European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 9, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday february 9, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 9 promoters mate chess Speed London api it i fail pared lit glamorous it s need chess n Sis Art. Videotaped Challenge match with world chess Champion Barri Kasparov and British grandmaster Nigel Short play ing at More than 10 times Normal Speed Kasparov and he 21-year-old Short dressed in ruins dinner Jjck Eis played chess before the cameras last week in London s glittering hippodrome discotheque. The videotaped match is to be broadcast at a later Dale As cd unannounced and the audience was asked not to reveal he outcome promoters Hope the Speed Challenge match concluded thursday will gain a wider audience for the cerebral Boardgames with the staid image. Before each game the audience was treated to a laser show at the discotheque in Leicester Square the heart of the West end movie and stage production area. The chess players moves were automatically transmit Ltd by sensors in the Board onto a Giam screen that after dark is used to show Rock videos. Of course this event was a great idea which will help to get chess noticed and understood by a wider Audi ence Kasparov q 23-year-Otd soviet citizen said Friday this is just the beginning of a Long Road with Man similar events to show people the Clement of pure struggle in chess he said. The players had Only 25 minutes apiece for All their moves compare with the fire hours allotted for the first 40 moves in regular International matches to addition digital readouts of the minutes and seconds each player had remaining to finish the game added to he in Tensity of the pay. The six 30-minute programs we remade by London s thames television. "1 think we achieved the right bal Ance with Quick games the electronic display and interview with the players by arc and after each p,ame." said pro Duir Michael Feldmon. I be said late night coverage of Kasparov s world championship match with fellow soviet Anatoly Karpov last sum Mer achieved four times the regular Midnight viewers. The British broadcasting corp. Has shown programs on chess but with a slower moving format. Fol Drumn says the next move could be Speed tournaments broadcast live. Kasparov has captured the imagination of audiences around the world with his aggressive play and outspoken Man Ner. Flam Bodiot and extroverted he spent pan of the news conference before the Speed Challenge match dodging questions from a pop music Magazine about his sex life. Short the seventh ranked and Strong est we Stem bom player in the world Isa potential candidate for an assault on Kasparov s championship Crown. The former Rock musician who once played with a group called the urge said he fell comfortable in a Tuxedo. Shan s Reward for the to Days of play was 5,000 pounds 17,500. Kasparov did not reveal his purse but it was thought to have been larger. Despite the potential distractions the two players produced games that at limes left members of the audience gasping. When one player ran out of time aftera tense scramble dominated by split Sec Ond play and a sparkling attack an announcer stepped Forward and exclaimed some people have said that watching chess is like watching paint dry. Well 1 think we proved the wrong today the statement was greeted with loud applause from the 500 spectators Man of whom had taken time off work to attend. Garri Kasparov shares a laugh with British actress Elaine Paige in London. South Korea detains 500 demonstrators Seoul South Korea a police detained More than 500 people saturday in violent clashes with demonstrators protesting the torture death of a University Stu Dent. News reports said dozens of people were injured but there was no official count late saturday night. Estimates of the number of demonstrators varied from a few thousand to As Many As 20,000 in Seoul alone. Up to 70,000 police were reported to have been mobilized nationwide. Clouds of tear Gas fired by heavily reinforced riot police Hung Over downtown Seoul late saturday. Clashes also were reported in Pusan and Kwangju 250 Miles and 200 Miles rep clively from the capital. In Seoul some demonstrators hurled rocks broken bits of paving stones and Molotov cocktails at police. Buildings and vehicles were damaged and streets were littered with Racks smashed bottles and spent tear Gas canisters. Witnesses said it was impossible to give an accurate count because of the scattered nature of the demonstrations in each disturbance hundreds of student activists gathered to shout Defiance of the government of presi Dent Chun Doo Hwan they dispersed under rounds of tear Gas or charges by riot police slipped into Alley ways regrouped and appeared again. The violence erupted after political opposition dissident religious and human rights groups pressed ahead with plans for memorial rallies despite Stern warnings from government authorities that such gatherings were illegal political acts. The rallies were called to Mark the Jan 14 death of Park Jong Chul a 21-year-old Seoul National univer sity student who died while being questioned by police in connection with anti government activities. By offi Cial accounts he had undergone water torture. The government arrested two police in the death and promised Steps to prevent any recurrence but i accused the opposition of exploiting the death. Demonstrators saturday scattered k a frets saying Down with the murderous regime. Down with dictatorship. Drive out .  the carried portraits of the dead student and signs denouncing the government. The crack of tear Gas canisters sounded As crowd swirled through the streets dispersed and regrouped. Stinging fumes floated Over a wide area sending demonstrators and passers by fleeing their eyes and nose streaming. The Yon Hap news Agency reported that in a Thea Ter area about 500 students clashed with police for 10 minutes hurling 40 gasoline Battle bombs. Police an swered with 200 tear Gas rounds it said. The demonstrations which began around noon continued sporadically As night Fiji aver the City of 10 million people. Published reports said about 70,000 police had been mobilized across the country to Deal with the rallies. About 37,000 police were reported concentrated in Seoul. A number of opposition figures including dissident leaders Kim Dae Jung and Kim Young Sam were put under House arrest. The Effort to thwart the rallies was launched thurs Day night and Early Friday when a total of 2,373 peo ple were reported detained for carrying illegal leaflets or other Security related  pain clothes policemen in Gas masks and helmets drag away a protester in Seoul during anti government riots