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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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17. Nb3-d2
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Grandmaster Bisguier's Commentary

Having tranforming the base of Black's pawn chain (from c7 to d6) White redeploys this knight to attack the base. Note this knight is also in a position to recapture on e4 after a possible ... fxe4 (note from e4 it still observes the sensitive d6-pawn).