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LOS ANGELES TIMES 0C SUNDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1990 B11 AIRMAN By JACK PETERS INTERNATIONAL MASTER CHESS 8 IQJID 5 pun mtum 4SDroiDd aoTouoj abcdefgh club, including the name and telephone number of someone who will accept calls from readers. TODAY'S GAMES GM Karpov (U.S.S.R.) GM Kasparov (U.S.S.R.I 21. World Championship, Lyon 1990: 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 fl6 3 Nc3 Bg7 4 4 d6 5 f3 Trailing by two points, Karpov tries the aggressive Samisch Attack against the King's Indian Defense. 0-06BS3 e5 7d5Nh58Qd2f690-0-0 a6 10 Bd3 C5I? A new plan. Usually Black prefers.

Nb8-d7-f6. 1 1 dxc6 Else b7-b5 counterattacks. Nxc6 12 NdB Be6 13 Bb6 White has a slight edge, due to his control of the hole at d5 Qd7 14 N2 Rsc8 15 Kbl Qf7 16 Rhel Kh8 17 Bc2 Eyeing the backward d-pawn. Nf6 18 Bd3 Changing plans, as the intended 18 runs into 18 Nd7. Nd7 19 Bgl NcS 20 Nb6 RcdB 21 Nc3 Nd4 Shielding his d-pawn.

22 NcdS BxdB 23 NxdB fx424 fx4 b6 Characteristically. Kasparov fights back, accepting a weak b-pawn. 26 Rf1 If 25 cxb5 axbS 26 Bxd4 exd4 27 Bxb5. Black gets sufficient counterplay with 27 Nxe4 28 Rxe4 Qxd5 29 Bd3 Rb8. Qd7 26 cxbE axbB 27 Rxf8 RxfS 28 h3 Qd8 29 Bxd4 sxd4 30 Q2 Qh4 31 Rfll Keeping a clear advantage.

Instead, 31 Bxb5? Rf2 activates Black's pieces. Ro8 32 Rf4 QgB 33 a3 Too dangerous is 33 d3 34 Bxd3 Rb8. hB 34 Ka2 b4l? In mutual time pressure, Black sacs the doomed pawn to expose White's King. 35 axb4 Ra8 36 Kbl Nb3 37 Kc2 After the game, Karpov lamented that he had missed a win hereabouts. Na1 38 Kb1 Nb3 39 Qf2 Qd8 Threatening to mate with 40 Qc8.

40 Rf7 QeB Now tho threat is 4 1 Qc6. White parries 40 Qc8 with 41 Rc7. 41 b5 The sealed move. Tempting is 41 Qa4? 43 NxgB- Kg8 44 Hxg7 Kxg7 45 0f8! Kh7! 46 Qh8 Kxg6 47 e5 Kf7 48 Bc4 favors White, but 42 Nell 43 Nxg6 Kh7 leaves White groping for a defense to 44. Qa445Kd2Qxb4 Rn142Kc2 Nc6 Intending either 43 Nxd3 44 Kxd3 Qxb6 or 43 Rc1! 44 Kd2 Bh6 45 Ke2 Nxe4.

43 Rxg7 This and the following moves were played quickly, as both rivals followed their overnight analysis. Kxg7 44 Qxd4 Q6 45 O.X65 dxa6 46 b6 Rg1 47 Ns3 Ra1 48 Nc4 Rg1 49 Na3 Ra1 50 Nc4 Rg1 61 b4 Needing a win, Karpov disdains the draw by repetition. Rxg2 62 Kc3 N4l White has some hope of winning after 52 Nd7? 53 b7 Kf6 54 Nb6! Nb8 55 Bb5 Ke7 56 Nd7 Kd6 57 Nxb8 Kc7 58 Nc6 Kxb7 59 Nxe5. 63 Kb3 Nxb6 64 Nxb6 Rg3 66 Kc3 Rxh3 66 b6 h4 67 Nc4 Rxd3I Simplest. 68 Kxd3 h3 69 b6 h2 60 b7 h1Q 61 b8Q Qf1 62 Kc3 Qc1 63 Kb3 Qd1 64 Ka2 As 64 Ka3 Qa1 65 Kb3 Qd1 and 64 Kb2 Qd4 65 Kb3 Qd 1 repeat.

Qa4 65 Na3 Qxa4 The position is clearly drawn. Unless the Knight can approach the Black King, White cannot dream of checkmate. 66 Qc7 Kh6 67 Nc4 Qd5 68 Kb2 a4 69 QM Kg7 70 Kc3 Qd3 71 Kb4 0d4 72 Qh4 KI7 Not fearing 73 Qh7 Qg7 74 Nd6 Kf8 or 74 Ne5 Kf6. 73 Kb6 QdB 74 Kb4 Qd4 76 Qh7 Qg7 76 Qh1 Qd4 77 Qh4 Kg8 78 Qf4 Kg7 79 Qc1 Kf6 80 KbB Qd6 81 Kb4 Qd4 82 KbB Qd6 83 Kb6 Qd4 84 KcB Ka6 85 Ns3 Qa4 86 KbB Qb4. Drawn.

The lifestyle got better over his three months, Erlick says: by the end, his base was even known by other units some of which stay in tents out on the sand as the Club Med of the Air Force. The base had a chow hall with a choice of spaghetti, dried fruit, punch mix and about a dozen selections in all. Some men still preferred Meals Ready to Eat rations. A base exchange for purchases was set up. And the airmen even got a TV and videocassette recorder: "Mississippi Burning" was a base favorite.

Yellow balloons inside and out of the Erlicks' Fullerton home marked his Dec. 20 return from England. It will be a nice holiday, all say. Erlick plans to relax mostly, see some friends, travel a littleand look into colleges. He is getting out of the Air Force in a year or so and wants to go back to school, thanks in part to the "eye-opening" experience of Saudi Arabia.

He says he will not miss much about the service, except some friends left behind. He never did get a chance to see the scorpions, but Erlick's not complaining; he missed a possible war. Continued from B3 from Orange County who have served a stint in Saudi Arabia and already returned. Like most of them, Erlick is hoping that he will never have to go back. He never saw any of the scorpions and lizards that are lore among GIs in Saudi Arabia.

But Erlick says there were enough other downsides to his stay there to ensure that he will not be booking vacation flights to the Persian Gulf soon. Sandstorms. The endless sea of sandy terrain, virtually devoid of vegetation. The dry, 110-degree daytime heat. The 12-hour work shifts to prep the P-lll, starting at 6 p.m.

Sleeping on the floor of the air shelter his first few nights there. Worst of all was the boredom. "The boredom was the toughest part not knowing when anything is going to happen," Erlick says. "Basically, you're just sitting around: no alcohol, no women. It's just monotonous.

I couldn't party, couldn't go out and do things." Randy Hough at (818) 282-7412 or Ben Nethercot at (213) 455-1704. Gene Ramirez won the latest tournament at the Lakewood Chess Club with a perfect 5-0 score. Scott Gunderman and John Postma had 4-1. Siamak An-sari, Charles Rostedt, Isaac Ford, Will Brining, Gerald Thomas, Robert Adams and Cesar Morena won class prizes. The Lakewood Chess Club, which meets p.m.

Wednesdays in Bolivar Park, Del Amo at Downey in Lake-wood, will start a six-round tournament on Jan. 9. Call Isaac Ford at (213) 636-5037 for information. The La Habra Chess Club, which meets Friday evenings in the Assembly Hall, Orange at Erna in La Habra, begins the Wary Janus, a six-round tournament, on Jan. 4.

Call Jerry Schain at (213) 691-2393 or Bob Goulet at (213) 947-6739 for information. Gym for the Mind, 4907 Topanga Canyon Blvd. in Woodland Hills, will hold its six-round club championship on Friday evenings, beginning Jan. 4. The club also plans a World Rapid Chess (WRC) rated 30-minute quad tournament at noon on Jan.

5, and World Blitz Chess Assn. (WBCA) rated speed tournaments at 7 p.m. every Wednesday. For all of the details, call (818) 710-8042. The January Championship, a four-round tournament, takes place Jan.

5-6 at the Chess Palace, 3255 E. South St. in Long Beach. The Chess Palace will also conduct a five-round tournament on Thursday evenings, beginning Jan. 3.

Call (2131 634-8477 for more information. Our 1991 listing of local chess clubs will appear next Sunday. Organizers should send me information about their THESi ADVIRTISttS Mi MIMIIDS nilPWimtVaPaPntP gs. I1IIL I IU1IEE1I3 A ADEI I Dac. 30.

1990 Position '6095: Black to play and win. From the game Roy Ash, New Hampshire 1990. Solution to Position B094: Black wins with 1 Rxb2. If 2 Bxb2. then 2.

Bxb24Kxb2Qa35 Ka1Qc3mate.Or.if2Kxb2.then2. Qa3 3 Ka 1 Rc 1 4 Rxc 1 Bxd4 mates. In the game, Black played 1 Bxd4? 2 Rxd4 Rxb2 3 Kxb2 Qa3 4 Kbl BIB 5 Re4, and only drew. INTERNATIONAL NEWS Gary Kasparov has defended his title of world champion. After a draw in Wednesday's 22nd game in Lyon, Kasparov leads Anatoly Karpov, 12-10, in their bost-of-24-game world championship match.

The match will continue because Kasparov needs M'A points to earn the winner's share of $1.7 million. If Karpov manages to tie the match by winning the final two games, Kasparov remains champion, and each player receives $1.5 million. The match began in New York City in October, then shifted to France last month. Strangely, the tenor of the match changed too. In New York, each player managed only one win.

In game after game, Kasparov provoked wild complications but could not outplay Karpov, who normally prefers quiet positions. In fact, Karpov came close to winning in several of the games. The players seemed evenly matched. In Lyon, though, Karpov's opening preparation fell apart. His team worked out a "defense" to the Scotch Game which cost him one point, then he dropped his next two games as Black to the Ruy Lopez.

With White, he achieved fine positions, but scored the full point only once, when Kasparov equalized with the Grunfeld Defense, then played weakly. It's difficult to argue with Kasparov's own explanation of his victory. After Game 22, he said, "I play chess better than Karpov. That's the most important reason. I'm a very good professional player now." The final game of the KRO match in Holland between Yasser Seirawan of Seattle and Dutch star Jan Timman was drawn.

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