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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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1. d2-d4
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Grandmaster Bisguier's Commentary

Gata bets the house on 1. d4!

Top-level players always try to give themselves a good start in the opening (even when the match score is against them). 1. d4 (or 1. e4) is one of the best first moves, because it stakes a claim in the center and allows White to freely develop his pieces.