C48a — Four Knights: Spanish, Spielmann Variation
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 a6 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.Nxe5 Nxe4 7.Nxe4 Qd4 8.O-O Qxe5 9.Re1 Be6 10.d4 Qd5 * ● Trait aux Noirs
Ouverture — Centre fermé
♔ Point de vue Blancs
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Avantages : case forte d5, Bb5 actif, paire de fous.
Faiblesses adverses : Bc8 enfermé, Bf8 enfermé, roi noir au centre.
Problèmes : roi au centre, Bc1 enfermé, 3 pièces non développées (C1, A1, H1).
Plans :
● O-O — Mettre le roi en sécurité, connecter les tours
● d3 — Libérer Bc1
● h3 — Empêcher ...Bg4
● c3 — Préparer d4
Faiblesses adverses : Bc8 enfermé, Bf8 enfermé, roi noir au centre.
Problèmes : roi au centre, Bc1 enfermé, 3 pièces non développées (C1, A1, H1).
Plans :
● O-O — Mettre le roi en sécurité, connecter les tours
● d3 — Libérer Bc1
● h3 — Empêcher ...Bg4
● c3 — Préparer d4
♚ Point de vue Noirs
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Avantages : case forte b4, case forte d4, paire de fous.
Faiblesses adverses : Bc1 enfermé, roi blanc au centre.
Problèmes : roi au centre, Bc8 enfermé, Bf8 enfermé, 4 pièces non développées (C8, F8, A8, H8).
Plans :
● O-O — Mettre le roi en sécurité, connecter les tours
● ...d6 — Libérer Bc8
● ...Be7 — Développer Bf8
● ...Bg4 — Clouer Nf3
● ...d5 — Rupture
Faiblesses adverses : Bc1 enfermé, roi blanc au centre.
Problèmes : roi au centre, Bc8 enfermé, Bf8 enfermé, 4 pièces non développées (C8, F8, A8, H8).
Plans :
● O-O — Mettre le roi en sécurité, connecter les tours
● ...d6 — Libérer Bc8
● ...Be7 — Développer Bf8
● ...Bg4 — Clouer Nf3
● ...d5 — Rupture
Avantages
Faiblesses adverses
Diagonale active
Plans
Structure de pions
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Pions doublés | — | — |
| Pions isolés | — | — |
| Arriérés | — | — |
| Chaînes | — | — |
| Passés | — | — |
| Majorité | — | — |
Cases
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Cases fortes | ● d5 (2v1) | ● b4 (2v0), ● d4 (2v1) |
| Cases faibles | — | — |
| Centre | ● d5 (2v1) | ● d4 (2v1) |
Colonnes et diagonales
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs |
Pièces
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Bc1 | ● Bc1 Non développé (mob. 0) | |
| Bb5 | ● Bb5 Actif (mob. 7) | |
| Bc8 | ● Bc8 Non développé (mob. 0) | |
| Bf8 | ● Bf8 Non développé (mob. 5) | |
| Paire de fous | ● Oui | ● Oui |
| Non développées | 3 (c1, a1, h1) | 4 (c8, f8, a8, h8) |
Sécurité du roi
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Statut | ● Au centre ! | ● Au centre ! |
| Droits de roque | O-O / O-O-O | O-O / O-O-O |
Thèmes
| ♔ Blancs | ♚ Noirs | |
| Phase | Ouverture | |
| Centre | fermé | |
| Ruptures | ● d2-d3 | ● …d7-d6, ● …d7-d5 |
| Partie |
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| 2024 Superbet Chess Blitz – Round 18 – Wei Yi – 1-0 – Abdusattorov Nodirbek – G89 1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 h6 6. a3 O-O 7. g4 Na5 8. g5 hxg5 9. Bxg5 c6 10. Bc4 Nxc4 |
| 40. Olympiad Open 2012 – Round 5.12 – Collins, Sam E. – 0-1 – Sutovsky, Emil – G312 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bd6 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 Re8 7. Bc4 h6 8. a4 Nd4 9. Nd5 Nh7 10. c3 Nxf3+ |
| 43. Olympiad 2018 – Round 2.33 – Popovic, Dusan – 1/2-1/2 – Nyback, Tomi – G127 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. a3 Nd4 6. Bc4 c6 7. d3 Bc7 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. Ne2 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 |
| 5. Zurich CC 2016 – Round 1.3 – Anand, Viswanathan – 1-0 – Aronian, Levon – G3 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bd6 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Re8 7. a3 h6 8. Bc4 Bc5 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 d6 |
| 79. Tata Steel GpA 2017 – Round 10.1 – Harikrishna, Pentala – 1/2-1/2 – Carlsen, Magnus – G64 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O h6 7. a3 Re8 8. h3 Bc5 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Bc4 c6 |
| EU Team Ch (Men) 17th 2009 – Round 9 – Sutovsky, Emil – 0-1 – Eljanov, Pavel – G43 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 a6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. h3 Nd7 8. Bg5 f6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nh4 Nc5 |
| FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025 – Round 11 – Pranesh M – 1/2-1/2 – Raunak Sadhwani – G217 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 O-O 6. Ba4 a6 7. Bg5 b5 8. Bb3 Be7 9. O-O h6 10. Bh4 d6 |
| FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025 – Round 13 – Praggnanandhaa R – 1/2-1/2 – Bu Xiangzhi – G248 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 a6 6. Ba4 O-O 7. O-O h6 8. h3 Re8 9. a3 Bf8 10. Be3 d5 |
| FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025 – Round 13 – Pranesh M – 1-0 – Volodar Murzin – G259 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 O-O 6. Ba4 Re8 7. O-O h6 8. Be3 Bf8 9. Nd5 d6 10. Nd2 Bd7 |
| FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025 – Round 15 – Praggnanandhaa R – 0-1 – Yu Yangyi – G286 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 a6 6. Ba4 O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Be7 9. O-O d6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 |
| FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025 – Round 19 – Pranesh M – 0-1 – So Wesley – G366 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 O-O 6. Ba4 Re8 7. O-O h6 8. Be3 Bf8 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Ne7 |
| FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025 – Round 5 – Alekseenko Kirill – 0-1 – Bu Xiangzhi – G86 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. O-O O-O 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. h3 h6 8. d3 Re8 9. Be3 Nd7 10. Nd2 Nf8 |
| FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025 – Round 9 – Naiditsch Arkadij – 1-0 – Nihal Sarin – G175 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 h6 6. a3 Ne7 7. d4 Ng6 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nd4 Nc6 10. Nf5 O-O |
| FIDE World Cup 2019 – Round 3.4 – Nepomniachtchi, Ian – 1/2-1/2 – Tomashevsky, Evgeny – G341 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 a6 7. Ba4 h6 8. a3 Re8 9. h3 Bf8 10. Be3 d6 |
| FIDE World Cup 2019 – Round 3.7 – Nepomniachtchi, Ian – 1-0 – Tomashevsky, Evgeny – G357 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 h6 7. a3 Re8 8. Be3 Bf8 9. Bc4 d6 10. h3 Be6 |
| FIDE World Rapid Championship 2025 – Round 10 – Cristobal Henriquez Villagra – 1/2-1/2 – So Wesley – G189 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. O-O O-O 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Kh1 Nd7 10. g4 Bg6 |
| Lindores Abbey Tal Memorial 2021 – Round 13.47 – Divya Deshmukh – 0-1 – Zhou, Jianchao – G584 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 a6 6. Ba4 O-O 7. Bg5 Re8 8. Qd2 Bf8 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 |
| Lindores Abbey Tal Memorial 2021 – Round 3.36 – Divya Deshmukh – 1/2-1/2 – Esipenko, Andrey – G148 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 a6 6. Ba4 O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Be7 9. Bxc6 dxc6 10. Nxe5 Nxe4 |
| Lindores Abbey Tal Memorial 2021 – Round 6.43 – Divya Deshmukh – 0-1 – Yilmaz, Mustafa – G290 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 h6 6. g4 a6 7. Bc4 b5 8. Bb3 Na5 9. g5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nxb3 |
| Norway Chess 2025 – Round 8 – Wei Yi – 1/2-1/2 – Carlsen Magnus – G34 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 h6 6. a3 a6 7. Ba4 Bc5 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. Nxe5 Qd4 10. Be3 Qxe5 |
| Sinquefield Cup 2025 – Round 7 – Duda Jan-Krzysztof – 1-0 – Abdusattorov Nodirbek – G34 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O h6 7. a3 Re8 8. Be3 Bf8 9. Bc4 d6 10. h3 Be6 |
| World Blitz 2015 – Round 5.16 – Vallejo Pons, Francisco – 1-0 – Malakhov, Valentyn – G283 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 O-O 6. a3 Re8 7. Bc4 Bf8 8. Ng5 Re7 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Nd4 |
| World Blitz 2016 – Round 19.18 – Naiditsch, Arkadij – 1-0 – Malakhov, Valentyn – G745 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 O-O 6. a3 Re8 7. g4 Bc5 8. Rg1 d5 9. g5 Ng4 10. Rg2 Nxf2 |
| World Blitz 2017 – Round 6.27 – Movsesian, Sergei – 1-0 – Zhao, Jun – G304 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 h6 6. h3 O-O 7. g4 Nd4 8. Bc4 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 Nh7 10. h4 Bb4 |
| World Blitz 2018 – Round 15.76 – Danielyan, Vahe – 0-1 – Postny, Evgeny – G924 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. O-O O-O 6. h3 Re8 7. d3 h6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. b3 Bf8 10. Bb2 c5 |
| World Blitz 2019 – Round 15.5 – Yu, Yangyi – 1-0 – Saini Vidit – G1025 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 h6 6. a3 a6 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bb3 Bb7 9. Be3 Na5 10. Ba2 c5 |
| World Blitz 2019 – Round 9.5 – Yu, Yangyi – 1/2-1/2 – Sargissian, Gabriel – G630 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 h6 6. O-O a6 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. Ne2 O-O 9. Ng3 Re8 10. a4 a5 |
| World Blitz 2023 – Round 1.4 – Iljiushenok, Ilia – 0-1 – Maghsoodloo, Parham – G43 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 h6 6. Ba4 a6 7. a3 Bc5 8. O-O b5 9. Bb3 d6 10. h3 O-O |
| World Blitz 2023 – Round 19.70 – Pichot, Alan – 0-1 – Gaehwiler, Gabriel – G1112 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 a6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. h3 h6 8. b3 Be6 9. Bb2 Qe7 10. Ne2 Nd7 |
| World Blitz 2023 – Round 3.15 – Indjic, Aleksandar – 1-0 – Sattarov, Bobir – G149 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. a3 O-O 6. d3 Nd4 7. Bc4 c6 8. Be3 Bc5 9. Ba2 d6 10. h3 b5 |
| World Rapid 2019 – Round 7.38 – Mamedov, Rauf – 1-0 – Tregubov, Pavel V. – G460 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 O-O 6. a3 h6 7. Bc4 Re8 8. g4 Nd4 9. g5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 c6 |
| World Rapid 2019 – Round 7.45 – Yu, Yangyi – 1-0 – Nozdrachev, Vladislav – G467 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Re8 7. a3 Bf8 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 d6 10. h3 a6 |
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- C40-C49 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 King's knight opening, C48 - 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 - Four Knights [+0.11], C48a - 4…a6 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.Nxe5 Nxe4 7.Nxe4 Qd4 8.O-O Qxe5 9.Re1 Be6 10.d4 Qd5 - Spanish Spielmann Variation [+0.29], SÉRIE C
2024 Superbet Chess Blitz – Round 18 – Wei Yi – 1-0 – Abdusattorov Nodirbek – G89
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- C40-C49 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 King's knight opening, C48 - 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 - Four Knights [+0.11], C48a - 4…a6 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.Nxe5 Nxe4 7.Nxe4 Qd4 8.O-O Qxe5 9.Re1 Be6 10.d4 Qd5 - Spanish Spielmann Variation [+0.29], SÉRIE C
40. Olympiad Open 2012 – Round 5.12 – Collins, Sam E. – 0-1 – Sutovsky, Emil – G312
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- C40-C49 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 King's knight opening, C48 - 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 - Four Knights [+0.11], C48a - 4…a6 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.Nxe5 Nxe4 7.Nxe4 Qd4 8.O-O Qxe5 9.Re1 Be6 10.d4 Qd5 - Spanish Spielmann Variation [+0.29], SÉRIE C
43. Olympiad 2018 – Round 2.33 – Popovic, Dusan – 1/2-1/2 – Nyback, Tomi – G127
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- C40-C49 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 King's knight opening, C48 - 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 - Four Knights [+0.11], C48a - 4…a6 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.Nxe5 Nxe4 7.Nxe4 Qd4 8.O-O Qxe5 9.Re1 Be6 10.d4 Qd5 - Spanish Spielmann Variation [+0.29], SÉRIE C
5. Zurich CC 2016 – Round 1.3 – Anand, Viswanathan – 1-0 – Aronian, Levon – G3
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- C40-C49 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 King's knight opening, C48 - 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 - Four Knights [+0.11], C48a - 4…a6 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.Nxe5 Nxe4 7.Nxe4 Qd4 8.O-O Qxe5 9.Re1 Be6 10.d4 Qd5 - Spanish Spielmann Variation [+0.29], SÉRIE C
79. Tata Steel GpA 2017 – Round 10.1 – Harikrishna, Pentala – 1/2-1/2 – Carlsen, Magnus – G64
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- C40-C49 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 King's knight opening, C48 - 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 - Four Knights [+0.11], C48a - 4…a6 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.Nxe5 Nxe4 7.Nxe4 Qd4 8.O-O Qxe5 9.Re1 Be6 10.d4 Qd5 - Spanish Spielmann Variation [+0.29], SÉRIE C
EU Team Ch (Men) 17th 2009 – Round 9 – Sutovsky, Emil – 0-1 – Eljanov, Pavel – G43
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- C40-C49 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 King's knight opening, C48 - 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 - Four Knights [+0.11], C48a - 4…a6 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.Nxe5 Nxe4 7.Nxe4 Qd4 8.O-O Qxe5 9.Re1 Be6 10.d4 Qd5 - Spanish Spielmann Variation [+0.29], SÉRIE C
FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025 – Round 11 – Pranesh M – 1/2-1/2 – Raunak Sadhwani – G217
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- C40-C49 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 King's knight opening, C48 - 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 - Four Knights [+0.11], C48a - 4…a6 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.Nxe5 Nxe4 7.Nxe4 Qd4 8.O-O Qxe5 9.Re1 Be6 10.d4 Qd5 - Spanish Spielmann Variation [+0.29], SÉRIE C
FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025 – Round 13 – Praggnanandhaa R – 1/2-1/2 – Bu Xiangzhi – G248
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- C40-C49 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 King's knight opening, C48 - 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 - Four Knights [+0.11], C48a - 4…a6 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.Nxe5 Nxe4 7.Nxe4 Qd4 8.O-O Qxe5 9.Re1 Be6 10.d4 Qd5 - Spanish Spielmann Variation [+0.29], SÉRIE C
FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025 – Round 13 – Pranesh M – 1-0 – Volodar Murzin – G259
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- C40-C49 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 King's knight opening, C48 - 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 - Four Knights [+0.11], C48a - 4…a6 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.Nxe5 Nxe4 7.Nxe4 Qd4 8.O-O Qxe5 9.Re1 Be6 10.d4 Qd5 - Spanish Spielmann Variation [+0.29], SÉRIE C
FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025 – Round 15 – Praggnanandhaa R – 0-1 – Yu Yangyi – G286
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- C40-C49 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 King's knight opening, C48 - 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 - Four Knights [+0.11], C48a - 4…a6 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.Nxe5 Nxe4 7.Nxe4 Qd4 8.O-O Qxe5 9.Re1 Be6 10.d4 Qd5 - Spanish Spielmann Variation [+0.29], SÉRIE C
FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025 – Round 19 – Pranesh M – 0-1 – So Wesley – G366
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- C40-C49 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 King's knight opening, C48 - 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 - Four Knights [+0.11], C48a - 4…a6 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.Nxe5 Nxe4 7.Nxe4 Qd4 8.O-O Qxe5 9.Re1 Be6 10.d4 Qd5 - Spanish Spielmann Variation [+0.29], SÉRIE C
FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025 – Round 5 – Alekseenko Kirill – 0-1 – Bu Xiangzhi – G86
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