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FIDE World Championship - Game 10





White: Gata Kamsky



Black: Anatoly Karpov







Played 24 June 96 in Elista, Kalmykia

Annotation by GM Arthur Bisguier, assisted by NM Eric Johnson
Special Post-Game Analysis by GM Walter Browne
assisted by IM John Grefe
(GM Schwartzman is playing in the Interplay US Junior Invitational)

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Special Thanks to GM Bachar Kouatly and Christophe Bouton of FIDE.
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17. ... Bc6-b5
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Grandmaster Bisguier's Commentary

Black wants to exchange the light-squared bishops, both to reduce the pressure on his kingside, and to make use of the light-square holes in White's position (for example, by Nc5-d3). (1:21)