USChess Online ® Presents:

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)

Coverage provided by the United States Chess Federation
in cooperation with FIDE
Special Thanks to GM Bachar Kouatly and Christophe Bouton of FIDE.
Technical services provided by Websong Publishing










8. ... Rf8-e8
Full Game Score ... Previous Move ... Next Move
Grandmaster Bisguier's Commentary

Anticipating an eventual e6-e5. Note on an immediate ...e5, Black has to accept an isolated d-pawn, after dxe5 Nxe5, cxd5 cxd5 (or Nxd5, Nxd5 cxd5). This is not recommended against a player of Karpov's technical virtuosity.