2 PCG Games 4/10/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

ivancaleroh (Chess.com 1778) - JimWest (Chess.com 1872), Chess.com 4/10/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Ng5 Nh6

6.Ne6 Bxe6 7.Bxe6 Nxd4 8.exf5 Nhxf5 9.c3 Nxe6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

cylaucy (lichess 2113) - JimWest (lichess 2095), lichess 4/10/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Bg5 O-O 7.d4 Nxe4 8.Bc4+ Kh8 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.dxe5 Nxc3 11.bxc3 dxe5 12.O-O Nc6 13.Qd2 Be6 14.Bxe6 Qxe6 15.Rfe1 Rad8 16.Qc1 e4 17.Ng5 Qg6 18.h4 h6 19.Nh3 Qf6

20.Qf4 Qe5 21.Rab1 b6 22.a4 Qxf4 23.Nxf4 Rf6 24.Rbd1 Rfd6 25.Rxd6 Rxd6 26.g4 Ne5, White resigns.

PCG & PCG Reversed 4/9/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

damirkhanov (Chess.com 2009) - JimWest (Chess.com 1873), Chess.com 4/9/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Bg2 c6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Nh4 f4 9.Nf5 Bxf5 10.exf5 d5 11.g4 g5 12.fxg6 hxg6 13.d4 exd4 14.Ne2 Nxg4 15.Nxf4 Nxh2 16.Ne6 Qd6 17.Nxf8 Nxf1 18.Nxg6 Qxg6 19.Kxf1 Nd7

20.Qxd4 Rf8 21.Be3 Bc5 22.Bxd5+ cxd5 23.Qxd5+ Qf7 24.Qg5+ Qg7 25.Qd5+ Qf7 26.Qg5+ Qg7 27.Qd5+ Qf7, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2094) - TooLowForZero369 (lichess 2171), lichess 4/9/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxf4 Be7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.d4 f6 9.Bd3 fxe5 10.Bxe5 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Bh4+ 12.g3 Bg4 13.O-O Bg5 14.Be2 Be3+ 15.Kg2 Nc6 16.Qd3 d4 17.Nbd2 Qd7 18.Rfe1 Bh3+ 19.Kh1 g5

20.Nc4 Bf2 21.Nxg5 Bxe1 22.Rxe1 Bf5 23.Qb3 Kh8 24.Bd3 Bxd3 25.Qxd3 Qd5+ 26.Kg1 Qd7 27.e6 Qe7 28.h4 h6 29.Nh3 Nb4 30.Qxd4+ Qg7 31.Qxg7+ Kxg7 32.c3 Nc6 33.Nf4 Rfe8 34.Ne5 Nxe5 35.Rxe5 Rad8

36.e7 Rd7 37.Nd5 c6 38.Ne3 Kg6 39.h5+ Kf6 40.Ng4+ Kg7 41.Re6 Rdxe7 42.Rg6+ Kf8 43.Rxh6 Re6 44.Rh7 R8e7 45.Rh8+ Kg7 46.Ra8 a6 47.Kg2 Re2+ 48.Kh3 Rxb2 49.h6+ Kh7 50.Rd8 Rxa2 51.Nf6+ Kg6 52.h7 Rxh7 53.Nxh7 Kxh7 54.Rd7+ Kg6 55.Rxb7 Rc2

56.Rb6 Rxc3 57.Rxa6 Kg5 58.Ra8 c5 59.Rg8+ Kf6 60.Rf8+ Kg7 61.Rc8 Rc1 62.Kg4 c4 63.Kg5 c3 64.Rc7+ Kf8 65.g4 c2 66.Rc3 Ke7 67.Kg6 Kd6 68.g5 Ke6 69.Kg7 Ke7 70.g6 Ke8 71.Rc7 Kd8 72.Rc3 Ke7 73.Rc7+ Ke6 74.Rc3 Ke7 75.Rc7+ Ke6 76.Rc3 Ke7, draw.

2 PCG Games 4/8/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

George-luis (Chess.com 1711) - JimWest (Chess.com 1891), Chess.com 4/8/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.h3 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.Nf3 a5 9.a4 Na6 10.O-O f4 11.Re1 Nc5 12.d4 Nd7 13.Be6 Qe7 14.Bb3 exd4 15.Nxd4 Nc5 16.Bc4 Bxd4 17.Qxd4 Be6 18.e5 d5 19.Ba2 O-O

20.Rad1 f3 21.g4 h5 22.Nxd5 cxd5 23.Bxd5 hxg4 24.Bxe6+ Nxe6 25.Qxg4 Rf4 26.Qg3 Rf5 27.Kh2 Raf8 28.Re4 Ng5 29.Rg4 Qxe5 30.Qxe5 Rxe5 31.h4 Ne4 32.Kg1 Nf6 33.Rg3 Nd5 34.c4 Nb4 35.Rd7 Rf7 36.Rxf7 Kxf7 37.Rxf3+ Kg6

38.Kg2 Re4 39.Rg3+ Kh6 40.b3 Rxh4 41.Kf3 Rd4 42.Ke3 Rd7 43.f4 Rd3+ 44.Kf2 Rxg3 45.Kxg3 Kf6 46.Kf3 Kf5 47.Ke3 g6 48.Kd4 Kxf4 49.Kc5 g5 50.Kb6 g4 51.Kxb7 g3 52.Kb6 g2 53.Kxa5 Nc6+ 54.Kb5 Ne5 55.c5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

GrishutinAndrey (lichess 2080) - JimWest (lichess 2079), lichess 4/8/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6 8.Be3 d4 9.Bg5 Qf5 10.Qh5 g6 11.Qh4 Bxe6 12.Nxh8 Nc6 13.Nxg6 hxg6 14.Be2 d3 15.cxd3 exd3 16.Bf3 Nd4 17.O-O Nxf3+ 18.gxf3 Qxf3 19.Re1 Kd7

20.Nd2 Qg4+ 21.Qxg4 Bxg4 22.Ne4 Bb4 23.Re3 Be2 24.Ng3 Re8 25.Rxe8 Kxe8 26.Nxe2 dxe2 27.a3 e1=Q+ 28.Rxe1 Bxe1 29.Kf1, White resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 4/7/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1887) - Patatje (Chess.com 1877), Chess.com 4/7/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Qe7 6.Qe2 Nfd7 7.Nf3 g5 8.d4 h6 9.c3 Bg7 10.h4 c5 11.hxg5 hxg5 12.Rxh8+ Bxh8 13.g3 cxd4 14.cxd4 g4 15.Nh2 f3

16.Qb5 Bxe5 17.dxe5 Qxe5+ 18.Kf2 Nc6 19.Nc3 Nf6 20.Bf4 Qd4+ 21.Be3 Qe5 22.Re1 Ne4+ 23.Nxe4 dxe4 24.Qxe5+ Nxe5 25.Bf4 Nd3+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Publioventidio (lichess 1950) - JimWest (lichess 2087), lichess 4/7/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.dxe5 dxe5 7.Qxd8+ Nxd8 8.exf5 Bxf5 9.Nc3 Bb4 10.O-O Bxc3 11.bxc3 Nhf7 12.Re1 Nxg5 13.Bxg5 Nf7 14.Bf4 O-O 15.Bxe5 Kh8 16.Bd4 Nd6 17.Bd3 Rae8 18.h3 h5

19.c4 b6 20.Bxf5 Nxf5 21.Bc3 c5 22.Rad1 Rxe1+ 23.Rxe1 Kh7 24.g4 hxg4 25.hxg4 Nd4 26.Kg2 Nxc2 27.Re7 Nd4 28.Rxa7 Rf4 29.Bxd4 Rxg4+ 30.Kf3 Rxd4 31.Ra6 Rxc4 32.Rxb6 Ra4

33.Rc6 Rxa2 34.Rxc5 Kh6 35.Kg3 g6 36.f4 Ra1 37.Kg2 Ra4 38.Kg3 Ra1 39.Kg2 Ra4 40.Kg3 Ra1, draw.

2 PCG Reversed Games 4/6/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1890) - Volody2 (Chess.com 1797), Chess.com 4/6/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 e3 7.Bc4 Nf2 8.Qf3 Qd7 9.Bxe3 Nxh1 10.Nh3 Be7 11.Qxf7+ Kd8 12.Qd5 c6 13.Qxd7+ Nxd7 14.Nd2 Nb6 15.O-O-O Nxc4 16.Nxc4 Bxh3 17.gxh3 Rf8 18.Rxh1 Rf3 19.Kd2 Rxh3

20.Bf4 g5 21.Bg3 h5 22.Ne3 h4 23.Be1 Rf3 24.Ke2 Rf4 25.c3 Kd7 26.h3 Raf8 27.Ng4 Ke6 28.Bd2 Rf3 29.Be3 b6 30.b4 Rg3 31.Bd2 Rff3 32.Nf2 Kd5 33.a4 Kc4 34.Ra1 a6 35.a5 b5 36.Rb1 Rf5 37.Nd1 Rff3

38.Ne3+ Rxe3 39.Bxe3 Rxh3 40.Rg1 Kxc3 41.Rc1+ Kxb4 42.Rxc6 Kxa5 43.d5 g4 44.d6 Bd8 45.e6 g3 46.e7 Bxe7 47.dxe7 g2 48.Rg6 Rxe3+ 49.Kxe3 h3 50.e8=Q h2 51.Qd8+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2091) - jooran123 (lichess 2236), lichess 4/6/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.f5 d5 9.Nc3 dxe4 10.dxe4 Qxd1 11.Rxd1 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Nd4 13.Rd2 Bc5 14.Kh1 Rfd8 15.Na4 Nxf3 16.gxf3 Bb6 17.Nxb6 axb6 18.Rxd8+ Rxd8 19.Bg5 Rd6

20.Bxf6 Rxf6 21.Rd1 g6 22.fxg6 hxg6 23.Kg2 Rc6 24.c3 b5 25.Rd5 b4 26.Rxe5 bxc3 27.bxc3 Rxc3 28.Rb5 b6 29.a4 Ra3 30.Rb4 Kf8 31.Kg3 Ke7 32.h4 Kd6 33.Kg4 Kc5 34.Rb5+ Kd4 35.Rd5+ Kc3 36.Rd7 c5

37.Rxf7 Rxa4 38.Rf6 b5 39.Rxg6 b4 40.Rc6 b3 41.Rxc5+ Rc4 42.Rb5 Rb4 43.Rd5 b2 44.Rd1 Kc2 45.Rh1 Rd4 46.h5 Rd1 47.Rh2+ Rd2 48.Rh1 Rd1 49.Rh2+ Rd2 50.Rh1 Rd1, draw.

PCG & PCG Reversed 4/5/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

jacekbylica (Chess.com 1805) - JimWest (Chess.com 1890), Chess.com 4/5/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 Nf6 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.h3 h6 9.Nh4 Bh7 10.f4 Nc6 11.fxe5 dxe5 12.Nf5 Bc5+ 13.Kh1 Nd4 14.Ng3 Qe8 15.Bf3 c6 16.Be4 Nxe4 17.Ncxe4 Rxf1+ 18.Qxf1 Bxe4 19.Nxe4 Nxc2

20.Rb1 Qf8 21.Qxf8+ Bxf8 22.Bd2 Nd4 23.Rf1 Re8 24.b3 Be7 25.Re1 Bh4 26.Rc1 Ne2 27.Rc4 Ng3+ 28.Kg1 Nxe4 29.Rxe4 Bf6 30.Be3 a6 31.d4 Kf7 32.dxe5 Rxe5 33.Rxe5 Bxe5

34.Kf2 h5 35.Kf3 g6 36.Ke4 Ke6 37.Bb6 g5 38.Bd8 g4 39.hxg4 hxg4 40.a4 b5 41.axb5 axb5 42.Bb6 Bd6 43.Kd4 Kf5 44.Bd8 Kf4 45.Bh4 Ba3 46.g3+ Kf3 47.b4 Bxb4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2112) - yanchessonufrienko (lichess 2063), lichess 4/5/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Qe7 6.Qe2 Ng4 7.d4 Qh4+ 8.Kd2 Nf2 9.Nf3 Ne4+ 10.Qxe4 dxe4 11.Nxh4 Be7 12.g3 g5 13.Ng2 e3+ 14.Nxe3 fxe3+ 15.Kxe3 Bf5 16.Bd3 Bg6 17.Bxg6 hxg6 18.c3 Nd7 19.Nd2 c5

20.Nb3 b6 21.Ke2 Rc8 22.Be3 Nf8 23.Rac1 f6 24.exf6 Bxf6 25.dxc5 Nd7 26.cxb6 axb6 27.Bd4 Kf7 28.Bxf6 Nxf6 29.Nd4 Rhe8+ 30.Kf3 g4+ 31.Kg2 Nd5 32.Rhf1+ Kg7 33.Nc2 Re2+ 34.Rf2 Rce8 35.Kf1 R2e5

36.c4 Nf6 37.Re1 Ne4 38.Rfe2 Kh6 39.Kg2 R5e6 40.Nd4 Re5 41.b3 Kg7 42.Nb5 R8e7 43.Nc3 Nxc3 44.Rxe5 Rxe5 45.Rxe5 Nxa2 46.Rb5 Nc3 47.Rxb6, Black resigns.

PCG Reversed & PCG 4/4/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1876) - AhmedElithy (Chess.com 1797), Chess.com 4/4/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 h6 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Ng6 7.e5 Nd5 8.Nf3 c6 9.Bd3 Ngf4 10.O-O Qb6 11.c3 Nxd3 12.Qxd3 Be7 13.Nbd2 O-O 14.Nc4 Qd8 15.Bd2 Nb6 16.Ne3 d6 17.Nf5 dxe5 18.Nxe7+ Qxe7 19.Nxe5 Be6

20.Rae1 Qd6 21.Bf4 Nd5 22.Bg3 Qd8 23.a3 Qb6 24.Rf2 Rad8 25.Nc4 Qa6 26.Rd1 Nb6 27.Nxb6 Qxb6 28.b4 a5 29.h3 axb4 30.axb4 Rd7 31.Rfd2 Rc8 32.Bf2 Rd5 33.c4 Rf5

34.d5 Rxf2 35.Rxf2 cxd5 36.cxd5 Rd8 37.dxe6 Rxd3 38.exf7+ Kf8 39.Rxd3 Qc7 40.Rfd2 Qb6+ 41.Rf2 Qc7 42.Rdf3 Qb6 43.Rc3 Qd8 44.Re3 Qd1+ 45.Kh2 Qd6+ 46.g3 g5 47.Re8+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

MB1962 (lichess 2038) - JimWest (lichess 2107), lichess 4/4/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d3 f5 4.Nbd2 Nf6 5.Qe2 Be7 6.g3 O-O 7.Bg2 c6 8.O-O a5 9.a4 Na6 10.Nc4 Nc5 11.Bg5 fxe4 12.dxe4 Ncxe4 13.Be3 Be6 14.Rfd1 Qc7 15.Bb6 Qb8

16.Ncxe5 dxe5 17.Nxe5 Qxe5 18.f3 Bc5+ 19.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 20.Kh1 Nf2+, White resigns.

PCG with 3.g3 f5

Philidor Counter Gambit

Sergienko_Sergey (Chess.com 2261) - ArnieChipmunk (Chess.com 2324), Chess.com 3/23/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.g3 f5

4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.O-O Be7 7.d4 e4 8.Nh4 Bd7 9.c4 O-O 10.Nc3 c6 11.d5 Na6 12.Be3 Ng4

13.dxc6 bxc6 14.Nxe4 Bxh4 15.gxh4 Qxh4 16.h3 Nxe3 17.fxe3 Bxh3 18.Qxd6 Bxg2 19.Qe6+ Kh8 20.Rxf8+ Rxf8 21.Kxg2 Nc7

22.Qe5 Re8 23.Qxc7 Qxe4+ 24.Kh2 Qxe3 25.Rg1 Qe5+ 26.Qxe5 Rxe5 27.Rd1 h5

28.Kg3 Kh7 29.Rd7 Re2 30.Rb7 Rc2 31.c5 Kh6 32.a3 Rxc5 33.Rxa7 g6 34.b4 Rc3+ 35.Kf4 h4 36.Ra8 h3 37.Rh8+ Kg7, White resigns.

2 PCG Games 4/2/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

rej25 (Chess.com 1740) - JimWest (Chess.com 1875), Chess.com 4/2/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6 8.Be3 d4 9.Nxh8 dxe3 10.fxe3 Bxe3 11.Bb5+ c6 12.Rf1 Qxe6 13.Bc4 Qxc4

14.Rf8+ Ke7 15.Qd8+ Ke6 16.Qxc8+ Nd7 17.Re8+ Ne7 18.Qxa8 Qxc2 19.Qd8 Qf2+ 20.Kd1 Qf1+ 21.Kc2 Qc1+ 22.Kb3 Nc5+ 23.Ka3 Bg5 24.Rxe7+ Bxe7 25.Qg8+ Kd7 26.Qf7 Nd3+ 27.Ka4 Qxb2 28.Qf5+ Kc7 29.Nc3 Qb4#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

CarlosTheJackal99 (lichess 1941) - JimWest (lichess 2100), lichess 4/2/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Bc4 c6 4.Nf3 f5 5.d3 Nf6 6.exf5 Bxf5 7.Ng5 d5 8.Bb3 Bd6 9.O-O O-O 10.Kh1 Nbd7 11.f4 exf4 12.Bxf4 Bxf4 13.Rxf4 Ne8 14.Qh5 Bg6 15.Rxf8+ Nxf8

16.Qf3 Qxg5 17.Ne4 Bxe4 18.dxe4 Nf6 19.exd5 cxd5 20.c4 Kh8 21.cxd5 N8d7 22.d6 Nc5 23.Bc4 a5 23.Rd1 Rd8 24.Bb5 h6 25.a3 a4 26.h3 Qe5 27.d7 Qxb2 28.Bc4 Rxd7 29.Rxd7 Ncxd7 30.Qxb7 Qxb7, White resigns.

2 PCG Reversed Games 4/1/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1874) - Labourdonais (Chess.com 1775), Chess.com 4/1/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 Bxg1 5.Rxg1 d5 6.fxe5 Ng4 7.d4 Qh4+ 8.g3 Qxh2 9.Rg2 Qh1 10.exd5 Nh2 11.Qe2 Nxf1 12.Qxf1 Qxf1+ 13.Kxf1 Bh3 14.Kg1 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 Nd7 16.Nc3 O-O-O 17.Bf4 Nb6

18.d6 cxd6 19.exd6 Nc4 20.Nb5 a6 21.b3 axb5 22.bxc4 bxc4 23.Rb1 h6 24.g4 f6 25.Rb4 g5 26.Bg3 b5 27.Rxb5 Kd7 28.Rb7+ Kc6 29.Rc7+ Kd5 30.c3 Ra8 31.Kf3 Rxa2 32.Rc5+ Ke6 33.Rxc4 Rd8 34.Rc7 f5 35.Re7+ Kf6

36.gxf5 Kxf5 37.Rf7+ Kg6 38.Rc7 Ra3 39.Be5 h5 40.Rg7+ Kf5 41.Rf7+ Ke6 42.Rc7 Rf8+ 43.Kg3 Ra2 44.d7 Rd8 45.c4 Rxd7 46.d5+ Ke7 47.d6+ Ke8 48.Rc8+ Rd8 49.Rc7 Ra3+ 50.Kg2 Re3 51.Re7+ Kf8 52.Bg7+ Kg8 53.Rxe3 Kxg7 54.c5 Kf6

55.Kg3 Kf7 56.Re7+ Kf6 57.Rc7 Ke6 58.Rh7 Kd5 59.Rxh5 Kxc5 60.Rxg5+ Kxd6 61.Rg4, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2107) - Arsen_Otar4iev (lichess 2073), lichess 4/1/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 d6 4.f4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Nd4 7.Nxd4 Qd7 8.Nf3 O-O-O 9.fxe5 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 dxe5 11.Be3 Kb8 12.O-O Bd6 13.Nc3 h6 14.Qe2 g5 15.h3 Nh7 16.Rad1 Rdf8 17.d4 Qe7

18.Nd5 Qe8 19.dxe5 Qxe5 20.g4 f5 21.exf5 h5 22.Bd4 Qg3+ 23.Qg2 Rhg8 24.Qxg3 Bxg3 25.Kg2 hxg4 26.hxg4 Bf4 27.Nxf4 gxf4 28.Be5 Rxf5 29.Rd8+ Rxd8 30.gxf5 Rg8+ 31.Kf2 Rd8 32.Bxf4, Black resigns.

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