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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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8. c4xd5
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Grandmaster Bisguier's Commentary

White avoids committing to an early c4-c5, which would make his position in the center very brittle. Black would have good play with ideas such as ... Ne4, ... b6, or even ... e5.