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FIDE World Championship - Game 2




White: Gata Kamsky


Black: Anatoly Karpov





Played 8 June 96 in Elista, Kalmykia

Annotation by GM Arthur Bisguier, assisted by SM Ron Burnett

later today... Special Analysis by GM Gabriel Schwartzmann

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4. c2-c4

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GM Bisguier's Commentary

This is the Panov-Botvinnik variation popularized by a former World Champion Mikhail Botvinnik. White's idea is to put pressure on d5. This was played successfully by Kamsky against Karpov at Monaco, 1994.