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FIDE World Championship - Game 15





White: Anatoly Karpov



Black: Gata Kamsky







Played 4 July 96 in Elista, Kalmykia

Annotation by GM Arthur Bisguier
assisted by NM Eric Johnson and Brian Bugbee
Special Post-Game Analysis by GM Gabriel Schwartzman

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2. ... c7-c5
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Grandmaster Bisguier's Commentary

A very sharp move that shows the challenger wants a fight today!

2. ... c5!? (the Benoni Defense) is the brainchild of two 19th century masters (Ben and Oni). Black offers to accept the following imbalance: a queenside majority for him versus a space advantage and mobile center for White.

Karpov and Kamsky have never contested a Benoni Defense before.