qxc2 costs a piece.

exf4 16 Bxf5l Qxf5 17 Qxd6 Qe5 18 Qh6i With Queens on, White can attack Black's King. Qd5 If 18 fxe3 19 Bxe3 Qxb2, then 20 Bg5 Kc7 2 1 BI6 Qb5 22 QI4 wins quickly. 19 Bd2 No5 20 Qf6 Kc7 21 Rc1, Black Resigns. The only decisive game of the playoff. Ambassador: Officials see a lengthy legal battle over the cost of the property but are confident the long-awaited campus will be built.

ByJEAN MERL and SANDY BANKS TIMES EDUCATION WRITERS Ebullient Los Angeles school officials, flush from winning $50 million in school funds from the state, predicted they could have the Ambassador Hotel site in their hands as early as this fall and open the doors to a new high school there in another two years. Although Los Angeles Unified School District officials acknowl edge Thursday they will likely be involved in a lengthy legal battle over the cost of the mid-Wilshire property, they said Wednesday's decision by the state Allocation Board in Sacramento to give them money to buy the land has made the long-awaited school a virtual certainty. "Having a court fight over the value of the land will not delay us in taking it and putting a school on it," said school board President Jackie Goldberg. "We've had this problem in a number of situations and sometimes we've had the school built and open before the litigation was resolved." However, others say the case is unusual because of the site's high value and the disparity between what the school district and New York developer Donald Trump, who owns the land, claim it is worth. "The court is not likely to turn over the land unless the school district has the funds to purchase it and $50 million doesn't appear to be a sufficient amount of money to make the school happen," predicted Los Angeles Deputy Mayor Mark Fabiani, who represented Mayor Tom Bradley in speaking out against the project in Sacramento.

Like any public agency, the school district has a legal right to stake a claim to private property for public use. The district can take possession of the land 90 days after depositing its appraised value with the court, pending a trial to set the official price. District officials believe they can purchase the 17 acres they need of the 23.5-acre site for less than the $50 million allocated by the state SLAYING: Driver's Body Found Continued from Bll Culver City company after a year's absence. "He liked to work late at night, even 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.

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"It really home delivery, call 1 although Trump contends the land is worth three times as much. The district plans to borrow $50 million to deposit with the court to take immediate possession of the land. Even after the state money arrives, the borrowed funds could be used to pay additional costs should the courts rule the land is more valuable, said Bob Booker, the district's chief financial officer. The district is not expected to receive the state allocation until the end of this year, and then only if voters approve a school construction bond issue on the November ballot. The district also has promised not to return to the state board for more money for the land, no matter what its eventual cost.

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1990 Position "5064: White to play and win. From the game Battsetseg Tanima, Doha 1990. Solution to Position 5063: Black wins with 1 h5 (threatening 2 Qll mote) 2 Nxg5 threatening 3 Qg24Khl Qxh2 mate. If 3 Qxl6 (or 3 Nxf3 QM mate) Nxl6 4 Bxe5. then Qg2 5 Kh4 12 6 Bxl6 Kg8 7 Rbl HQ 8 Rxll Qxlt will pick up the Bishop, too.

NATIONAL NEWS 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 Vh-Vi in the double round-robin match. Seven players will represent 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 Mall, 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.

John Ward scored to win the first World Rapid Chess-rated tournament at Gym for the Mind. George Mir-ahmadi and Vine Smith had 3-1 Gym for the Mind, which recently moved to 4907 Topanga Canyon Blvd. in Woodland Hills, meets for chess 5-10 p.m. Wednesdays and 1-6 p.m. Saturdays.

Call (818) 710-8042 for details. 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 1213) 625-6134. TODAY'S GAMES GM Miles GM Benjamin. Playoff Match. San Francisco 1 990: 1 Nf3 c5 2 c4 Nc6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e57l A new idea against the English Opening 5 Nc2 Also tempting is 5 Nb5. Qh4? 8enjamin appears determined to break new ground in the opening.

6 Nc3l As 6 Qxc4 7 e4 Qo6 8 Nd5 Bd6 9 Bel gives While plenty of in His Taxi 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 Ghasemi, 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 past 20 years, city officials said at the time. Later statistics were unavailable.

800 LA TIMES. ONTARIO TO PHOENIX TO GM Lputian (U.S.S.R.) GM Gollor (U.S.S.R.). New York Open. New York City 1930: 1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Bo7 4 Nf3 Nf6 5 Bf4 A quiet variation of the Queen's Gambit. Sharper is 5 Bg5.

0-0 6 e3 c5 7 dxc5 Bxc5 8 cxdO Nxd5 9 Nxd5 exd510a3Nc611 Bd3 Bb6 120-0 Bg4 Logical. Instead, 12 d4 13 Ng5 lets White attack. 13 h3 Bh5 14 b4 Ro8 15 Rc1 a57 Better is 15 a6, as Geller played against Speelman in London, 1982. 16 g4! Inaccurate is 16 Ne5 17 Bxe5 Bxf3. with equality.

Bg6 1 7 Bxg6 hxg6 1 8 b5 Na7 19 Qd3 Qd7 20 Rfdll Perhaps Geller expected 20 a4? Re4. Rad8 Not 20 Qxb5? 21 Qxb5 Nxb5. as 22 Rxd5! Na7(22. Nxa3losesto23Rd3Nb5 24 Rb3) 23 Rbl Re6 24 Rd7 ties Black in knots. 21 Bg5 f6 22 Qxg6l Qe6 Avoiding 22 Ixg5 23 Qxb6 Nxb5 because 24 a4! Na3 25 Rc7 Qxa4 26 Qg6 Qxdlt 27 Kh2 Qal 28 Ndl mates.

23 Bf4 Nxb5 24 Rb1 The refutation Nc3 25 Rxb6l Qxb6 26 Ng5l Ne2 If 26 fxg5 27 Qxb6 Nxd1, then 28 Be5! threatens 29 Qc7, and 28 Rd7 loses to 29 Bd4 and 30 Obi. 27 Kh1 Nxf4 28 Qh7 Kf8 29 Qh8 Ke7 30 Qxg7 Kd6 31 Nf7 Ke6 The sturdier 31 Kc7 32 Nxd8 Kb8 33 exf4 Rxd8 34 Qe7 won't save Black either. 32 exf4l Seeing 32 Rd7? 33 Re1. Qxf2 33 f5 Kd7 34 Ne5 Kc8 Or 34 Kd6 35 Qxf6 Kc7 36 Qf7 KbB (36 Kd6 37 Rxd5 mate) 37 Rbl! b6 38 Nd7 Kc7 (36: Rxd7 39 Qxe8 Kc7 40 Rc1 Kd6 41 Qe6 mate) 39 Nc5 Kc6 (similar is 39 Kd6 40 QI6 Kxc5 41 Qxb6) 40 Qb7 Kd6 41 Qxb6 Ke7 42 Qa7 Kf8 43 Ne6. winning Black's Queen.

35 Rbl I b67 Black holds out longer with 35 Qa7 36 Nc6 Qa6, although 37 Nxd8 Kxd8 38 Rc1 Qb6 39 Qf7 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 e4 c5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 e5 The Pelikan or Sveshnikov Sicilian. 6 Ndb5 d6 7 Bg5 a6 8 Na3 b5 9 Bxf6 gxf6 Black accepts a mangled pawn structure in return for active piece play 10 Nd5 Bg7 1 1 c3 f5 12 exf5 Bxf5 13 Nc2 Be6 14 Nce3 Ne7 White has had success with 14 0-0 15 restraining 17-15 15 g3 Nxd5 16 NxdB 0-0 17 Bg2 a5 18 0-0 Rb8 19 Qh5l7 Earlier games indicate that 19 Qe2 Kh8 20 Rad1 f5 offers Black equal chances. Kh8 20 Radl f5 22 Rd2 Qd7 22 Rfd1 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 Bf5, hoping to use the f-file. 24 Nf4 Bo5 After 24 Bxa2 25 Rxd6. White threatens 26 NgO and 26 Rd7.

25 Rxd6l White must keep the initiative. Instead. 25 a3? Bb3 26 Rel b4 lets Black take charge. Bxd6 Forced, as 25 Bxf4? 26 Qxf4 8xa2 27 Rd7 QI6 28 Qc7 ties Black up. 26 Rxd6 Rfe8 If 26 Bxa2 27 Ng6 Kg8 28 Nxf8 Rxf8 29 Qg5 Kh8 30 Qf4.

White controls most of the dark squares. 27 g4 Menacing g4-g5-g6. 28 cxb4 Rbc8 A wild counterattack. White welcomes 28 fxg4? 29 Bxe4. 29 1)3 fxg4 30 Qg5 Now 30 Bxe4? Rc 1 3 1 Kg2 815 is far from clear.

gxh37 Correct is 30 Bxa2, when Black meets 3 1 hxg4 axb4 32 Ng6? hxg6 33 Rxg6 with 33 Re6. 31 Qe5 Kg8 32 Qg5 Kh8 33 Qe5 Kg8 34 Bxe4 Winning. Bxa2 Too late! 35 Qg5 Qg7 White simplifies to a winning endgame by 35 Kh8 36 Ng6! hxg6 37 Rxg6 h2 38 Khl! Re6 39 Qh6 Qh7 40 Qxh7 Kxh7 41 Rxe6 or by 36 Kg8 37 Ne7 Kh8 38 Nxc8 Rxc8 39 Rd8 36 Bxh7I Calculating 36 Kxh7 37 Rg6! Re7 38 threatening 39 Qh4 Kg8 40 Qxe7. Kh8 37 Bg6 Ro5 38 Oh4 Kg8 39 Kh2 Black's King cannot escape the swarm of White pieces Qe7 40 Bh7 Kf7 41 Bg6 Kg8 42 Rf6 Kg7 43 Bf5l. Black Resigns.

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