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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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in cooperation with FIDE
Special Thanks to GM Bachar Kouatly and Christophe Bouton of FIDE.
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42. ... Na7-c6
Full Game Score ... Previous Move ... Next Move
Grandmaster Bisguier's Commentary

Black is winning, but he must take care not to allow counterplay against his a5-pawn.

A simple winning plan might involve moves like ... Kh5, ...f5, ... g4, and a general advance on the kingside. Notice that White's Nf3 is limited because of the Black bishop on e4 (eyeing the g-pawn).

Even the bishop of opposite color ending looks grim, because if 43. Nd4 Nxd4 44. exd4 Bxg2 45. Bc7 Bxh3 46. Bxa5, Black is miles ahead in the race to queen a pawn.