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Who is Gufeld ?

Eduard Yefimovich Gufeld (19 March 1936 – 23 September 2002) was a Soviet International Grandmaster of chess, and a chess author.

Chess career
Gufeld began participating in chess tournaments in 1953 and won the junior championship of Ukraine the following year.[1] He became an International Master in 1964 and an International Grandmaster in 1967. In 1977, he ranked 16th in the world with an Elo rating of 2570.

He moved to Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia, where he coached Maia Chiburdanidze, who became the youngest women's world chess champion in 1978.[2] After the fall of the Soviet Union, he emigrated to the United States.[2]

He started the FIDE Committee on Chess Art and Exhibition.

Gufeld was one of the most prolific authors in all of chess, writing over 80 chess books.[1] His proudest achievements, however, were his win with the King's Indian Defence, Sämisch Variation against Vladimir Bagirov,[3] which he called his "Mona Lisa"; and his 1967 win over Vasily Smyslov (see below). The first of these games made it into John Nunn's collection of the hundred greatest games of all time, Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess Games, and the 112-game group that followed it. Gufeld beat Smyslov again in 1975.[4]

He used to say to those who laughed at his English: "I think that my English is better than your Russian!"[5]

What is the Kings Indian defence ?

King's Indian Defence
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This article is about the opening defined primarily by the placement of the Black pieces. For the opening system that creates a similar arrangement of the White pieces, see King's Indian Attack.


Moves 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6
ECO E60–E99
Parent Indian Defence
Synonym(s) King's Indian
KID
The King's Indian Defence is a common chess opening. It arises after the moves:

1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 g6
Black intends to follow up with 3...Bg7 and 4...d6 (the Grünfeld Defence arises when Black plays 3...d5 instead, and is considered a separate opening). White's major third move options are 3.Nc3, 3.Nf3 or 3.g3, with both the King's Indian and Grünfeld playable against these moves. The Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings classifies the King's Indian Defence under the codes E60 through E99.

In the most critical lines of the King's Indian, White erects an imposing pawn centre with Nc3 followed by e4. Black stakes out his own claim to the centre with the Benoni-style ...c5, or ...e5. If White resolves the central pawn tension with d5, then Black follows with either ...b5 and queenside play, or ...f5 and an eventual kingside attack. Meanwhile, White attempts to expand on the opposite wing. The resulting unbalanced positions offer scope for both sides to play for a win.

Who is Bagirov ?

Vladimir Konstantinovich Bagirov (Armenian: Վլադիմիր Կոնստանտինի Բաղիրյան; Russian: Влади́мир Константи́нович Баги́ров) (August 16, 1936 in Baku – July 21, 2000 in Finland) was a Soviet-Latvian grandmaster of chess, chess author, and trainer. He played in ten USSR Championships, with his best result being fourth place in his debut in 1960. Bagirov was World Senior Champion in 1998. He died of a heart attack while playing a tournament game.

Biography
Vladimir Bagirov was born to an Armenian father and a Ukrainian mother in Baku.[1] He showed chess talent as a youth, and came under the wing of the Master and trainer Vladimir Makogonov. He made his debut in the semi-finals of the Soviet Championship in 1957, but did not advance to the final. Bagirov qualified for the final for the first time in 1960, and made an excellent 4th place at URS-ch27 in Leningrad which was won by Viktor Korchnoi.

He was selected to the Soviet team for the European Team Championship at Oberhausen 1961,[2] and played for the Soviet Student Olympiad team in 1961.[3] Bagirov was awarded his International Master title in 1963, but had to wait until 1978 to be formally recognized as a Grandmaster, although his 1960 Soviet Championship result showed he was clearly at that level.

Bagirov moved into training work in the 1970s, and for a short time in 1975, as Azerbaijan national coach, was the sole trainer of future World Champion Garry Kasparov. Following a dispute with chess officials, Bagirov moved to Latvia in the late 1970s, and coached former World Champion Mikhail Tal, and future Grandmasters Alexei Shirov and Alexander Shabalov.

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