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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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Special Thanks to GM Bachar Kouatly and Christophe Bouton of FIDE.
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23. ... a6-a5
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Grandmaster Bisguier's Commentary

Kamsky has a problem here - how to keep any winning chances alive.

23. ... a5!? keeps the a-pawn off the color of his bishop, and prepares a possible outpost for the queen at b4. (1:31)