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FIDE World Championship - Game 6




White: Gata Kamsky


Black: Anatoly Karpov





Played 16 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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11. ... Ke8-d8
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Grandmaster Bisguier's Commentary

This reply is safer than 11. ... Be7 which allows a dangerous pin on the e-file and gives the initiative to White. A sample line is 12. f3 Qh3 13. Re5! threatening 14. Bf1. (Black's time used 00:46)