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FIDE World Championship - Game 16





White: Gata Kamsky



Black: Anatoly Karpov







Played 6 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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16. c5-c6
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Grandmaster Bisguier's Commentary

White doesn't play this move with the idea of keeping his pawn; rather, the time that Black uses to win this pawn will allow White to extricate himself from the the pressure on his c4-square (with a slightly more pleasant game). (0:12)