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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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Special Thanks to GM Bachar Kouatly and Christophe Bouton of FIDE.
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15. ... c6-c5
Full Game Score ... Previous Move ... Next Move
Grandmaster Bisguier's Commentary

Black's disadvantage would have been minimal after 15. ... e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Qxe5 Rxe5 19. Bf3 Rae8. Perhaps Kamsky wanted to maintain a more complex position with some slight winning chances. After 15. ... e5, he would have had no winning chances. (Black's time used 0:18)