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FIDE World Championship - Game 14





White: Gata Kamsky     0



Black: Anatoly Karpov  1







Played 2 July 96 in Elista, Kalmykia

Annotation by GM Arthur Bisguier
assisted by NM Eric Johnson and Brian Bugbee
also... Special Analysis by GM Walter Brown
assisted by IM John Grefe

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61. ... Be6xg4
Kamsky Resigns
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Game Now Available in PGN ! 

     Kamsky     Karpov



  1.  d2-d4     Ng8-f6



  2.  c2-c4      e7-e6



  3. Nb1-c3     Bf8-b4



  4.  e2-e3      c7-c5



  5. Bf1-d3     Nb8-c6



  6. Ng1-e2      c5xd4



  7.  e3xd4      d7-d5



  8.  c4xd5     Nf6xd5



  9. O-O        Bb4-d6



 10. Nc3-e4     Bd6-e7



 11.  a2-a3     O-O



 12. Bd3-c2     Qd8-c7



 13. Qd1-d3     Rf8-d8



 14. Ne4-g5      g7-g6



 15. Bc2-b3     Nd5-f6



 16. Rf1-d1     Be7-f8



 17. Bc1-f4     Qc7-e7



 18. Qd3-e3     Nf6-d5



 19. Bb3xd5      e6xd5



 20. Ng5-f3     Qe7xe3



 21.  f2xe3      f7-f6



 22. Ra1-c1     Bc8-f5



 23.  h2-h3      h7-h5



 24. Ne2-c3      g6-g5



 25. Bf4-h2      h5-h4



 26. Nf3-d2     Kg8-f7



 27. Nd2-b3     Ra8-c8



 28. Nc3-b5      a7-a6



 29. Nb5-c3      b7-b5



 30. Nc3-e2      b5-b4



 31.  a3-a4     Rd8-e8










     Kamsky     Karpov



 32. Kg1-f2     Kf7-g6



 33. Ne2-g1     Nc6-a7



 34. Nb3-c5     Rc8-c6



 35. Ng1-f3     Re8-c8



 36.  b2-b3      a6-a5



 37. Kf2-e2     Bf5-e4



 38. Ke2-d2     Bf8xc5



 39.  d4xc5     Rc6xc5



 40. Rc1xc5     Rc8xc5



 41. Rd1-c1     Rc5xc1



 42. Kd2xc1     Na7-c6



 43. Bh2-c7      f6-f5



 44. Kc1-d2      d5-d4



 45.  e3xd4      f5-f4



 46. Kd2-e2     Be4-d5



 47. Ke2-f2     Bd5xb3



 48. Nf3-e5+    Nc6xe5



 49.  d4xe5     Bb3xa4



 50. Bc7xa5      b4-b3



 51. Ba5-c3     Kg6-f5



 52. Bc3-b2     Ba4-c6



 53. Kf2-f1     Bc6-d5



 54. Kf1-f2     Kf5-e4



 55. Kf2-e2     Bd5-c4+



 56. Ke2-d2      f4-f3



 57.  g2xf3+    Ke4xf3



 58.  e5-e6     Bc4xe6



 59. Bb2-f6      g5-g4



 60.  h3xg4      h4-h3



 61. Bf6-e5     Be6xg4



     Resigns
Grandmaster Bisguier's Commentary

The position is a standard book win - White resigns.

Final Thoughts:

A crushing defeat for the challenger - in a good position, he erred in time pressure (33. Ng1? did him in).

Karpov is now +4. The only thing standing between him and the title is ... his past history. The situation is much different, however, than during the 1984 match with Kasparov - there, the winner needed 6 wins, draws not counting. Back then, the challenger (Kasparov) could prolong the match by drawing.

Of course, in 1996, Anatoly now also has the 6 wins (6:2 in decisive games, 9:5 overall).