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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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16. a2-a3
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Grandmaster Bisguier's Commentary

White is playing to restrain Black's Queenside pawns and fix them on the light squares, so as to restrict the mobility of the bishop on b7, and deter the c6-pawn from advancing. (0:30)