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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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4. ... Bc8-a6
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Grandmaster Bisguier's Commentary

This move may surprise some players - but it is very logical!

After 4. g3, White is rather committed to following with Bg2. Black takes advantage of this fact by striking at the c4-pawn. White is very unlikely to play 5. e3?! because he has other plans for his bishop.

Black's idea is that the first player will have to adopt a slightly less aggressive mode of development, protecting the c-pawn with moves like Qc2, Qa4, or b2-b3.