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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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23. ... Kh7-g8

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GM Bisguier's Commentary

Karpov's shows his excellent judgment by safeguarding his king and prepares to to play ... Bg4 to trade-off White dangerous knight. Note that Black had to lose a bishop because of the dual threats of bxa5 and Qd3+ followed by Qxd7.