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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)

Coverage provided by the United States Chess Federation
in cooperation with FIDE
Special Thanks to GM Bachar Kouatly and Christophe Bouton of FIDE.
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10. ... b7-b6
Full Game Score ... Previous Move ... Next Move
Grandmaster Bisguier's Commentary

Black prepares to develop his Queen's Bishop via the fianchetto route. Apparently he dislikes the resulting positions from 10. ... dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5, when White has can play 12. Ng5 (forcing the awkward move Rf8) or 12. Nh4, eyeing the f5-square. (0:10)