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FIDE World Championship - Game 7




White: Anatoly Karpov


Black: Gata Kamsky





Played 18 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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Special Thanks to GM Bachar Kouatly and Christophe Bouton of FIDE.
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1. d2-d4
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Grandmaster Bisguier's Commentary

One of White's strongest first moves since it controls the central squares c5 and e5 and allows his c1-bishop to develop. While Karpov almost exclusively used 1. e4 in his early career he now shows a preference for this move since it tends to lead more positional play which is his forte.