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FIDE World Championship - Game 11





White: Anatoly Karpov



Black: Gata Kamsky







Played 26 June 96 in Elista, Kalmykia

Annotation by GM Arthur Bisguier, assisted by Brian Bugbee
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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in cooperation with FIDE
Special Thanks to GM Bachar Kouatly and Christophe Bouton of FIDE.
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5. e2-e3
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Grandmaster Bisguier's Commentary

A conservative method of defending his c-pawn. Another alternative is Bg5, when after 5. ...dxc4, 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 leads to a very complicated struggle. The variation was made popular for Black by the great former World Champion Mikhail Botvinnik. Karpov apparently prefers to avoid the complexities of this line, opting for a more conservative, positional type of game.