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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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27. h2-h3
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Grandmaster Bisguier's Commentary

At first glance, a surprising decision...

But the g4-pawn has turned out to be more of a strength than a weakness, and a future ... Nf3 could be very disruptive.

After 27 h3 however, White has very little objective reason to play on here (except for the match score).