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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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7. Bf1-e2
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Grandmaster Bisguier's Commentary

Also often seen in b3, so that White can recapture with the pawn if Black plays dxc4. Now one purpose of Be2 as opposed to Bd3 is to allow White to play a subsequent e3-e4, when after Black's dxc4, White can immediately follow up with e5 (instead of Bxc4), forking two pieces.