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FIDE World Championship - Game 16





White: Gata Kamsky     1



Black: Anatoly Karpov  0







Played 6 July 96 in Elista, Kalmykia

Annotation by GM Arthur Bisguier
assisted by NM Eric Johnson and Brian Bugbee
also... Special Analysis by GM Gabriel Schwartzmann

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49. Ne5-c6
Karpov Resigns
Click on any move to see a Diagram and Commentary 

     Kamsky     Karpov



  1.  d2-d4     Ng8-f6



  2.  c2-c4      e7-e6



  3. Ng1-f3      b7-b6



  4.  g2-g3     Bc8-a6



  5.  b2-b3     Bf8-b4



  6. Bc1-d2     Bb4-e7



  7. Bf1-g2      c7-c6



  8. Bd2-c3      d7-d5



  9. Nf3-e5     Nf6-d7



 10. Ne5xd7     Nb8xd7



 11. Nb1-d2     O-O



 12. O-O        Ra8-c8



 13.  e2-e4      c6-c5



 14.  e4xd5      e6xd5



 15.  d4xc5      d5xc4



 16.  c5-c6      c4xb3



 17. Rf1-e1     Ba6-b5



 18.  a2xb3     Bb5xc6



 19. Bg2xc6     Rc8xc6



 20. Ra1xa7     Be7-f6



 21. Nd2-c4     Bf6xc3



 22. Ra7xd7     Qd8-f6



 23. Re1-e4     Qf6-f5



 24. Re4-f4     Qf5-e6



 25. Rd7xf7     Rf8-e8










     Kamsky     Karpov



 26. Qd1-f3     Bc3-f6



 27. Rf7-b7      h7-h6



 28. Kg1-g2     Kg8-h8



 29.  h2-h4     Kh8-g8



 30. Kg2-h2     Kg8-h8



 31. Qf3-h5     Re8-d8



 32. Rb7-f7     Bf6-d4



 33. Rf7-f8+    Rd8xf8



 34. Rf4xf8+    Kh8-h7



 35. Qh5-f3     Bd4-c5



 36. Rf8-f5     Rc6-c8



 37.  h4-h5     Rc8-d8



 38. Rf5-e5     Qe6-d7



 39. Qf3-e4+    Kh7-h8



 40. Kh2-g2     Rd8-f8



 41.  f2-f4     Rf8-d8



 42. Qe4-f3     Bc5-d4



 43. Re5-e2      b6-b5



 44. Nc4-d2     Bd4-b6



 45. Nd2-e4     Qd7-d1



 46. Ne4-f2     Qd1-b1



 47. Nf2-g4     Qb1-f5



 48. Ng4-e5     Kh8-g8



 49. Ne5-c6     Resigns
Grandmaster Bisguier's Commentary

Gata wins!

The threat of 50. Ne7+ wins the house.

Final Thoughts:

Not a pretty game.

Of course, any win is good news for Kamsky...the match continues.

But how depressing for Karpov...he puts up heroic resistance after being snookered in the opening, only to "fall asleep" when the moment of salvation was near (46. ... Qb1? versus 46. ... Bxf2!).

Karpov still has a big lead (three points), but maybe the physical strain of play is catching up to him? Still, I'd rather be sitting in his chair the rest of the way!