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FIDE World Championship - Game 14





White: Gata Kamsky



Black: Anatoly Karpov







Played 2 July 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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Special Thanks to GM Bachar Kouatly and Christophe Bouton of FIDE.
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6. Ng1-e2
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Grandmaster Bisguier's Commentary

Here White has a major decision to make: should he play Nge2 (to avoid the doubled pawns), or the straight-forward Nf3 (developing the knight to its best square).

In another Nimzo-Indian Defense between these two players (Kamsky-Karpov, Linares 1991), Kamsky chose Nf3 and lost in 84 moves. This is the only other time Gata has allowed Karpov to play the Nimzo-Indian against his 1. d4.