FIDE World Championship - Game 1
White: Anatoly Karpov   Black: Gata Kamsky
6 June, 1996 - Elista, Kalmykia (Russian Federation)

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23. ... a5

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Grandmaster Arthur Bisguier's Commentary

Black is trying activate his rook in order to generate some counterplay. His idea is to play ... a4 and ... Ra5 to attack the White d-pawn. The drawback of this is that it weakens his queenside pawns. However, playing passively would offer little hope against a player of Karpov's techinical virtuosity.