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OC SUNDAY, JANUARY 28, 1990 B9 l.OS ANGELES TIMES By JACK PETERS INTERNATIONAL MASTER CHESS BxdB exdB 28 Re7l Bo6 II 28 Rxo 29 dxe7 Qxo7. then 30 Qxd5 QoG (rjlsn 3 1 0xa8 winsl 31 Qd8l KI7 32 QI8 KrjU 3D 0g7 KI5 (or 33 Kh5 34 Rab) 31 Qxh7 Kg4 35 Ra4 mates 29 Rxe6 b2 30 Rae1 c2 31 Re71 Just in nmei Qxe7 II 31 Rxe7 32 dxo7 Qxo7, then 33 Qxd5! mates 32 Rxe7l, Black Resigns. The finish could be 32 clQ 33 Kg2 Qxh6 133 Rxe7 34 Qxd5I) 34 Qxl7 KhB 35d7blQ36 Re8 pawn. However, 19 RxlG 20 axbb cxbb 21 Rxa7 is awkward, too. 20 Bh6 Rf7 21 Qg4 Kh8 22 Qxe6 BcB 23 Qe2 Relying on 23 0xh3 24 Qe8.

Qd8 24 Qh6 Kg8 26 Bg2l bxa4 There is no time (or 25 0xd6, as 26 axb5 Bb7 27 bxc6 Bxc6 loses to 28 Rfdl Rd7 29 Ra5. and 27 Qxc6 loses to 28 RaS Rd8 29 Re 1 c2 30 Rxdb Rxd5 31 Bxd5 Qxd5 Re8 26 Rfell Setting up a fantastic finish Of course. 26 Rxa4? Qxd6 gives Black hope axb3 27 RhB g4 32 Rdh1, Black Resigns. Nesia (U.S.S.R.) Buj (Argentina), 12th World Correspondence Chess Championship: 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nf3 dB 4 g3 The Catalan Opening dxc4 6 Bg2 Nbd7 6 Nbd2 b5l? Making it a gambit Much quieter is 6 Be7, 6 c5, or 6 Nb6 7 Nxc4 Nxc4 8 Qa4 Bd7. 7 a4 c6 8 NeB Nxs6 9 dxeB NdB 10 0-0 Be7 Allowing Nd2-e4-d6.

Perhaps 10 Qc7 11 NI3 Bb7 improves. 1 1 Ne4 Bb7 Similar is 11 12Nd6 8xd6. II 12 then 13 Nxc8 Qxc8 14 axb5 recovers material 12 Nd6 Bxd6 13 exdB 0-0 14 64 Nb6 1 b3l? Hoping to use his Bishops after 15 cxb3 16 Qxb3 bxa4 17 Qd3, or 16 Qxd6 17 Ba3 c5 18 Qxb5. o3 16 aBI More ambitious than 17Qd4. NdB 17Qd4f67i Undermining the d-pawn fails, because e6 becomes weak.

18 Bh3 Qd7 19 axf6 flxf6 Abandoning the e- Black should disiupt Whito's Kingsido plans with 17 Ng4 18NeBa419f3l The reckless 19 g4? a3 20 b3 permits counterplay with 20 No4. a3 20 b3 RndB Alter 20 c5 21 g4 cxd4.22 Bxd4, White's attack rolls on. 21 g4 Qa5 22 c4 cB 23 Bd2 Qc7 24 g6 The decisive breakthrough. hxgB 2B BxgS Ne4 II 25 cxd4. a plausible finish is 26 hfj g6 27 h7 Kh8 28 Qh2 (threatening 29 Nxg6I Rc8 29 Qf4 Nh5 30 Rxh5 gxh5 31 Bf6 Kxh7 32 Rhl.

mating. 26 Qxe4 BxgB 27 h6l Anyway! gxh6 Hopeless are 27 g6 28 Nxg6 fxg6 29 Qxg6 Kh8 30 Qxg5 cxd4 31Rdg1and27. Bxh6 28 Rxh6 gxh6 tor 28 15 29 Rh8! Kxh8 30 Qh4 Kg8 31 Rhl. mating) 29 Rg1 Kh8 30 QI4 Kh7 31 Rhl. The interpolation 27 15 loses nicely to 28 h7 KhB 29 Ng6 mate.

28 f4 Winning a piece, and continuing the attack, too f6 29 Qg2 Qg7 30 fxgB hxgB 31 8 ID ID IfflM ta a 4M 3 bp jay in naii abcdefgh Shutters More By Shutters, Inc. WHEN THE CHIPS ARE DOWN DO YOU STAND OUT? You can by taking the DALE CARNEGIE COURSE DEVELOP THE SKILLS TO DOI FOR MOftMATION DAY OR MGHT (714) 634 4767 PRESENTED BV ROBERT KING AND ASSOCIATES, INC. CLASS STARTS THIS WHK WOOD HUMS rsuu I OF I KINO BEGUN LAW SCHOOL NOW Attend Part Time Evenings and Weekends VA Approved Classes Now Forming Free Transfer Student Evaluation CALL 800-843-5291 American College 401 South Brea Blvd. of Brea, Ca. 92621 L8.W FACTORY DIRECT CALL 714-361-2000 Quality Service Price LOCAL CHESS CLUBS Here is another addition to our 1990 list of local chess clubs.

4 EiconcHdo: The North County Chess Club meets at 6 p.m. Fridays in the Community Room of HomeFed Bank, 1540 E. Valley Parkway in Escondido. Rated tournaments, speed tournaments, some casual play. Dues: $6year.

Call Alina Markowski at (619) 743-3044. Los Angalaa: The Players Chess Club meets nightly 6-10 p.m. or later at 1710 Silverlake Blvd. in Los Angeles. Casual play, speed tournaments planned: Club director needed.

No dues. Call Rainer Rickford at 1213) 665-5728. Santa Barbara: The Santa Barbara Chess Club meets p.m. Thursdays and Fridays in the Recreation Center, 100 E. Carrillo St.

in Santa Barbara. Rated tournaments. Action chess, speed tournaments, casual play, club-newsletter, discounts on chess equipment. Dues: $10year. Call Parker Montgomery Jr.

at (805) 969-9030 or Art Mankin at (805) 682-4161. Santa Monica: The Santa Monica Bay Chess Club meets 1:30 p.m. Mondays and Fridays in the Senior Citizens Recreation Center, 1450 Ocean Ave. in Santa Monica. Rated tournaments, Action chess tournaments on the third Friday of every month, simuls, lectures, free instruction on Fridays, club newsletter.

Dues: $40year, $20year for seniors, free to juniors. Call Ben Nethercot at (213) 455-1704 or Randy Hough at (818) 282-7412. TODAY'S GAMES IM Lautiar (Franca) GM Gellar (U.S.S.R.), Sochi 1989: 1 d4 d5 2 c4 06 3 Nc3 Be7 4 Nf3 Nf6 5 cxdS exdB The Exchange variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined 6 Bg6 c6 7 Qc2 Na6 8 a3 g6l? After 8 Nc7 9 e3. Black cannot easily activate his QB 9 e4l7 Nothing comes ol 9 03 Bf5 10 Qb3 Qb6 Nxa4 White gets the edge from 9 Nc7 10 e5. as 10 BI5'l 11 Qb3 Ne4 12 Bxe7 Qxe7 13 Qxb7 safely snatches a pawn 10 Nxe4 Bf67 Quite playable is 10 dxe4 1 1 Qxe4 Nc7 12 Qe5 RI8 13 Bh6 Rg8 Black may castle Queenside 11 Bxa6 Bxe4 12 Qc3 bxa6 Not 12 Bxf3 because of 13 Bxb7 Rb8 14 Bxc6 KI8 15 Bh6 KgS 16 Qxl3 13 Qxc6 Kf8 14 Bxe7 Kxo7 16 NeB 8lack's King is in trouble The first threat is 16 Qb7 Rc8 16 Rcll f6 17 Qb7 Ke6 18 RxcS Qxc8 19 0.17 Kf6 Forced, as 19 Kd6 20Qxl6Kc7 21 Oc6Kd8 22 Qd6 Ke8 23 Nc6 Qd7 24 Qb8 Kf7 25 Ne5 is fatal 20 O-OI Not so clear is 20 g4 Kg5 21 h4 Kh6 22 g5 Kh5 RI8 21 Qg7 Bxg2 Black cannot survive 2 1 Rg8 22 g4 Kg5 23 14 Kh4 24 Qh6 mate Best is 21 fxe5 22 Qxe5 Kg4 23 13 Bxf3 (not 23 Kh4 24 g3 Kh3 25 Qg5 Qd8 26 Qh6I 24 gxf3 Kh4 124 Rxf3 gets mated by 25 h3' Rxh3 26 RI4I.

although 25 Qxd5 or 25 Qe7 Kh5 26 Qxh7 Kg5 27 Rel still wins for While 22 Kxg2 fxa6 23 Qxa6 Kg4 24 Ra1 Planning Rel -e3 g3 RI5 26 Qa7 Rg6 26 Kh1 QfS 27 Rg1 Kf4? A blunder, but 27 Kh4 28 Qxh7 Rh5 29 Qe7 g5 30 f4i (threatening 31 Qel) Qe4 31 Qxe4 dxe4 32 fxg5 e3 33 g6 e2 34 Rel gives White a winning endgame 28Qs3mata. GM tvanovich (Yugoslavia) IM Bal-lotti (Italy). Aoata 1989: 1 a4 c6 2 d4 dS 3 Nc3 dx4 4 Nx4 BIB The main line of the Caro-Kann Delense 6 Ng3 Bgfl 6 h4 h6 7 Nf3 Nd7 8 h5 Bh7 9 Bd3 NgM Nor-mal is 9 Bxd3 10 Qxd3 Ngl6 1 1 Bd2 10 Bxh7 Nxh7 11 Qa2 e6 12 Bd2 Ba7 13 0-0-0 0-014 Na4 Ndf6 Perhaps Black should try central counterplay with 14 C5 15 dxc5 Qc7 15 Nxffl Nxf67l The only point of placing the Knight at h7 is to restrain g2-g4-g5 Thus 15 Bxf6 is more logical 16 Kb1 OdB 17 Be3l Dis couraqing c6-c5 and inviting 17 Nxh5 18 Ne5 (even stronger than 18 g4 Nf6 19 g5) NI6 19 Bxh6l gxh6 20 Qd2 Qe4 2 1 Rxh6. with a fierce attack a57 Too slow TEACHERS Bring the world of the stock market into your classroom. Due to the overwhelming response from Southern California teachers.

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Other scores: Ulf Andersson (Sweden) and Zoltan Ribli (Hungary), 5V4-4W; Mikhail Gurovich (U.S.S.R.), 5-5; Krum Georgiev (Bulgaria) and Margeir Peturs-son (Iceland), 4V4-5V4; Nick de Firmian (Berkeley) and Lajos Portisch (Hungary), 4-6: and Alexander Belyavsky (U.S.S.R.), 2-8. Another Soviet star, GM Sergey Dot-matov, won the traditional Hastings tournament in England. In the double round-robin competition, Dolmatov scored 8V4-5W. Kevin Spraggett of Canada and Predrag Nikolich of Yugoslavia tied for second at 7'4-6Vi. Jonathan Speelman, England's leading player, managed only 7-7.

Other scores: Murray Chandler (England), Boris Gulko (Massachusetts), and Artur Yusupov (U.S.S.R.), 6'i-B'A; Michael Adams (England), 6-8. LOCAL NEWS The Southern California Chess Federation's Women's Chess League completed its winter season last Sunday in Buena Park. Alexey Root, Lisa Edmond-son, Lola Cadirao, Laura West and Kim Twitchell, who formed the team "Knighted by the Queen," took the best team prize. Individual prizes went to Root (first board): Laura Becker (second board); West (third board): and Twitchell, Barbara Koks, and Maria Riveroll (fourth The Imperial County Championship, another state championship qualifier, takes place Feb. 3-4 at the El Centro Vacation Inn Travelodge, 2000 Cottonwood Circle in El Centro.

Call Michael Nagaran at (619) 485-0241 for details. The third Newhall Bowl Open, a five-round tournament on Friday nights, begins Feb. 2 at the Meadows Park Chess Club, 25671 N. Fedala Rd. in Valencia.

For information, call Gary Sauer at (805) 253-1301. The Pasadena Chess Club, which meets Friday evenings in the Senior Citizens Center, 1 102 S. Oxley St. in South Pasadena, begins its six-round club championship on Feb. 2.

Call Mike Pinta-valle at (818) 967-8903 for information. Mike Owen and Mark Matthews won prizes in an Action Chess tournament last Sunday in Victorville. The next weekend event in Victorville is scheduled Feb. 25. For details, call Steve Bradley at (619) 243-3287.

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