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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
7. ... c7-c6 Full Game Score ... Previous Move ... Next Move |
Black blunts the dangerous diagonal and prepares for ... d5, which challenges the c4-pawn. And in the event of cxd5, Black can recapture with ... cxd5 thereby avoiding the specter of a backward c-pawn. |