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Sl I.I I'Mi 1 7 LOS ANGELBS COUNTY Home Security By JACK PETERS INTERNATIONAL MASTER CHESS Override of Veto Keeps Picus' Study Plan Alive veto had caused a 15-day delay in starting the environmental study. "The net result of the mayor's veto is that wo lost 15 days of valuable time," said Gross, president of the Woodland Hills Homeowners Organization. Time is important to Picus' efforts to block the plans of partners The Spound Co. and Johnson Wax Development Co. to build a major commercial prpject on the Warner Ridge site.

In late July, Superior Judge John R. Zcbrowski gave the city until late December to bring its zoning and community plan for Warner Ridge into conformity. It often takes a year to amend the city's community plans. Warner Ridge developer Albert Spound said he was disappointed by the council's action and pledged to continue with a lawsuit against the city filed by the development team. The suit, filed last April, complains that the city and especially Picus is seeking to deprive the developer of its property rights.

"Picus made the land commercial, we bought it because it was commercial and now she has tried to pull the rug out from under us," Spound said. "Thank God for tho court system." In tho lawsuit, Picus is accused of flip-flopping on her support of tho commercial development of Warner Ridge as powerful homeowner groups threatened to withdraw their support for her before her 1989 reelection campaign. In January, tho council voted to reject the developer's commercial project, which Picus said would inundate Woodland Hills with traffic and smog, and to zone the property for low-density housing. Councilman Zev Yaroslavsky was Picus' principal ally in arguing for an override. Yaroslavsky, in an interview later, said lawmakers saw the Warner Ilidgo matter as a classic test between developers and the city.

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"1. Los Anqnlns. CA 90038 TODAY'S GAMES GM Miles (England) GM da Firmian (U.S.A.), Men's Interzonal, Manila 1990: 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 Qc2 Cip.ihl.inca system tlx? Nmizn Indian Defense c6 5 dxc5 Na6 Most popular are Nc(i and 0 6 a3 Bxc3 7 Qxc3 Nxc5 8 f3 Then ry claims While nets the advantage by preparing o2 el d5l? 9 cxd5 b61 A novel ty, which de Firrman attributes to Dmd2i chashvih 01 course. Oxd5 10 O't is just what White wants 10 b4 Both 10 e4 0 0 and 10 dxefi BxeO 1 1 o4 0 0 give Black compensation Na4 1 1 Qb3 b5 12 e4 fl6 13 Ne2 Offering to letuin the pawn by 13 nxilh 1-1 eh 0-0 14 Bg5 h-6 15 Bh4 exd5 16 e5 ReB! 17 f4 Very dangerous ts 1exfliiM g5 Inviting IH Nii Nol 18Bf2 Ne4 19 Bd4 De6 20 Qf3 Rc8 21 f5 Saf est ts de Fiinnan suggestion of 2. Ng3 Bd7 22 Ng37 Too tate' The game remains urn le.ir alter 22eli Noli 23 ()h! 2 Oglif KfH 2U ()nh(t Ke 2(i Obti RxoBH Bl.iU loresera 23 OeH 2A Bo2 (or 2A IliH Nig3f) )(! 2b Md 1 (2h 0 0 Nd2) with a winning 23 Be2 QeB 24 NhB Rxf5 25 Qe3 Rc3! A new sacrifice continues tho assault 26 Bxc3 Naxc3 27 Bg4 Inadegiiate.

but White appeals Inst Fur example, 2 He 1 Oeh 2H Ml 1 d-1 Hxfh loses In Bxlh 30 013 Nxe2 3 Kxe2 (31 ()m2 d3) Hg-1' 32 Oxg-1 Nf(i d4l 28 Qxd4 Nc5 29 Kd2 Nb3f 30 Kxc3 Nxd4 31 BxIBIf 31 Kxd4 Oehf 32 Kd3 Black soon picks up White's Bishop Qo3f 32 Bd3 Bf5 33 Radl No2 34 Kc2 QeBl Planning Bxfb Uc3f 3(i Kbl 0b3f 3K.il Nc3.matin) 35 Kd2 Qb236 Ke3 Bg4 37 mate. GM Lautier (France) GM Yudasin (U.S.S.R.), Men's Interzonal, Manila 1990: 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 oG 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 o3 c5 5 Ne2 Fiibinslein original idea against thnNnmii Indian Defense cxd46oxt)4d5 Black has also opeiimentod with 0 0 exdh ft cxd!) ReH 7 c5 No4 8 Bd2 Nxd2 9 Qxd2 a5 lilse .2 a3 and b2 Ivl seies the Oueenside 10a3Bxc3 11 Nxc3 o4 12 Bd3 b6 13 cxb6 Qxb6 Black has letnnved all danger on the Oueenside, but has fallen behind in development 14 Bc2 Bd7 1 5 0-0 0-0 1 6 Rfol g6 1 7 Re3l White lues the other wing Rc87l It's doubtful that Black can survive Oxb2 IH Hbl 0xa3 19 Nxdb Odli 2(1 Nllif Kg 2 1 Nhbfl' KhH 22 Rg3 and 23 Ohli 18 Rd1 Bc6 Now IB 0xu2' to Hbl Oxa3 20 Nxdh Odti 21 Nbti 19 Rf3 Nd7 20 Qf4 Rf8 21 Rh3 Threatening 22 Oh-1 Qxb27 Hopeless, as is 21 f(i'22 Ohr.nl22Bxgli Only 21 fbhaiKisnn 22 Bb1 RabS If 22 23 Od(i. Black center collapses 23 Qh4 h5 24 Qg6 Kg7 25 Rg3l Breakin( throti'ih on g( Much weakei is 2h RxhLf HhH Rh8 26 BxgB f6 27 Qh4 Rh6 28 Bxh5f Kh8 29 Qg4 Rh7 30 Bg6 f5 31 Qf4, Black Resigns. GM Soirawan (U.S.A.) IM Gildardo Garcia (Colombia), U.S. Open, Jacksonville 1990: 1 d4 d5 2 c4 06 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3 Nbd7 5 cxd5 Thi; guiet fex change Variation of the Oueen's (i.irnbit Oeclined oxdS 6 Bf4 Bo77 Careless Black must play (i e3 Be 7 Nb5 Bb4 Nd2 Ba5 9 Qa4 c6 No holtoi is Dbl) 10 Oa3 10 Nd6 Kf8 11 Qn3 Kg8 Black awkwardly pl.iciul King inhit)ils develnpuient 12 03 g6 13 Bo2 Kg7 14 Bh6f Seeing Kxhli' Nxl, Wluti! forces the King b.ick Kg8 15 b4 Bb6 16 0-0Qo7 17B(4h6Altei 1 llxd'1 tHexiM0xe2 inHlel0g4 20 03.

While menaces 21 Oe or 21 Bhli and 22 Ueh 18 Rac1 Kh7 19 bBI Black King is sale, but While sacs a pawn lo open ihe file cxbS 20 Nb1 a6 21 Rc2 Plannini) MIc I and 23 Ne4 22 Rfc1 Nxd6 Bxd6 QoG 24 Nc3 The next l.uqcl is Ba7 25 Bf3 Nb6 Or 2b NIB 2(i Be! 26 Bc7 Nc4 27 Qb4 Ro8 28 Nxd5 Kg7 29 Rxc4, Black Resigns. As bxcl 30 Beb Hi 31 Nxffi HdH 32 wraps it up Warner Ridge: Bradley had eliminated funds For an environmental review, saying the city should consider a compromise with the developer. nyJOIINSCIIWADA TIMES SrAFI' WRITIiR Amid heavy lobbying, the I.os Angeles City Council swept aside a mayoral veto to revive Council -woman Joy Picus' effort to block the commercial development of Warner Ridge in Woodland Hills. The council voted 1 1 to 2 Friday to override Mayor Tom Bradley's veto of a $250,000 project to study the effect of a Picus-backcd amendment to the Warner Midge community plan that would allow only single-family residences on the 21.5-acre site. The developer wants to build several medium-rise office towers, and possibly as many as 350 residential units, something that would be allowed under the current plan.

But homeowner groups oppose that plan and Picus has sided wjth them in an attempt to amend the plan and block commercial development. Picus asked for the money to study changing the plan, but Bradley had vetoed the allocation, saying the city should consider a compromise with tho developer. It Is still unclear, however, whether tho environmental review can be conducted in time to check- mate the developer. "Only a few people in the city attorney's office think this can bo done in four months," said Deputy Mayor Mark Fabiani. A judge has given tho city until Dec.

21 to make the plan conform to tho current zoning In the area, which Is for residential development. If the plan Is not brought Into conformity, the developer will bo in a more powerful position to achieve its goals. Despite her victory, Picus angrily denounced Bradley's role in the Warner Bidgc matter, claiming he "poured on all the steam" to lobby council members to sustain his veto. Three lawmakers confirmed for The Times that they were lobbied by tho mayor. But each asked not to bo identified.

One of the lawmakers also said ho was heavily lobbied by Picus. "Oh, God, did she lobby? It was a do-or-dic situation for her," said one of tho three. Picus was angry enough to give reporters a document purporting to show that the developer had contributed $11,000 in campaign funds to Bradley since December, 1988. Referring to the Picus campaign contribution innuendoes, Fabiani said: "When Mrs. Picus can't win by logic or argument, she sadly resorts to personal attacks on the mayon these allegations don't deserve a response." Homeowner chief Robert Gross, like Picus, was happy about the victory but bitter that the mayor's Call today for a free home security review.

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20; GM Maxim Dlujiy of Now Jnrsfiy. 3' 2X 2 GM Nick do Firmian of BorknlRy. 1'j-'; and GM Larry Christiansen of Now York City, 3-0. Christian-son roachod tho finals by defeatino, GM Waltor Browno of Berkeley, 2-0; GM Joel Bnniamin of New York City, I'j-'j; and GM Roman Diinrtichashvili of New York, Most of thn 1G participants liked the knockout-match format. Some first-round losers made tho best of thoir onrly exits by nnterinp, tho concurrent U.S.

Open. Thn U.S. Chess Federation plans to run the 1991 U.S. Championship as a knockout-match nvent again next Alienist in conjunction with the 1991 U.S. Open in Los Ari(jnlns.

Yashnr Smrawan scored 10-2 to tako first prio in tho U.S. Open. His scorn included snvnn wins, four draws, and a full-point byo which ho received when he entnrnil thn tournamnnt after the first round. Waltor Browno and GM Leonid Yudasin tied for second at Yu-dasin reportedly plans to movn from thn Soviet Union to Massachusetts. Next at 9 -3 wnrn GM Robert Byrne of New York and IM's Igor Ivanov of San Pedro, Stuart Rachels of Alabama, David Strauss of Riverside and Gooriji Timoshnnko of the Soviet Union.

Tho U.S. Open field of 305 players was tho smallest sinco tlm 1970 tournament in Boston, when thn turnout of 303 players set a record hih. All but one of thn U.S. Opens in tho inlnrvnniiio 19 years have drawn more than 400 entrants. Thn 1990 nvent lost nn estimated $10,000.

LOCAL NEWS Thn 1990 Southern California Open, a six-round tournamnnt in two sections, will hu held Sept. 1-3 at thn Ftadisson Hotel, 6300 E. Tolpnmph Rd. in Commerce. The tournamnnt is thn second of the (wo state championships held annually by thn Southern California Chnss Federation (SCCF).

Thn winner becomes state champion. rim SCCF will host two other chess events at the same site. Tho SCCF Booster Open, a low-ontry-foo tournament for unrated players and players rated below 1400, takes placn Sept. 3. The SCCF will conduct its annual meot-inu at 2:30 p.m.

Sept. 2. All SCCF mom-tiers are invited to attend. Call Randy Houiih at (8 18) 282-7412 for details. United Mauyer House, homo of thn LA Hungarians chess team, will run a tournament, open to all chess players, on Sept.

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