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FIDE World Championship - Game 18





White: Gata Kamsky



Black: Anatoly Karpov







Played 10 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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1. ... Ng8-f6
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Grandmaster Bisguier's Commentary

Black chooses to develop a piece and control the e4-square.

Once White has opened with 1. d4, one of his goals for the rest of the game will be to follow with a later e2-e4. Black seeks to prevent this. The second player could also choose a move like 1. ... d5, also restraining e2-e4, but the text is the most flexible (keeping the most options open).