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SD SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1990 B9 I.OS ANGELES TIMES CRUD: Slime, Scum Plague Southland Beaches By JACK PETERS INTERNATIONAL MASTER CHESS era a dim sb mn abcdefgh down from Upstream refineries and industries, and the city closed the beach as a precaution. "We have everything from carcasses to Christmas trees to garbage cans wash up on our beach. Even dead bodies. All sorts of things," said Cushman of Seal Beach. "It's traditional.

During Christmastime people toss their trees over a fence and they make their way down the river, Next thing you know, we have a dozen Christmas trees on our beach," Runoff also flows onto the beach from the Santa Ana River and adjacent channels at the Newport Beach-Huntingtoh Beach border, Boats and ships dumping sewage also are responsible for pollution, "People pump their boats out once they leave the harbors and get in the open ocean," Skeily said. "It's against the law, but you can't follow every boat out to sea," plants that have forced beach closures over the past few years. And in January, Huntington State Beach was closed to swimming for a week because of a large spill-about 250,000 gallons of raw sew-agefrom ah Orange County SahU tation Districts plant. Ocean slicks also come from drainage that flows off streets and yards and collects in flood' control channels and rivers, which empty into the ocean, Especially after rain, the ocean can be turned into a big garbage dump, because the runoff can contain everything thrown in the streets paint, motor oil, pesticides, animal feces, The area most prone to this debris is Seal Beach, at the mouth of the San Gabriel River, which, flows through industrial areas of Los Angeles before emptying onto the popular beach, A few times over the past several years a mystery chemical or oil has flowed Occasionally, plankton blooms are thick enough to cast a green glow on the water at night. In 1974, red tide was so severe that it suffocated fish in Huntington Har-hour, "Red tide is slimy and sticky and grosses people but You can see Why it bothers people, But it's not contaminated," Wehner said, "People are Convinced it's sewage, but it's not." But there are sewage spills in Orange County and they are the most serious health hazard for ocean swimmers, Sewage can cause flu-like gastrointestinal ill nesses and even severe diseases such as hepatitis, County health officials are quick to close beaches after sewage spills, keeping them shut until repeated tests show normal bacteria counts.

Laguna Beach and Doheny Beach have suffered a rash of small to medium raw sewage spills at ii i i I I mi Park, begins a six-round Action chess tournament on Sept. 27. There will be two games every Thursday, with a time limit of 30 minutes per player per game. Call Herman Hess at (818) 346-59S9 or John G. Price at (8 1 8) 363-1 379, for details.

The Greater Los. Angeles Chess Club, formerly the Players Chess Showroom, has opened for casual play and book sales at 1 7 1 0 Silveflake Blvd. in Los Angeles. New manager Warren Goldblatt plans to open the club to visitors from 7-1 1 p.m. every evening, with longer hours for members! A six-month club membership costs $75.

For details, call 1213)665-5728, TOPAVSOAMtS IM D. Root IM Sllman '1, Summit Challenge Match, Santa Monica 1990: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf 3 3 NM2 A Root specialty. dS 4 3 c6 6 c3 Now we have a Colle System. Nbd7 The other popular system of defense is 6. 70 0008 dxc5 BxcB 9 c4.

Putting the Knight on d7 discourages d4xc5 because of the reply Nd7xc5. 6 Bd3 Ba7 7 0-0 0-0 8 Na5l7 Livelier than the usual 8 e4 dxe4 9 Nxe4 b6 10 Rel Bb7. NxeB 9 dxeB Nd7 10 14 f5 Else Rf M3-h3 attacks h7. 1 1 axfS NxfS 12 4 c4 13 Be2 Against 13 Bc2, Silman planned 13 eSI? 14 cxd5 Debt 15 Khl Ng4, with dangerous threats. b5 14 Nd7 IB Nf3 NcB 16 Nd4 Bd7 17 Bg4 Qc8 Alter 17 Qb6 18 Be3 Nd37l 19 Qd2 BcS 20 White threatens Bg4-e2xd3.

And 10 19 cxb4 QxM loses to 20 Nxo6! Bxo8 21 8xe6 Nxe6 21 Qxd5. 18 161 As 18 exIS 19 BxIS 8x167 20 NxfS RxfS? permits 21 Rxl6 0x15 22 Oxd5 Kh8 23 Qxa8. Kh8l Olforing the exchange by 19 (6 gxf6 20 Bh6 151 21 Bxl8 0x18, Which gives Slack plenty ol compensation. 19 Bf3 If 19 fxe6 Nxe6 20 Bxe6 Bxo6 21 NxbS, Black should draw with 21 RxMt 22 Qxfl Qb8 23 Nd4 Qxe5 24 DM QI6. Nd3 Plugging the d-lilo.

Again 20 Ixe6 Bxe8 21 Nxb5 doesn't worry Black, because of 21 Qc5 22 Nd4 Nxe5. 20 Q2 Bc6 21 fxeB Bxd4 More ambitious is 2 1 Bxe6, when 22 Nxe5 favors Black. 22 cxd4 Bx6 23 b3 Oc7 24 bxc4 Hoping for 24 bxc47l 25 Ba3. Not 24 picks up a piece. Nxel 26 Raxcl bxc4 26 Qe3 Oa6 27 Rf2 Rab8 28 Rcfl KgS 29 h3 Qb4 Removing all danger.

Instead, 29 Rf lets White capitalize on the Mile by 30 Bg4l Re7 3 1 0.141 Bl 7 32 06. 30 Kh2 RbcS 31 Bdl, Drawn. Kramer (U.S.A.) IM Q. Garcia (Colombia), U.S. Open, Jacksonville 1990: 1 c4 5 2 Nc3 Nf6 3 Nf3 Nc6 4 d4 An unfashionable variation of the English Opening.

axd4 6 Nxd4 Bb4l 6 Bg6 h6 7 Bh4 Na6 8 Rcl. Ng6 9 Bg3 Salor is 9 Bxf6 0x16 10 e3, with equality. Ne4 10 Qd3 Bxc3 11 bxc3 Nxg3 12 Qxg3 0-0 13 3 Worth a thought is 13 c5. Ra8 14Be2 d6 16 0-0 Bd7 16 Bf3 Rb8 17 Rbl RaBI? Beginning a fierce battle. The first threat Is 17 Rg5, trapping White's Queon.

18 BdBI Not 18 Bxb77 because of 18 Rg5 19 013 Nh4 20 Qo2 Rxb7l 21 Rxb7 Rxg2 22 Khl c5, when 23 NI3 Bc6 24 Nxh4 Rxh2 and 23 Rxd7 Qxd7 24 NI3 Qh3 lead to mate. Rg6 19 Qf3 Qe7 20 g3 Still risky is 20 Rxb7 Rxb7 21 Bxb7 NM 22 Qe2, although 22 Bh3 (or 22 Nxg2 23 Kh 1) 23 14 Rg6 24 RI2 c5 25 25 15 Rg5 26 NI3 may survive. c6 21 Be4 Both 21 Bxc6? Ne5 and 21 Nxc6? Bxc6 22 Bxc6 NeB cost material. Nh4 22 Qh1 Qa8 23 f4l7 Hoping to entangle Black's Kingside pieces. Rg4 24 Kf2 16 Forced, as 24 Ng6? 25 h3 costs the Rook.

26 Bd3 c6 26 QdSf Not 26 Nb5? Bc6, but 26 gxh4lr cxd4 27 cxd4 Qh5 28 Rxb7 is wild and unclear. Kh8 27 NxfB NxfB 28 Bxf6 Bc6 29 0a6Also 29 Qxd6 Rd8 30 Qxd8l (not 30 QeBP Qh5) Qxd8 31 Bxg4 Qd2 32 Bo2 should delend. QhBI 30 h477 Black has chances alter 30 Bxg4 Qxh2 31 Kel Re8 32 Qxe8 Bxe8 33 Be2 Qxg3i, but 32 0151 Rxe333Kd1 Ba4 34 Rb3 holds. Rxh431 gxh4 RaS 32 Qg8 Of3 33 Kg1 Qh1 34 Kf2 Qh2 36 Kal Rxe3 36 Kd1 Oa2. White Resigns.

As 37 Kcl Rxc3 38 Bc2 Rxc2 39 Qxc2 Qxl 1 40 Kb2 QxM Black too many pawns for the exchange. ixtxmw mm (an1 Sept, 23, 1990 Position B081: Black lo play and win. From the game Koonig Gallagher, U.S. Open, Jacksonville 1990. Solution to Position 16080: White breaks through with 1 h5 Qxc 1 2 hxg6 hxg6 (else 3 gxh7 wins) 3 Rxg6 RxgS 4 Qxg6t KI8 5 Bd6t Re7 6 Qf6 Kg8 7 Qxe7, threatening 8 Be5.

II 7 Qdl. then 8 QI8)- Kh7 9 QI7 mates. INTERNATIONAL NEWS The sensational Gata Kamsky, 16, of New York City is leading a strong inter national tournament in Titburg, Holland. After 10 of 14 rounds, Kamsky has 7-3, a point ahead of British GM Nigel Short. The other American competitor, GM Yasser Seirawan of Seattle, is near the bottom with 4-6, and has not won a game, Kamsky currently holds the highest rating of any player in the United States.

In his brief career, he has played in only a few elite tournaments, But, in this double round-robin, he has won five games and lost only once, to Short. The Women's Candidates tournament will be held Oct. 5-16 in Borzhoml, a city in Soviet Georgia, Elena Donaldson of Seattle, who won the U.S. Women's Championship last month, will be one of the eight participants. The two top finishers will play a match in early 1 99 1 to determine the challenger to Maya Chiburdanidze In the 1991 Women's World Championship.

LOCAL NEWS The second annual Summit Publishing Challenge Match began quietly Monday in Santa Monica 'with a draw. Two of the area's best players, IM Doug Root and IM Jeremy Silman. are contesting a six-game match on Monday and Friday evening's at the Santa Monica Bay Chess Club, 1450 Ocean Ave. in Santa Monica. Spectators are invited to watch the games, which begin at 7:30 p.m.

The match is sponsored by Summit Publishing, a local publisher of chess books. The Victor Valley Chess Assn. will host the Victorville Championship, a six-round tournament, on Sept. 29-30 at Victor Valley College, 1 8422 Bear Valley Rd. in Victorville.

Call Steve Bradley at (619) 243-5874 for information. The T.P.M. Sunday Open takes place Sept. 30 at the Hampton Inn, 26260 The Old Road in Valencia. It's a four-round tournament with a time control of 75 minutes per player per game.

For details, call Gary Sauer at (805) 253-1301 or Dan Loncaric at (805) 257-0797. In honor of National Chess Week, Gym for the Mind at 4907 Topanga Canyon Blvd: in Woodland Hills will present a variety of events. They will conduct a four-round beginner's open and three-round Action chess quads on Sept. 29, a simul by master Ben Nethercot on Oct. and World Rapid Chess rated quads on Oct.

6. For more information, call (818)710-8042: The Hughes Heat Wave, a 39-player tournament, was won by Jeremy Martin, 6-1. Class prizes went to Brian Fire-baugh, Ted Kanamori, John Bush, Dominic Meo and Arash Parang. The Hughes Chess Club, which meets Thursday evenings in the Hughes Missile Group cafeteria, 8433 Fallbrook Ave. in Canoga Continued (torn B6 fornia's coastal waters, such as Newport Harbor and Santa Monica Bay, are highly polluted, some people af-e becoming afraid to swim, Skeily said.

'I've talked to lifeguards who don't even want to go in the Water sometimes," he said, "They're tired of chronic eye irritation and sinus infections, That's hot from sea waterat least not clean sea wa ter," Most of the froth and slime in the waters off Orange County is not man-made pollution, but decaying kelp; The most common variety is red tide, a warmwatef phenom enon when plankton blooms and dies, leaving reddish-brown slicks. "It leaves like a bathtub ring on the sand," Richardson said, "Right after the February oil spill, we had bands of brownish striation on the beaches. People thought it was oil. But it wasn't, it smells like cod liver oil. A fishy smell;" Swimming in red tide, which usually occurs from May through October, can cause skin irritation and possibly sinus infections.

The reports of symptoms are sporadic, and county health officials are uncertain how widespread they are because most go unreported. Sometimes, the floating stuff remains a mystery. Officials have been puzzled this summer by a proliferation of white foam in the ocean, The strange froth has been sighted off much of the coast of Orange, San Diego and Los Angeles counties, "It was all over our beach. I've seen that stuff before, but usually after storms. This was unusual in the duration of it, and because there were no windblown waves," said Gordon Reed, a Newport 1 Beach marine safety officer.

Marine biologists say the foam is harmless and natural in origin. It is from large amounts of kelp decomposing in unusually warm water. "Kelp beds start to and make an emulsifier. It's the same substance that puts the foam on your beer," said Jim Stewart, diving officer and a marine botanist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla. "We've never had it like this before, because we have a heck of a lot of kelp along the coast now, and there's been a warm-water mass, It starts to decompose." Bacteria counts taken weekly from San Clemente to Seal Beach have been normal, which means it isn't sewage, Wehner said.

And it is scattered all over, in areas such as Laguna Beach, far from channels and rivers that are the usual source of chemicals spilled by industries. Over the Labor Day weekend, some divers reported skin irritation, possibly from an allergic reaction to organisms in the foam or jellyfish stingers buried in it, Wehner said. "We ha.ve a lot of kids playing with it, like it's bubbles, and parents ask us what it is. To our knowledge, it's nontoxic," said Steve Cushman, senior beach supervisor in Seal Beach. 'ft Gat atarted now with our pro van "Ini Idora" No experience rwcaiaary.

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