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FIDE World Championship - Game 13





White: Anatoly Karpov



Black: Gata Kamsky







Played 30 June 96 in Elista, Kalmykia

Annotation by GM Arthur Bisguier
assisted by NM Eric Johnson and Brian Bugbee
Special Post-Game Analysis by GM Walter Browne
and IM John Grefe

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in cooperation with FIDE
Special Thanks to GM Bachar Kouatly and Christophe Bouton of FIDE.
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4. ... Bc8-a6
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Grandmaster Bisguier's Commentary

A modern continuation against 4. g3 which puts pressure on c4. The idea behind this move is to force White to defend the pawn in an unnatural manner because its normal defender (the bishop at f1) will be developed at g2.