OXFORD - Do you have the moves to compete against Gregory Kaidanov?

Few people do.

America's top-ranked chess grandmaster will visit Miami University Tuesday to play a 25-board simultaneous match against students and residents.

In a simultaneous chess match, an expert player takes on multiple opponents, moving quickly among them and making a move at each board until all the games are finished. Club players must move within 10 seconds of the grandmaster's arrival at their boards.

During his visit, Kaidanov will also give a lecture on "St. Petersburg's Chess Legacy."

If the Ukraine immigrant looks around the campus in Butler County, he will feel at home. The Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies (which will sponsor his visit with the Miami University Chess Club) sports Russian-style "onion" domes.

"We've been working to bring Gregory back for two years because his first visit was such a great success," said Clyde Brown, faculty adviser to the Chess Club.

In 2001, Kaidanov defeated the Miami team 25-0, while 200 spectators watched. Kaidanov in 2002 won the Aeroflot Open in Moscow against 82 other grandmasters.

Kaidanov's matches - already scheduled - will start at 6 p.m. in multipurpose room B at the Shriver Center. His talk will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Special Collections Room at the King Library. Both events are free and open to the public.

After considering the match between 25 local chess players and the nation's No. 1 player in 2002, Miami's Chess Club president did not hesitate to predict.

"It does not look good for the home team," Justin Fenn joked.

Information: www.orgs.muohio.edu/chess.

SHARONVILLE - The Hamilton County Soil and Water Conservation District's trees, shrubs and groundcover sale will be repeated this year. But orders must be placed by April 1.

Trees are sold in 1-gallon potted containers. Trees are 2-6 feet and cost $15; shrubs, $12. Groundcover, $8.

Trees include red maple, dwarf red buckeye, white dogwood, American beech, tulip tree, Carolina silverbell, bald cypress and white oak.

Information: Conservation District, 29 Triangle Office Park Drive, Suite 2901, Cincinnati 45246-3411.

HARVEYSBURG - Welcome the spring with a walk at Caesar Creek Lake in Warren County from 7:30-9 p.m. March 29.

Hikers will observe frogs and toads (including tiny tree frogs and trilling toads) that live around the park. Meet at the Visitor Center on Clarksville Road. Cost, $3 per person, $5 per family.

Registration is recommended. Information: 897-1050.

MASON - The Mason Public Library in Warren County will present an antiques program from 1-3:30 p.m. today.

Frank Farmer Loomis IV, a Cincinnati antiques appraiser, will talk briefly on antiques and appraise them. Each person may bring only one item for appraisal, at a cost of $10.

Registration required. Call 398-2711.

BETHEL - Join a ranger at East Fork State Park in an exploration of nature's noisemakers, including spring peepers, chorus frogs and American woodcock.

Meet at 6 p.m. March 29 at the horseman's parking lot on Ohio 32 at the Afton entrance in Clermont County. Dress for the weather.

The program will be canceled in the event of severe storms or lightning. Registration is not required.

Information: 797-6081.

WAYNESVILLE - Der Dutchman Restaurant, 230 N. U.S. 42, will celebrate its fifth anniversary in town with Amish Anniversary Days.

The one-week celebration starts Tuesday.

The business will show its Amish and Mennonite heritage with displays and guest speakers. The restaurant will also give away a handmade Amish quilt.

Information: 897-4716.

Randy McNutt's community column appears on Saturday and covers Hamilton, Clermont, Butler and Warren counties. Contact him at the Enquirer, 7700 Service Center Drive, West Chester OH 45069. Telephone: 755-4158. Fax: 755-4150. E-mail: Rmcnutt@enquirer.com.