Vladimir Bagirov vs Eduard Gufeld (1973) The Mona Lisa

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Vladimir Bagirov vs Eduard Gufeld
"The Mona Lisa" (game of the day Mar-29-2017)
URS-ch sf Kirovabad (1973), Kirovabad URS, Jun-??
King's Indian Defense: Saemisch Variation. Panno (E84) · 0-1

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FEN COPIED

Given 63 times; par: 30 [what's this?]

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Aug-17-12		Robed.Bishop: <DIO> I see that you have been a member here for quite some time, active during the Troop wars, although a somewhat infrequent poster. There is indeed a reason those doors are closed, and just like in the movies, some doors should never be opened...

Aug-17-12		DIO: I hear you Mr. Bishop :-) and thanks for the feedback! I will stay clear of any conflicts then. I'm here for chess only. Cheers!

Aug-17-12		LIFE Master AJ: <DIO> Thanks for the comments. Several e-mails (I could post them here, but I won't.) show that others feel the same way. So it seems - as you say, the general consensus is that this IS a beautiful game, very well played, and GM Gufeld apparently considered it the "best game of my life" - this, along with the number of times that this game has appaered in various game collections ... ... ... I would say that this means the game has merit and deserves a web page of it's own. As for the failed author, he is on ignore and have absolutely nothing to say to him ... he isn't worth my time or my trouble.

Aug-18-12		TheFocus: <DIO> <1-. You are usually a polite guy to others, so I will not respond in the same way you attacked me. I think I got you in a hot-headed mood.> Yes, it was a bad mood thing. I could have been more polite. My apologies.

Aug-18-12		TheFocus: <Several e-mails (I could post them here, but I won't.) show that others feel the same way.> Not a single person on this site sent <AJ> an e-mail saying they wanted to see his video. If so, why are they afraid to publicly say, "Yeah, <AJ>, let's see it!" No one. Nada. The e-mails are in his imagination, as usual. <DIO> Unfortunately, you may not have seen the mocking parodies I did about <AJ>'s videos. The admins deleted them. In regard to praising an <AJ> video, that was not praise but sarcasm. I have never sat through more than 2 minutes of one of his videos. Too amateurish, too crappy. Too full of himself. <AJ> is the site clown. A complete joke and a waste of time. He imagines that he will one day be a Grandmaster. This will never happen. He can't even get a FIDE title. But, this has all been said before. By me and by others that can see through this monkey and a charade of a master.

Nov-07-12		kingscrusher: I have no idea why I had not video annotated this game before - could not find it, so I video annotated it just now :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Dj4... I hope some insights are good from this video - especially as I like playing the Kings Indian Defence myself :)

Nov-07-12		LovingFischer: fantastic game

May-06-13		Check It Out: Lots of great tactical moves to feast the eyes on here.

Jun-26-14		Garech: If you squint your eyes in the middlegame, you can see a smile in the black position. -Garech

Jul-18-14		m.okun: Gufeld called this game "My Gioconda" and published it many times.

Nov-16-15		Domdaniel: Do you smile to tempt a lover, Mona Lisa? Or is this your way to hide a broken heart? Many dreams have been brought to your doorstep They just lie there and they die there Are you warm, are you real, Mona Lisa? Or just a cold and lonely lovely work of art?

Jan-30-17		ColeTrane: Does this pun mean that CG is actually keeping the real version of this game in an air tight seal in they basement and that all we get to see is the fake reproduction with out telling us the truth about it.... just like the Louvre....?

Mar-29-17		iking: what a game ...

Mar-29-17		AlicesKnight: A fascinating piece of cut-and-thrust. Among other things I like Black inducing White to self-block the K-side attack with his own Ps. Why did White "castle into it" at move 19?

Mar-29-17		Ironmanth: Agreeing with much of the discussion here: fantastic game! Missing you, Grandmaster Gufeld. You were a treasured trainer and chess icon.

Mar-29-17		OhioChessFan: Nat King Cole-Mona Lisa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NID...

Mar-29-17		morfishine: With <3...d6> this more resembles a Pirc defense vs a true KID, which is almost always typified by <1...Nf6> not <1...g6>, which in itself, is more common in the Modern defense, all of which are closely related :) Hope that's not too convoluted :) *****

Mar-27-18		newzild: <Morfishine> With 4...Nf6 it becomes fully a Kings Indian.

Mar-31-19		shankartr2018: One of the best games I have seen so far...

Oct-01-20		carpovius: What if 20. Nec3???

Oct-01-20		perfidious: <andy: <Robed.Bishop> Well, I DO often use the ignore feature--but not as often as the girls in my high school obviously did...> roflm*ao

Oct-02-20		W Westerlund: Read The Search for the Mona Lisa. Gufeld was not a bragger. The whole book is full of self-irony with many jokes, Gufeld playing the clown. Gufeld was a bon vivant who lived in the USSR and tried to make the best of it. He had friends, he liked women and parties, food and drink. He wasn't a particularly hard worker. He was not a top grandmaster. But he had a lot of innate talent. Look at this game (although Bagirov misplayed the opening).

Jan-26-21		m.okun: Gufeld published this game dozens of times in various publications. An interesting characterization is given to him in his book "My Testimony" by Genna Sosonko.

Sep-17-21		Messiah: One of the wildest games in the history of chess.

Jul-02-23		FSR: 16.g4? is too loose. 16.O-O-O would have given White a big advantage, winning according to Stockfish.

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