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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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16. ... Ra8-b8
Full Game Score ... Previous Move ... Next Move
Grandmaster Bisguier's Commentary

Virtually forced. The alternative 16. ...Nf6 17. Qxe7 Rxe7 18. dxc5 bxc5 clearly favors White, who enjoys the advantage of the Queenside majority. Also, Black's Queenside pawns are isolated and therefore weak. (0:18)