Eduard Gufeld
Notable Games

Eduard Gufeld

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Notable Games

  • 1959.01.27 Gufeld, Eduard vsTal, Mikhail 1-0 Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Anderssen Variation 37 moves URS-ch26 Final USSR Championship, Tbilisi 1959, against Mikhail Tal, who became World Champion the next year. Gufeld exchanges on c6, castles long and pushes his kingside pawns. 30.Rxg7+ Kxg7 31.Nf5+ starts a king hunt, and after 36.Qg6+ Kxe5 37.d4+ Tal resigns with his king on e5.
  • 1960.02.14 Gufeld, Eduard vsSpassky, Boris Vasilievich 1-0 Alekhine Defense 34 moves URS-ch27 Final USSR Championship, Leningrad 1960, against Boris Spassky, the future World Champion. 18.Nh5, 24.Rg3 and 25.Qf4 build up against g7, and 31.Rxg7 and 33.Rg8+ Kh7 34.Bc2+ finish it in 34 moves.
  • 1961.01.21 Taimanov, Mark E vsGufeld, Eduard 0-1 King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Aronin-Taimanov Defense 44 moves URS-ch28 Final & Zonal USSR Championship, Moscow 1961, against Mark Taimanov, in the King's Indian line that carries his name. 15...Nf4+ 16.gxf4 exf4 gives up a knight to open the white king, 22...Qg5+ and 23...Bh3+ chase it, and the black g-pawn reaches g2.
  • 1963.11 Gufeld, Eduard vsBronstein, David Ionovich 1-0 Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Steinitz Deferred 60 moves URS-ch31 Final USSR Championship, Leningrad 1963, Gufeld's best result in the event: 11/19 and a share of seventh place, a point behind the winners. Against David Bronstein he wins the a-pawn with 31.Rxa6, and the b-pawn and h-pawn decide the ending; 60.h7 ends it.
  • 1967.01.27 Polugaevsky, Lev vsGufeld, Eduard 0-1 King's Indian Defense: Averbakh Variation, Main Line 38 moves URS-ch34 Final USSR Championship, Tbilisi 1967, against Lev Polugaevsky in the Averbakh King's Indian. 26...b5 and 27...c4 open the queenside, the black knights reach f4 and h5, and 37...Rg2+ 38.Kh1 Ng3 is mate.
  • 1967.07.29 Smyslov, Vasily V vsGufeld, Eduard 0-1 English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense 35 moves URS-chT Republics 10th final A Soviet team championship, Moscow 1967, against the former World Champion Vasily Smyslov, one of the two wins Gufeld was proudest of. 12...Bb7 13.Qxb7 Nc6 traps the white queen, 15...Rxb7 takes it, and 18...Qxa1 picks up a rook. The game ends with 35...Qc3+.
  • 1968.11.20 Gufeld, Eduard vsGaprindashvili, Nona 1-0 English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Normal Variation 41 moves Karseladze Memorial Karseladze Memorial, Gori 1968, against the Women's World Champion Nona Gaprindashvili. 26.Rxa6 wins a pawn, and the a-pawn runs with 36.a5, 37.a6 and 38.a7 while Black attacks the king. 41.Qe3 ends it.
  • 1969.02.23 Gufeld, Eduard vsTarve, Udo 1-0 Vienna Game: Frankenstein-Dracula Variation 25 moves Tallinn Tallinn 1969 against Udo Tarve, in the Frankenstein–Dracula Variation of the Vienna. The queens come off at move 11, and 15.Nf6+ gxf6 16.Bxf6 gives up a knight to open the black king. White's rooks come to the h-file, and Tarve resigns after 25.Rah1.
  • 1971 Gufeld, Eduard vsStein, Leonid 1-0 Sicilian Defense: Classical Variation, Sozin Attack 42 moves URS Games Against Leonid Stein, 1971, a player Gufeld later wrote a book about. In a Sozin Sicilian Black gives up the exchange with 20...Rxc3. White's queen reaches h7 and f7, and the f-pawn promotes with 42.f8=Q.
  • 1972.08.16 Gufeld, Eduard vsHuebner, Robert 1-0 French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Guimard Defense, Main Line 52 moves Sukhumi Sukhumi 1972 against Robert Hübner, in the Tarrasch French. 35.Nxh7 Kxh7 36.Qh4+ opens the black king, 37.g5 and 38.g6+ win the queen for a rook, and 50.Rxh6+ gxh6 51.Qf6+ and 52.Bg6 end it.
  • 1973.06 Bagirov, Vladimir vsGufeld, Eduard 0-1 King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Panno Main Line 32 moves URS-ch41 Semifinal USSR Championship semi-final, Kirovabad 1973, against Vladimir Bagirov. This is the game Gufeld called his "Mona Lisa". Against the Sämisch King's Indian, 16...Rxb2 and 19...Rxa2 take the queenside pawns, 20...exf4 and 21...Rxf4 give up the exchange, and the knights and queen hunt the white king until 32...Qb5+. John Nunn included it in his collection of the greatest games.
  • 1975.07 Gufeld, Eduard vsSmyslov, Vasily V 1-0 Caro-Kann Defense 53 moves URS-chT Republics 13th final A Soviet team championship, 1975, against Smyslov again, in the Caro-Kann with 2.d3. The queens come off at move 23, and White's a-, b- and c-pawns decide: 44.a5, 45.c5, 47.b6 and 53.c7.
  • 1979 Gufeld, Eduard vsIvanovic, Bozidar 1-0 Sicilian Defense: Open 34 moves Chigorin Memorial-13 Chigorin Memorial, Sochi 1979, against Božidar Ivanović. 20.Rxf5 gxf5 21.Rxf5 gives up a rook for two pawns, 24.Nxd6+ Bxd6 gives up a knight as well, and 29.Rxe5+, 32.Rxe6+ and 34.Qg6+ finish it.
  • 1986 Mestel, A Jonathan vsGufeld, Eduard 0-1 King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Normal Defense 27 moves Hastings 8687 Hastings 1986/87 against Jonathan Mestel, with Black in the Sämisch King's Indian. 23...Rxc4 takes a bishop, 24...Rxc3+ 25.Qxc3 Ne2+ forks king and queen, and 26...Nxc3 wins the queen. Mestel resigns after 27.Rh7+ Kxg6.
  • 1999 Gufeld, Eduard vsFedorowicz, John P 1-0 Modern Defense 55 moves US Open-100 U.S. Open, Reno 1999, at sixty-three, against John Fedorowicz in the Modern Defence. The queens come off at move 14. White wins a pawn with 41.Rxb5, and 50.Nxe5+ and 52.Rxe7+ win the bishop.
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