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FIDE World Championship - Game 3




White: Anatoly Karpov


Black: Gata Kamsky





Played 10 June 96 in Elista, Kalmykia

Annotation by GM Arthur Bisguier, assisted by SM Ron Burnett

Special Post-Game Analysis by GM Gabriel Schwartzmann

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17. b3-b4
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Grandmaster Bisguier's Commentary

Karpov plays this to prevent the pawns from advancing as a connected mass. One of his ideas is to reposition his knight to b3.