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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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15. ... f7-f5
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Grandmaster Bisguier's Commentary

Gata burns his bridges with this move...there's no turning back now!

The long-term negative with the text is that it weakens the e6-square (pawns can't go backwards!). However, Gata shores up his knight on e4 and reserves the option of a later Ndf6. (0:48)