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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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26. h2-h3
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Grandmaster Bisguier's Commentary

White has effectively neutralized Black's pawn majority on the Queenside, prepares to mobilize his own Kingside pawns, and restrains Black's Queen's Bishop from coming to g4 or f5. For example, if 26. ... Bf5, then 27. g4 followed by 28. f4. (1:18)