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FIDE World Championship - Game 10





White: Gata Kamsky



Black: Anatoly Karpov







Played 24 June 96 in Elista, Kalmykia

Annotation by GM Arthur Bisguier, assisted by NM Eric Johnson
Special Post-Game Analysis by GM Walter Browne
assisted by IM John Grefe
(GM Schwartzman is playing in the Interplay US Junior Invitational)

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in cooperation with FIDE
Special Thanks to GM Bachar Kouatly and Christophe Bouton of FIDE.
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4. a2-a3
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Grandmaster Bisguier's Commentary

White wants to develop his Nc3 without allowing the pin by Bb4. The move 4. a3 was often played by former world champion Petrosian, and further popularized by Kasparov.

In Game Three the players chose the same opening, except with colors reversed (Karpov was White in that game). Karpov chose 4. g3, with the intention of contesting the a8-h1 diagonal.