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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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18. ... Bb7xf3
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Grandmaster Bisguier's Commentary

Black bites the bullet by exchanging his bishop for White's knight. He eliminates the potential for White's knight to infiltrate on the Queenside. He heads for an unbalanced position where he hopes that his extra pawn in the center will give him chances (e.g., if he can get his pawn to e5, then he will have an outpost for the Knight at d4).