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FIDE World Championship - Game 9





White: Anatoly Karpov  1



Black: Gata Kamsky     0







Played 22 June 96 in Elista, Kalmykia

Annotation by GM Arthur Bisguier, assisted by SM Ron Burnett
also... Special Analysis by GM Walter Brown

Coverage provided by the United States Chess Federation
in cooperation with FIDE
Special Thanks to GM Bachar Kouatly and Christophe Bouton of FIDE.
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41. Ra3-f3
Black Resigns
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     Karpov     Kamsky



  1.  d2-d4     Ng8-f6



  2.  c2-c4      g7-g6



  3. Nb1-c3      d7-d5



  4. Ng1-f3     Bf8-g7



  5. Qd1-b3      d5xc4



  6. Qb3xc4     O-O



  7.  e2-e4      a7-a6



  8.  e4-e5      b7-b5



  9. Qc4-b3     Nf6-d7



 10. Bc1-e3      c7-c5



 11.  e5-e6      c5-c4



 12.  e6xf7+    Rf8xf7



 13. Qb3-d1     Nd7-b6



 14. Nf3-e5     Rf7-f8



 15.  a2-a4      b5-b4



 16.  a4-a5      b4xc3



 17.  a5xb6      c3xb2



 18. Bf1xc4+    Kg8-h8



 19. Ra1-b1     Qd8xb6



 20. Qd1-d2     Nb8-d7



 21. Rb1xb2     Nd7xe5










     Karpov     Kamsky



 22. Rb2xb6     Ne5xc4



 23. Qd2-b4     Nc4xb6



 24. Qb4xb6      a6-a5



 25. O-O         a5-a4



 26. Rf1-a1     Bc8-f5



 27.  h2-h4      e7-e6



 28. Be3-f4     Bf5-e4



 29. Bf4-d6     Rf8-c8



 30. Qb6-b5     Be4-c6



 31. Qb5-b4     Kh8-g8



 32. Ra1-a3     Ra8-a6



 33. Qb4-c4     Rc8-a8



 34. Qc4xe6+    Kg8-h8



 35. Bd6-e5     Bg7xe5



 36. Qe6xe5+    Kh8-g8



 37.  h4-h5     Bc6-e8



 38.  h5-h6     Ra6-a7



 39.  d4-d5     Ra7-b7



 40.  d5-d6     Ra8-d8



 41. Ra3-f3     Resigns