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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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5. ... d5xc4
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Grandmaster Bisguier's Commentary

Black could ... c6 here with a solid position, but in keeping with the spirit of the Gruenfeld gives up the center temporarily in order to exert pressure on the d4-pawn.