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One of the most famous games in the King's Indian Defense is a brilliancy by the late Ukrainian-American grandmaster Eduard Gufeld with the Black pieces against Vladimir Bagirov in the USSR championship of 1973. Gufeld called it his "Mona Lisa". Which variation of the King's Indian Defense does the game feature ?

  1. Samisch Variation

  2. Four Pawn's Attack

  3. Orthodox Variation

  4. Averbakh System

  5. Makogonov Variation
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Explanation

Eduard Gufeld's famous "Mona Lisa" game against Bagirov featured the Samisch Variation of the King's Indian Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3). This variation involves White playing f3 to support the center and prepare a kingside pawn storm.

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