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World Rapid and Blitz Team Chess Championships

The FIDE World Rapid Team Championship is a team tournament in chess, played under rapid time controls and organized by the International Chess Federation (FIDE) in collaboration with WR Logistics GmbH. The first tournament took place in Dusseldorf, Germany, from August 26 to 28, 2023.[1]

2023

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The 2023 edition consisted only of a rapid section, with no blitz section.

Overview

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The FIDE World Rapid Team Championship followed the Swiss system with 12 rounds. The tournament rules required each team to include at least one female player and at least one player who had not achieved a FIDE Standard, Rapid, or Blitz Rating of 2000 Elo points or was unrated.[2]

Participants

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The list of participants of the championship included former world champions, such as Viswanathan Anand, Vladimir Kramnik, Hou Yifan, Mariya Muzychuk and Alexandra Kosteniuk, as well as World Championships runners-ups, World Cup winners, and former world champions in rapid and blitz chess.[3]

Approximately 300 participants worldwide, including over 15 Olympic champions, formed up 36 teams to compete.[4]

The highest-rated participants
Achievement Player Team Rating,

Rapid
(Aug 1, 2023)[5]

Former world

champions in classical chess[6]

Viswanathan Anand Freedom 2751
Vladimir Kramnik Chess pensioners 2739
Hou Yifan WR Chess 2537
Alexandra Kosteniuk WR Chess 2523
Mariya Muzychuk Ashdod Elit Chess Club 2470
World

Championships runners-up[6]

Ian Nepomniachtchi WR Chess 2762
Fabiano Caruana Kompetenzakademie

Allstars

2763
Boris Gelfand Rishon LeZion

Chess Club

2619
World Cup

winners[7]

Levon Aronian Kompetenzakademie

Allstars

2763
Peter Svidler Chess pensioners 2737
Jan-Krzysztof Duda WR Chess 2760
2022 Women’s

World Blitz Champion[8]

Bibisara Assaubayeva Uzbekistan 2432
Former world

champions in rapid[9]

Nodirbek Abdusattorov WR Chess 2724
Daniil Dubov Freedom 2723
Former world

champions in blitz[8]

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave ASV AlphaEchecs LINZ 2762
Alexander Grischuk ASV AlphaEchecs LINZ 2724
Leinier Dominguez Chess pensioners 2705
Kateryna Lagno ASV AlphaEchecs LINZ 2483

Favorites and standouts

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Prior to the start of the tournament, FIDE pointed out the following teams as some of the strongest and clear favorites, due to the squad experience and average team rating[10]

 
Team WR Chess from left to right: Wesley So, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Praggnanandhaa R, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Jan Gustaffson, Wadim Rosenstein, Vincent Keymer, Hou Yifan, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, and Ian Nepomniachtchi.

Format and rules

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The FIDE World Rapid Team Championship adopted a team-based Swiss tournament format. Teams, consisting of six to nine players, competed against each other in 15-minute games with an increment of 10 seconds per move. The scoring system awarded teams with 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss in each round. The team with the highest amount of match points at the end of the tournament was crowned as the World Team Rapid Champion.[2]

Prize fund

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The championship offered a total prize fund of €250,000. In case of a tie, the prize money would be shared equally among the tied teams.[10][11][12]

Prize grid
Place Team prize
1st €100,000
2nd €60,000
3rd €40,000
4th €25,000
5th €12,500
1st "Under 2400" €12,500
Total €250,000

Schedule

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The tournament spanned over three days.[5]

Date Event Start time
August 26 Technical meeting 10:30
Opening ceremony 13:00
Round 1 13:30
Round 2 15:30
Round 3 17:30
Round 4 19:30
August 27 Round 5 13:30
Round 6 15:30
Round 7 17:30
Round 8 19:30
August 28 Round 9 13:30
Round 10 15:30
Round 11 17:30
Round 12 19:30
Closing ceremony 21:00

Results

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With a record of two draws and ten wins out of 12 matches, the inaugural FIDE World Rapid Team Championship was claimed by the team WR Chess. Securing a total of 22 matchpoints, they emerged victorious. In the second position was team Freedom with 20 matchpoints, while team MGD1 secured the third spot with 18 match points. The fourth place was clinched by Team Armenia, while a surprising fifth place was attained by Team Germany and Friends.[2][13]

In the crucial Round 5, team WR Chess defeated the first-ranked team Freedom with a distinguished score of 5:1. While Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Praggnanandhaa, Hou Yifan, and Wadim Rosenstein won their games, Wesley So and Ian Nepomniachtchi drew their matches versus Vishy Anand and Daniil Dubov, respectively.[2][13]

The dynamic squad, Columbus Energy KingsOfChess from Kraków, earned the top spot in the under-2400 rating category. Additionally, the eleven-year-old prodigy Christian Glöckler from Hesse won the special prize for the best game by a young player. Ranked fifth globally in his age group, Glöckler showcased his immense talent, adding to the achievements of German chess.[2][13]

# Team Games M. Pts TB1 TB2
1 WR Chess 12 22 702 51
2 Freedom 12 20 582.5 46.5
3 Team MGD1 12 18 628.5 47.5
4 Armenia 12 17 544.5 44
5 Germany and Friends 12 15 533 39.5
6 ASV AlphaEchecs Linz 12 14 549 45
7 Columbus Energy KingsOfChess Kraków 12 14 482 41.5
8 Berlin Chess Federation 12 14 449.5 37.5
9 Six-pack 12 13 497 39.5
10 Chess Pensioners 12 13 485.5 37.5
11 KompetenzakademieAllstars 12 13 473 41
12 Chessbrah OFM 12 13 465.5 43
13 Ashdod Elit Chess Club 12 13 448 37.5
14 FIDE Management Board 12 13 425 38.5
15 Düsseldorfer Schachklub 1914/25 e.V. 12 13 414 39.5
16 Team Chessemy.com 12 13 356 35
17 Rishon LeZion Chess Club 12 12 451 40.5
18 Schachverein Hemer 12 12 364 34.5
19 Doppelbauer Kiel 12 12 353.5 37
20 The Sharks 12 12 353 36
21 Kenya Commercial Bank Chess Club 12 12 284 37
22 Chess Wizzards 12 12 268 37
23 Mitropa Chess Association 12 12 249.5 36.5
24 Blerickse Schaakvereniging 12 12 230.5 35
25 Deutsche Schachjugend 1 12 11 336.5 31
26 Ukrainian Amators 12 11 302.5 29.5
27 Wensing & Pöbel 12 11 286 31
28 Aachener Schachverein von 1856 12 11 274 33.5
29 PhileKhoob Chess Club 12 11 257.5 36
30 Africa 12 10 338.5 33.5
31 Heilbronn Hustlers 12 10 289.5 33.5
32 École Polytechnique Française de Lausanne 12 8 244 34
33 Neustadt Weinstraße 12 6 190 27.5
34 MagdeBurg and Friends 12 6 141.5 22
35 Deutsche Schachjugend 2 12 2 58 10
36 Unischach Bayreuth 12 1 148.5 17

FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Team Championships 2024

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The FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Team Championships 2024 is a tournament for rapid and blitz chess among club teams, organized by the International Chess Federation (FIDE) in collaboration with the KazChess/Kazakhstan Chess Federation (KCF), with financial support from Freedom Holding Corp. The tournament took place from August 1 to 5, 2024, in Astana, Kazakhstan.

Overview

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According to the tournament regulations, teams consisted of 6-9 players. Matches between teams in both rapid and blitz were played on six boards, with each team required to have at least one female player (5th board) and one amateur player (6th board) whose FIDE rating in any time control—standard, rapid, or blitz—had never reached 2000 Elo points (as of registration). The team captain could be a playing member.

The 2024 World Rapid Team Championship took place from August 2 to 4 and consisted of 12 rounds using a Swiss system.

The 2024 World Blitz Team Championship was held on August 5 in two phases. In the first phase, teams played in a round-robin format in five groups (A, B, C, D, and E) of 8 teams each. The top three teams from each group, along with the best fourth-placed team, advanced to the knockout phase. The draw for the Round of 16 was conducted based on the standings in the groups and the average ratings of the teams. The top 16 teams then competed in a knockout format: Round of 16 — Quarterfinals — Semifinals — Final.

Participants

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Over 300 participants from around the world formed 40 teams for the competition. Among the participants were both current (Ding Liren and Ju Wenjun) and former world champions (Magnus Carlsen, Hou Yifan, Alexandra Kosteniuk), as well as vice-champions, World Cup winners, and world champions in rapid and blitz from various years.

Most Notable Participants (Ratings as of August 1, 2024)

Achievement Player Team Rapid Rating Blitz Rating
Current World Champions Ding Liren Decade China Team 2775 2785
Ju Wenjun Decade China Team 2540 2500
Former World Champions Magnus Carlsen WR Chess Team 2827 2888
Hou Yifan WR Chess Team 2550 2529
Alexandra Kosteniuk WR Chess Team 2485 2460
Vice-World Champions Ian Nepomniachtchi WR Chess Team 2753 2777
Humpy Koneru Chessy 2456 2432
World Cup Winners Jan-Krzysztof Duda WR Chess Team 2742 2762
Peter Svidler Kazchess 2728 2687
Alexandra Kosteniuk WR Chess Team 2485 2460
Rapid World Champions Nodirbek Abdusattorov WR Chess Team 2732 2669
Daniil Dubov Alain ACMG UAE 2716 2802
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Kazchess 2687 2712
Ju Wenjun Decade China Team 2540 2500
Kateryna Lagno Alain ACMG UAE 2466 2478
Humpy Koneru Chessy 2456 2432
Anna Muzychuk Chessy 2404 2408
Blitz World Champions Alexander Grischuk Kazchess 2670 2681
Kateryna Lagno Alain ACMG UAE 2466 2478
Bibisara Assaubayeva Kazchess 2434 2457
Anna Muzychuk Chessy 2404 2408

Favorites

Before the championship, based on achievements and the average ratings of team participants in rapid, FIDE identified the following teams as favorites:

  • WR Chess Team – 2582 (Magnus Carlsen, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Hou Yifan, Vadim Rosenstein, Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu, Vincent Keymer, Alexandra Kosteniuk)
  • Decade China Team – 2559 (Ding Liren, Wei Yi, Wang Yue, Yu Yangyi, Ju Wenjun, Pan Bo, Li Chao, Xu Xiangyu, Li Deyan)
  • Chessy – 2528 (Richard Rapport, Vidit Santosh Gujrathi, Jorden van Foreest, Alexey Sarana, Humpy Koneru, Mukhtar Ainaikul, Aik Martirosyan, Anna Muzychuk, Yagyz Kaan Erdogmus)
  • Alain ACMG UAE – 2519 (Vladislav Artemiev, Daniil Dubov, Parham Maghsoodloo, Dmitry Andreikin, Kateryna Lagno, Wafiya Darvish al-Maamari, Volodar Murzin, Zhu Jinyer, Ibragim Galyamzhanuly)
  • Kazchess – 2510 (Peter Svidler, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Alexander Grischuk, Darmeen Sadvakassov, Bibisara Assaubayeva, Alimzhan Ayapov, Alisher Suleimenov, Aldiyar Ansat, Nurmuhammed Kabinazar)
  • Team MGD1 – 2453 (Arjun Erigaisi, Sunilduth Lina Narayanan, Raunak Sadhwani, Baskaran Adhiban, Harika Dronavalli, Mihir Shah, Vijay Pranav, Narayanan Srinath)

Format and Rules

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The FIDE World Rapid Team Championship was played with a time control of "15+10" (15 minutes per game with a 10-second increment per move starting from the first). It consisted of 12 rounds using a Swiss system. Teams received 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 for a loss. The team with the highest number of team points became the rapid world champion.

The FIDE World Blitz Team Championship was played with a time control of "3+2" (3 minutes per game with a 2-second increment per move starting from the first). It consisted of two phases. In the first phase, teams played in a round-robin format across five groups (A, B, C, D, and E) of 8 teams each. The top three teams from each group, along with the best fourth-placed team, advanced to the knockout phase, where teams competed in a two-match final. The team winning the final was crowned blitz world champion.

Prize Fund

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The total prize fund for the championship was €350,000, distributed as follows:

Place Rapid Blitz
1st €100,000 €40,000
2nd €60,000 €25,000
3rd €40,000 €17,500
4th €25,000 €17,500
5th €12,500 -
1st "under 2400" €12,500 -
Total €250,000 €100,000

Schedule

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The tournament lasted four days.

Date Event Rounds Time
August 1 Opening Ceremony - 20:00
August 2 Technical Meeting - 11:00
World Rapid Team Championship Round 1 14:30
Round 2 16:10
Round 3 17:50   
Round 4 19:30
August 3 Round 5 14:30
Round 6 16:10
Round 7 17:50
Round 8 19:30
August 4 Round 9 14:30
Round 10 16:10
Round 11 17:50
Round 12 19:30
August 5 World Blitz Team Championship – Group Stage Round 1 11:00
Round 2 11:20
Round 3 11:40
Round 4 12:00
Round 5 12:20
Round 6 12:40
Round 7 13:00
World Blitz Team Championship – Knockout Phase Round of 16 15:00
Quarterfinals 16:30
Semifinals 18:00
Final 19:30

Results

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The 2024 FIDE World Rapid Team Championship was won by the team "Al-Ain ACMG UAE" (Vladislav Artemiev, Daniil Dubov, Parham Maghsoodloo, Dmitry Andreikin, Kateryna Lagno, Wafiya Darvish al-Maamari, Volodar Murzin, Zhu Jinyer, Ibragim Galyamzhanuly), who scored 21 team points (10 wins, 1 draw, and 1 loss) across 12 matches.

The silver medals went to the "Decade China Team" (20 points), while the bronze medals were awarded to last year's champion, the "WR Chess Team" (19 points). The fourth place was taken by "Chessy" (18 points), and the fifth place went to "Team MGD1" (17 points). The prize for teams with an average rating below 2400 was won by "Royal Chess": starting as the 10th seed (2390), they finished 7th (14 points).

The fate of all medal sets was decided literally "at the last moment": the gold was secured for "Al-Ain ACMG UAE" by the first victory (!) of their top player Daniil Dubov, while Hou Yifan's win helped the defending champion "WR Chess Team" maintain third place.

Notable individual results include a sensational defeat of the reigning champion and rating leader "WR Chess Team" by "Chessy" with a score of 5:1 in the fourth round, where Magnus Carlsen (2827), playing white, chose to stop the clock and resign without waiting for the 24th move of the black pieces commanded by Richard Rapport (2702).

Place Team Games Points TB1 TB2
1 Al-Ain ACMG UAE 12 21 635.5 47
2 Decade China Team 12 20 682 52.5
3 WR Chess Team 12 19 533.5 42.5
4 Chessy 12 18 606 45.5
5 Team MGD1 12 17 583 44
6 Ashdod Chess Club 12 14 545 42.5
7 Royal Chess 12 14 450.5 37
8 Rookies 12 14 432 40
9 GMHans.com 12 13 505.5 37
10 Kazchess 12 13 498.5 40.5
11 Q4Rail Kingsofchess Krakow 12 13 450.5 36.5
12 Hunnu Air 12 13 444 41
13 Theme International Trading 12 13 423 38.5
14 Teniz Kazakhstan 12 13 412.5 39
15 Noval Group Kyrgyzstan 12 13 390 40
16 Greco 12 12 424 42
17 FIDE Management Board 12 12 415.5 36.5
18 World Champions Higher School 12 12 403.5 37
19 Astana-2 12 12 394 38
20 GMs Kazakhstan 12 12 370.5 33
21 Storm of Dragons 12 12 364 38.5
22 Astana-1 12 12 359.5 31
23 Chess Ratel 12 12 350.5 35
24 TKM Chess 12 12 303 38.5
25 Future GM 12 12 275.5 37.5
26 Kyrgyz Chess Academy 12 11 320 34.5
27 Chess Mates 12 11 265.5 34.5
28 Kazakhstan Dream Team 12 11 240.5 30.5
29 Egypt 12 10 329 33.5
30 Helicopter 12 10 271 29.5
31 KRG-Team 12 9 221.5 29.5
32 Abai Chess Team 12 9 220 31.5
33 Chess Empire 12 9 195.5 28.5
34 Chess Dream 12 8 236.5 31
35 VKO Team 12 8 219 29.5
36 Baiterekchess 12 4 190.5 23.5
37 Chessacademy_pvl 12 4 170.5 22.5
38 Abai's Gambit Pioneers 12 4 123 19

Additionally, the top three players on each board were awarded prizes, not just on the six main boards, but across all nine, based on the maximum allowed in the application. The main indicator was the Tournament Performance Rating (TPR), reflecting the level at which a player performed in the tournament, calculated based on the number of games played, points scored, and opponents' ratings.

Gold Medalists by Board:

  1. Magnus Carlsen (2827, "WR Chess Team") – 2895 (6½ points out of 8 possible);
  2. Wei Yi (2771, "Decade China Team") – 2822 (10/12);
  3. Jan-Krzysztof Duda (2742, "WR Chess Team") – 2756 (5½/8);
  4. Dmitry Andreikin (2644, "Al-Ain ACMG UAE") – 2815 (9/10);
  5. Alexey Sarana (2648, "Chessy") – 2681 (7/10);
  6. Klaudia Kulon (2313, "Q4Rail Kingsofchess Krakow") – 2273 (6½/12);
  7. Ju Wenjun (2540, "Decade China Team") – 2451 (8/12);
  8. Bella Khotenashvili (2399, "Ashdod Chess Club") – 2326 (7/12);
  9. Pan Bo (1400, "Decade China Team") – 2624 (11/11).

The 2024 FIDE World Blitz Team Championship was won by the "WR Chess Team" (Magnus Carlsen, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Hou Yifan, Vadim Rosenstein, Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu, Vincent Keymer, Alexandra Kosteniuk), who defeated "Team MGD1" in the final over two matches. The bronze medals went to the losing semifinalists – "Chessy" and "Al-Ain ACMG UAE."

In the first stage, 40 teams were divided into 5 groups of 8, which played against each other in a round-robin format, similar to the rapid event: team vs. team on six boards, including a woman (5th board) and an amateur player with a blitz rating below 2000 (6th board). In case of a tie in team points, the Sonneborn-Berger coefficient was used for team (TB1) and individual points (TB2).

Group A:

Place Team Games Points TB1 TB2
1 WR Chess Team 7 14 38 84
2 GMHans.com 7 12 31.5 60
3 Rookies 7 10 27.5 40
4 Theme International Trading 7 8 23.5 24
5 Kyrgyz Chess Academy 7 6 19 12
6 Chess Empire 7 4 9 4
7 Storm of Dragons 7 2 15 0
8 Baiterekchess 7 0 4.5 0

Group B:

Place Team Games Points TB1 TB2
1 Al-Ain ACMG UAE 7 12 35 56
2 Team MGD1 7 12 33 60
3 Teniz Kazakhstan 7 10 26.5 36
4 Helicopter 7 6 18 14
5 Egypt 7 5 15.5 10
6 Chess Mates 7 5 14 10
7 Chessacademy_pvl 7 2 8.5 0
8 VKO Team 7 0 5.5 0

Group C:

Place Team Games Points TB1 TB2
1 Decade China Team 7 14 36.5 84
2 Royal Chess 7 12 33.5 60
3 Greco 7 9 25 34
4 GMs Kazakhstan 7 8 23 28
5 FIDE Management Board 7 7 23 20
6 Chess Ratel 7 3 15.5 3
7 Chess Dream 7 3 8 3
8 ChessStar 7 0 3.5 0

Group D:

Place Team Games Points TB1 TB2
1 Chessy 7 14 33 84
2 Ashdod Chess Club 7 12 35 60
3 Astana-2 7 10 25 40
4 Noval Group Kyrgyzstan 7 7 24 23
5 World Champions Higher School 7 6 24.5 14
6 Future GM 7 3 11.5 11
7 KRG-Team 7 2 8.5 6
8 Abai's Gambit Pioneers 7 2 6.5 4

Group E:

Place Team Games Points TB1 TB2
1 Kazchess 7 14 34.5 84
2 Astana-1 7 12 30.5 60
3 Q4Rail Kingsofchess Krakow 7 10 28.5 40
4 Hunnu Air 7 8 26.5 24
5 TKM Chess 7 6 20 12
6 Kazakhstan Dream Team 7 4 12 4
7 Abai Chess Team 7 2 10.5 0
8 ChessStar 7 0 5.5 0

The top three teams from each group advanced to the playoffs, along with the best of the five teams that finished in 4th place – Hunnu Air (Group E). The draw for the round of 16 was conducted based on the teams' placements in their groups and their average ratings. The opponents then faced off in two-match showdowns with alternating colors.

Round of 16:

  • WR Chess Team (No. 1) – Hunnu Air (No. 14) – 4½:1½, 4½:1½
  • Al-Ain ACMG UAE (No. 2) – Astana-1 (No. 11) – 6:0, 3½:2½
  • Greco (No. 15) – Decade China Team (No. 3) – 1½:4½, 2½:3½
  • Chessy (No. 4) – Q4Rail Kingsofchess Krakow (No. 12) – 4:2, 4:2
  • Rookies (No. 13) – Kazchess (No. 5) – 2½:3½, 2:4
  • Team MGD1 (No. 6) – Astana-2 (No. 16) – 5½:½, 4:2
  • Teniz Kazakhstan (No. 12) – Ashdod Chess Club (No. 7) – 3:3, 1:5
  • GMHans.com (No. 9) – Royal Chess (No. 8) – 3½:2½, 5:1

Quarterfinals:

  • GMHans.com – WR Chess Team – 2½:3½, ½:5½
  • Decade China Team – Al-Ain ACMG UAE – 3:3, 3:3, 2½:3½
  • Kazchess - Chessy – 3:3, 1:5
  • Ashdod Chess Club – Team MGD1 – 2:4, 1½:4½

Semifinals:

  • Team MGD1 – Al-Ain ACMG UAE – 3:3, 3:3, 5½:½
  • WR Chess Team – Chessy – 4½:1½, 3:3

Final:

  • Team MGD1 – WR Chess Team – 2½:3½, 3:3

As with the rapid tournament, the top three players on all nine boards were awarded prizes.

Gold Medalists by Board:

  1. Ediz Gurell (2465, "Rookies");
  2. Ian Nepomniachtchi (2777, "WR Chess Team");
  3. Jan-Krzysztof Duda (2762, "WR Chess Team");
  4. Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu (2693, "WR Chess Team");
  5. Nodirbek Abdusattorov (2669, "WR Chess Team");
  6. Harika Dronavalli (2423, "Team MGD1");
  7. Xu Xiangyu (2473, "Decade China Team");
  8. Alexandra Kosteniuk (2460, "WR Chess Team");
  9. Mukhtar Ainaikul (2025, "Chessy").

References

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