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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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12. Qd1-b3
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Grandmaster Bisguier's Commentary

Karpov takes a big think here and chooses a quiet move.

12. Re1 has been the favored move here.

Note that Karpov has purposely chosen a line with fewer dynamic chances (he's traded his fine center pawn just to eliminate any queenside majority for Black). He's playing for a little something, not the whole ball of wax. (White's time used 0:29)