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FIDE World Championship - Game 5




White: Anatoly Karpov


Black: Gata Kamsky





Played 14 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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3. ... d7-d5
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Grandmaster Bisguier's Commentary

With this move Black intiates the Gruenfeld Defense which combines the ideas of both the Classical and (Hyper)modern schools. Despite his loss in game one with this opening, Kamsky returns to it because it usually provides more dynamic chances than the Nimzo/Queen's Indian Defenses.