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FIDE World Championship - Game 6




White: Gata Kamsky     0


Black: Anatoly Karpov  1





Played 16 June 96 in Elista, Kalmykia

Annotation by GM Arthur Bisguier, assisted by SM Ron Burnett
also... Special Analysis by GM Gabriel Schwartzmann

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in cooperation with FIDE
Special Thanks to GM Bachar Kouatly and Christophe Bouton of FIDE.
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29. ... Re2xd2
White Resigns
GM Bisguier's Summary

Kamsky lost this game because he failed to recognize that he had lost the initiative. As result, he was unwilling to play for the draw by simplifying when the position warranted it. Apparently his sense of danger was absent today. This is a common mistake which rarely occurs at this level, but is often encountered at lower levels of play.

Click on a move to see a Diagram and Commentary 

     Kamsky     Karpov


  1.  e2-e4      e7-e5


  2. Ng1-f3     Ng8-f6


  3.  d2-d4     Nf6xe4


  4. Bf1-d3      d7-d5


  5. Nf3xe5     Nb8-d7


  6. Ne5xd7     Bc8xd7


  7. O-O        Bf8-d6


  8. Nb1-c3     Qd8-h4


  9.  g2-g3     Ne4xc3


 10.  b2xc3     Qh4-g4


 11. Rf1-e1     Ke8-d8


 12. Bd3-e2     Qg4-f5


 13. Ra1-b1      b7-b6


 14.  c3-c4      d5xc4


 15. Be2xc4     Rh8-e8








     Kamsky     Karpov


 16. Bc1-e3     Bd7-c6


 17.  d4-d5     Bc6-d7


 18. Bc4-f1      h7-h6


 19.  c2-c4     Re8-e7


 20. Bf1-d3     Qf5-f6


 21. Kg1-g2     Kd8-e8


 22. Bd3-c2     Qf6-c3


 23. Bc2-b3     Ke8-f8


 24. Rb1-c1     Qc3-f6


 25. Bb3-c2     Ra8-e8


 26. Qd1-d3     Bd7-g4


 27. Be3-d2?    Re7-e2


 28. Re1xe2     Re8xe2


 29. Rc1-f1     Re2xd2


     Resigns