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FIDE World Championship - Game 17





White: Anatoly Karpov



Black: Gata Kamsky







Played 8 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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25. ... Nd8-c6
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Grandmaster Bisguier's Commentary

Let's take stock here...

How do you play on when there is nothing to play on for? You just make some non-weakening moves, centralize your king, and hope for the best.

Not a very interesting endgame, but a stronger player would still expect to have some chances to win against a weaker player in a weekend Swiss.

Black can try ... f5, ... e5, ... Kf7-e6, and strive for ... d6-d5 in the ending.

But if Karpov can't hold this position, he doesn't deserve to be world champion!