Chess - Openings

London/Fort Collins: Imprint, 1981. Hb, laminated pictorial covers, no dj, xv + 114pp + Index. Fair+. Foxing/spotting on endpapers and along edge of page block; cover corners and base of spine a bit bumped. From the program conceived by David Levy, Kevin O'Connell and David Watt. Encyclopedic database of games with the English Opening, from tournaments of 1979-1980, with statistics on variations.. Hard Cover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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London/Fort Collins: Imprint, 1981. Hb, pictorial covers, no dj, xiii + 95pp + Index. Fair+ - corners and edges a bit scuffed and bumped. Contents clean. From the program conceived by David Levy, Kevin O'Connell and David Watt. Encyclopedic database of games featuring the King's Indian, mostly from tournaments in 1980, with statistics on variations. . Hard Cover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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London: Everyman, 2000. Pb, 144pp. VG+, clean copy, looks barely used. Provides a good understanding of the themes and enough concrete knowledge of the lines of this sound, dynamic system which is supported by top players such as Kramnik and Shirov. In three Parts: Strategic introduction and sidelines; The Sveshnikov with 9 Nd5; The Sveshnikov with 9 Bxf6 gxf6 10 Nd5. . Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Nottingham: Chess Player, 1978. Pb, 232pp. Fair+ - covers a bit worn, spine faded. A couple of pages (less than 5) have brief underlining. Analysis of lines for the Polugayevsky Variation. Algebraic.. Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Nottingham: Chess Player, 1977. Pb, 111pp. Good - light cover wear, clean contents. Opening analysis and complete games. Algebraic.. Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Pergamon Press, 1987. Pb, vii +172pp. VG clean copy. Part of Pergamon's Chess Openings series, covers analysis of all the main lines.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Oxford: Pergamon, 1982. Pb, 161pp. Good+ with only marginal wear, clean contents, faint tanning to page edges. Contains eleven well-known examples of opening innovations. Assiac describes "the suspense and drama surrounding each one" and O'Connell provides opening analysis. Also includes a chapter on how to prepare your own innovations in the opening.. Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Cadogan, 1994. Pb, viii + 227pp. VG with clean contents, marginal wear. Covers all variations where Black defends against 1 c4 with the classical 1...e5 or the "Indian" 1...Nf6. Contents: Dragon variation by White; Three Knights variation; Four Knights variation; Closed variation; 2...d6 variation; Defences with...f5; Anti-Nimzo Indian; Mikenas-Flohr variation; Anti-Grunfeld.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1957. Hb, vii + 238pp. VG with clean contents in Good dj which has edgewear and light foxing. Front endpaper has a couple of light spots.Explains the basic principles of the most common openings, with many illustrative games, annotated, from master play. . Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Batsford, 1969. Hb, orange boards, no dustjacket, xii + 211pp. Good+, clean contents except for Pg 141 which has small smudge at the base of the page. Survey of the King's Indian with themes, variations and illustrative games. Contents: Classical Fianchetto; Non-Classical Fianchetto; Orthodox System with B-K2; Averbakh's System; Other Lines for White with B-KN5; Four Pawns Attack; Samisch Attack; Other systems.. Hard Cover. more information

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Pergamon, 1991. Pb, xi + 175pp. Fair+ copy - covers rather creased. Spotting on inside covers/endpapers and occasionally in text. Theory and many illustrative games (Basman's) for playing the Grob opening as both White and Black. Plus sections for self-study, giving readers opportunities to choose their own moves for games taken from actual play.. Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Ramsbury: Crowood, 1993. Pb, 256pp. Good+ with only slight wear and clean contents. Explains the principles which underlie correct opening play and shows how they can be developed to produce strong positions for attack and defence in different situations. Examines five classic openings - Queen's Gambit, Giuoco Piano, Nimzo-Indian Defence, Morra Gambit and Sicilian Dragon - which together can be used to form the basis of a formidable opening repertoire.. Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Batsford, 1977. Hb, black boards, no dj, viii +192pp. Good+ with only very slight wear. Includes complete illustrative games. Contents: Part 1 - 1 P-Q4 P-KB4 2 P-QB4 (Classical, Other 3rd moves, Dutch Indian, Botvinnik-Bronstein variation etc.); Part 2 - 1 P-Q4 P-KB4 2 P-KN3 (Ilyin-Zhenevsky system, Stonewall Variation, Other 6th moves for Black); Part 3 1 P-Q4 P-KB4 2 Various (Staunton Gambit etc.).. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Batsford, 1994. Pb, xii + 204pp. VG with clean contents; small crease back cover corner. Explains the opening in terms of strategic plans and typical pawn structures. Contents: Mar del Plata centre, Petrosian centre, Samisch centre, Averbakh centre, Simplified centre, Orthodox centre, Samisch Variation (Modern centre) , Orthodox centre against g2-g3, Yugoslav centre, Panno and Kavalek centres.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Batsford, 1990. Pb, viii + 165pp. Good copy with light cover wear and a light inked line on the back cover. Page edges tanned, otherwise contents clean. Explains the openings in terms of essential strategy and typical pawn structures, to give players a better understanding of the positions that arise. Part 1 The Modern Benoni covers: the Classical Centre, Fianchetto Centre; Restricted Centre. Part 2 The Benko Gambit covers: the Standard Centre, Modern Centre, Anti-Benko Centre.. Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Batsford, 1987. Pb, 154pp. Good - tanning to page edges. Inside back cover has s few lines of inked notation; contents otherwise clean. Explores less common opening variations, divided into "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly". . Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Batsford, 1987. Pb, 154pp. Good+ with light tanning to page edges; contents otherwise clean. Explores less common opening variations, divided into "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly". . Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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RHM/Batsford, 1974. Hb, 143pp. Two pages have a couple of very brief inked notation, otherwise contents clean. Dj price-clipped. Contents: History of the gambit (with games); Theory of the gambit; 20 selected games played by Pal Benko.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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RHM/Batsford, 1974. Hb, 143pp. Light tanning to page edges and Pg 3 is darkened due to an old newspaper article being wedged next to it. Dj price-clipped and sunned. Text unmarked. Contents: History of the gambit (with games); Theory of the gambit; 20 selected games played by Pal Benko.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Batsford. Two books on the Benko Gambit. 1) by Pal Benko - RHM/Batsford, 1974 - Hb, pictorial covers, no dj, 143pp. Good, with light wear. Light foxing/speckling along edge of page block and endpapers but contents clean. History and theory of the gambit, plus games including 20 of Benko's own games with annotations. 2) by Eduard Gufeld - Batsford, 1988 - Pb, 111pp. Good, with light tanning to page edges. Previous owner's address stamped on inside front cover. Analysis of lines with complete games.. more information

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London: Batsford, 1976. Hb, viiii +102pp. Slight edgewear to dj. Clean contents. The Breyer System was favoured by Karpov and Spassky as a means of tackling the Ruy Lopez opening and this text explores the main lines, illustrated by full games. Algebraic.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Batsford, 1976. Pb, viiii +102pp. Good+ copy - slight corner creasing on back cover, clean contents. The Breyer System was favoured by Karpov and Spassky as a means of tackling the Ruy Lopez opening and this text explores the main lines, illustrated by full games. Algebraic.. Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Sutton Coldfield: Chess, 1976. Pb, 51pp. VG. Unread, clean copy but with light dent along spine. Descriptive notation. Opening monograph on 1 g4 by the controversial American player. Includes many games and game fragments by Bloodgood himself as well as those of Grob.. Soft Cover. Very Good. more information

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Swindon: Crowood Press, 1991. Pb, 128pp. Good - covers have light edgewear, small corner creases; contents clean but with faint tanning to edges. Explains how players of different abilities can build effective opening repertoires from Kasparov's adaptable opening strategies. The author provides analyses of some of Kasparov's games, giving emphasis to playing as White against the Queen's Gambit Declined and Nimzo-Indian, and as Black with the King's Indian and Sicilian defences. Translated from the German.. Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Batsford, 1977. Hb, brown boards, no dj, xviii + 140pp. Good with light tanning to page edges. Coverage of the Scotch game, Scotch Four Knights, Scotch gambit, Goring gambit.. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Batsford, 1973. Two books by the same authors on related openings. Both books are Batsford hardbacks without dustjackets. 1) "The Pirc Defence" - 1973, xii + 259pp. Good with light occasional foxing, mostly along edge of text block, otherwise clean. Analysis of variations with complete games. Includes Austrian Attack, Byrne variation, Classical system, Holmov system etc. 2) "The Modern Defence" - 1972, 168pp. Good+ with clean contents. Includes complete games, and coverage of Averbakh system, Three Pawns attack, Pseudo-Austrian attack, Two Knights, Geller's Quiet system etc. . Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Batsford, 1986. Pb, 144pp. Good with light cover wear and tanning to page edges. Contents otherwise clean. Analysis of four Romantic gambits first played in the 19th century which have since enjoyed a resurgence : The Greco, the Scotch, the Evans Gambit and the Goring Gambit. Includes complete games.. Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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RHM Press/Pitman, 1980. Pb, xvii + 371pp. Good (-). Covers turning up/darkened at edges and with a few creases; spine has small nick at base; contents clean. Coverage of the Grunfeld Defence, with Estrin contributing the theoretical sections and Botvinnik the annotated games. The material is organized into the five main systems and their variations: Main System; Russian System; Early development of White's Queen Bishop; Closed System; Fianchetto of White's King Bishop; Illustrative Games. . Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Schweiberdingen: Schachverlag Kania, 2004. Hb, laminated pictorial covers, no dj, 224pp. VG. There is a very small scratch on the back cover. Contents clean. First English edition of the German text published a year earlier. Thorough coverage of this popular club player opening, with 44 analysed games. Contents: Important strategic and tactical motifs; Black plays ...Nbd7; Black plays...Nc6; Black plays an early ...b7-b6; Black plays an early ...c5-c4; Black avoids the Colle-Koltanowski system.. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Ramsbury: Crowood, 1989. Pb, 178pp. Fair+ copy - covers and spine rather creased but contents good and clean other than faintest of tanning to edges. Revised English edition of the German publication of three years earlier. For players unhappy with the "main-line" analysis of Queen's Pawn Openings, this volume contains theory and complete annotated games exploring variations of The Vulture and Classicial Vulture, the "Hawk", the Woozle and other systems after 1 d4 c5.. Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Cadogan, 1998. Pb, 125pp. VG with clean contents; faintest of tanning to page edges. Contents: Introduction to the Queen's Gambit Accepted; Central variation: 3 e4; White plays Nc3 and e4; Classical variation with a quick e4; White's Queenside Fianchetto; Classical variation with a4; Queenless middlegames; White's isolated d-pawn; Other systems.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Batsford, 1994. Pb, 192pp. Good+ with very slightest of corner wear and clean contents. Theory and 47 annotated games detailing all the lines arising from acceptance of the gambit and a repertoire for White against Black's various methods of declining the pawn.. Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Batsford, 1995. Pb, 112pp. VG with clean contents. Simple guide to gambit play with exercises plus examples from illustrative games. Covers amongst other things: general themes, development, pressure, centralization, gaining squares, strategic aims, positional gambits, defending against gambits.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Cadogan, 1998. Pb, 224pp. VG with clean contents. Compendium of 2000 chess games which were won in 13 moves or less, with explanations of the errors made and how to avoid them. Organized by opening.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Pergamon Press, 1986. Pb, x + 136pp. Good with light wear and clean contents Recommends Petroff's Defence. "This book has been written from Black's point of view, and for those who like the open game (1 e4 e5) the authors provide adequate replies to all the continuations that White might adopt". Coverage of Vienna Game, Centre Game, King's Gambit Accepted & Declined, Bishop's Opening. Includes 64 complete games.. Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Pergamon Press. 1) Complete Defence to 1 d4, pub 1981. Pb, xi + 144pp. Good with light wear, faint tanning to page edges. Examines the Queen's Gambit Accepted from both White and Black's point of view. Also deals with other Queen's Pawn openings (after 1 d4 d5) from Black's point of view. 2) Complete Defence to 1 e4, 3rd edition, pub 1986. Pb, x + 136pp. Good with light wear. Three pages have inked notation in the margin, rest of contents clean. "This book has been written from Black's point of view, and for those who like the open game (1 e4 e5) the authors provide adequate replies to all the continuations that White might adopt. Petroff's Defence is recommended (25 chapters); coverage of the Vienna Game, Centre Game, King's Gambit Accepted & Declined, Bishop's Opening. Includes over 60 complete games.. Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Nottingham: Chess Player, 1977. Pb, 152pp. Good+. Previous owner's address stamp on inside front cover but contents otherwise clean. Second edition by Bernard Cafferty. Based on a book by Shatskes originally published in Russian. . Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Robert Hale, 1976. Hb, 176pp. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. Brown spotting on endpapers and occasionally on pages. Detailed survey of the Evans Gambit, one of the most popular openings during the 19th century, favoured by Chigorin and Anderssen and which was revived in the 1940s by the Soviet masters. The authors discuss well-known variations such as Lasker's Defence, Normal Variation and Evans Declined, but also offer some unusual defensive suggestions and attacking methods. . Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Two booklets on the Smith-Morra Gambit. 1) "Developments in the Smith-Morra Gambit 1980-89" by Neil Carr, published by Quadrant in 1990. Pb booklet, laminated card covers,staple-bound, 52pp. Good+, clean contents. 100 annotated games. 2) "Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted B21 " part of the encyclopedia of chess openings series, published 1996 by Moravian Chess. Pb, staple-bound, 64pp. Good+, clean contents. Over 400 games.. Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Batsford, 1987. Pb, 128pp. Fair - Page edges tanned, inked notation (chess moves) on several pages. Revised edition. Includes gambit lines with an early Bc4. Algebraic.. Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Batsford, 1996. Pb, 240pp. VG, clean condition. Covers all lines of the c3 Sicilian, with detailed analysis, 70 complete games and many other references. Algebraic. . Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Olomouc, Czech Rep.: Moravian Chess, 2000. Pb, 392pp. Unread, as New copy. Over 1700 complete, unannotated games illustrating the variations/lines for the Fianchetto King's Indian & Benoni (ECO code E 64-65).. Soft Cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Olomouc, Czech Rep.: Moravian Chess, 1998. Pb, 395pp. VG+ - looks unread and would be like new except for very slight scuffing top of spine. Over 1600 complete, unannotated games illustrating variations of the French King's Indian Attack 1 e4 e6 2 d3, one of Fischer's favourite openings. ECO code C 00.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1951. Hb, pictorial boards, no dj, vi + 122pp. Good. Previous owner's inscription on fep, text clean. Revised and rewritten by Du Mont. Introductory text, covering all the major openings and organized into Open, Semi-open and Closed games. . Hard Cover. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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Bologna: S1 Editrice, 1993. Pb, 93pp. Fine copy, looks unopened. Various lines and many complete games, some with notes. Algebraic figurine notation.. Soft Cover. Fine. more information

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London: Everyman, 2007. Pb, 176pp. VG+, with clean contents, looks barely used. Signature of Nigel Davies on title page. Proposes an attacking, gambit-style approach for White and includes 60 complete annotated games. Contents: Sicilian Defence Wing Gambit; Danish Gambit; French Defence Wing Gambit; Caro-Kann Fantasy Variation; Alekhine's Defence with 3 Nc3; Pirc Defence - Austrian with 5 a3; Scandinavian Defence; Nimzowitsch Defence; The Pseudo-Philidor and Other Defences.. Signed by Author. Soft Cover. Very Good. more information

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London: Everyman, 2007. Pb, 192pp. Signature of Nigel Davies on title page. Good. Bottom corner slightly bent/wavy. Contents clean. Proposes an aggressive repertoire for Black, with the two main choices being the Albin Counter Gambit and the Schliemann Gambit. The bulk of the book covers various lines for these. The final 25 pages suggests how Black might obtain gambiteering play against various stodgy White options. Includes 62 complete annotated games.. Signed by Author. Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Nottingham: Chess Player, 1984. Pb booklet, stapled wraps, 33pp. Good+ with clean contents, spine slightly sunned. Guide to this slightly offbeat opening system against the Sicilian defence.. Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Gambit, 2004. Pb, 256pp. VG+, with clean contents. Comprehensive guide to understanding the Sicilian Dragon with detailed explanations of general themes, advice on how to choose plans and methods and new ideas and suggestion on the theory.. Soft Cover. Very Good. more information

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Nottingham: Chess Player, 1989. Pb, 67pp. VG clean, tight copy. Monograph examining various lines of the Modern Variation of the Grunfeld Defence. Contents: Rarely played 8th moves; Less usual 9th moves; 9...Bg4; 9...b6; 9...Qa5 (Poisoned Pawn); 9...Nc6, early deviations, 10 d5; 9...Nc6, main line; 9...cxd4 10 Qa5+.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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