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1000GM PRODUCES A GM
Viktor Matviishen’s Final Norm

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National Invitationals PACIFIC SOUTHWEST OPEN

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 Over the Board Cover Courtesy of Randy Hough
SCCF’s Board Leads
the Way for Chess in
Southern California
Rank File Staff Contributors
Editor in Chief: Dylan Quercia
Chuck Ensey Robert Shlyakhtenko
Publisher: Southern California Chess Federation
Kirk Ghazarian
Photography: Dylan Quercia, Sean Manross

President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Membership Secreteary Board Member

Steve Morford Abhishek Kylasa Keith Martin Pooja Kylasa Jim Mennella Chuck Ensey

Board member Board member Board member Board member Board member
Dylan Quercia Sean Manross Brian Glover Jonney Machtig James Harrell

Editor’s Corner
I recently played the US Open which was my first it in my last Editor’s Corner but if you have not visited
tournament in over a year. I finished with a mediocre the webstie chessprodgies.com you abslutely must. The
score of 5/9 in a field of mostly lower rated players. But, Dean of Scholastic Chess, Dewain Barber, has instilled in
I did run into one of my old students, Gabriel Eidelman, us the mission of building an all volunteer organization
from back when I revamped and ran the STAR Education solely dedicated to providing college scholarship and
chess program. I built their after school program program funding for the scholastic national invitiationals. Please
from 5 schools to 30 and from 0 tournaments to monthly see pg 5 for a full list of their accomplishments! And,
events. My approach was to make every students feel with that I’ll leave you with an incredible move that I had
welcome no matter what their skill level. Plus, I would no chance of finding in a bullet game.
buy large trophies and prizes that would inspire the really
competitive students! That is exactly what Gabe told
me I had done after he won his final game against GM
Rosentalis and tied for 3rd in the US Open (look for the
article in next issue). What he did is no less than incredible.
Black to Move
If you look at the ratings of every player finishing in the Answer on Pg 5
top ten, they are all over 2500+. What an amazing feeling
to know that I was able to inspire this type of skill and
passion. That is why I am incredibly pleased with the
progress of our 501(c)(3) Chess Prodigies. I mentioned

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 Pacific Soutwest Open
By Chuck Ensey 4 players tied 1st Place with 6 points in the U2200
section: Gordon Xu, Yugi Wang, Leo Wang and Esther
Jou for $500 each (they won BU2200, BU2000, 2nd
U2200 and 2nd U2000 to be more precise). Note that
actually they were all U2000, only 2 players were rated
2000 or over: Randy Hough (2000) and Leo Creger
(2192), many Experts tried their luck in the Open section.
Ashwin Damaraju (1902) won clear 3rd U2200 with 5 ½
points for $200, while 7 players tied with 5 points for the
remaining pooled prizes (4th U2200, 3rd & 4th U2000):
Normally this event has a game on Friday night, two Leo Creger, Yanfeng Guo, Alan Peng, Jacob Lee, Miles
r on Saturday and two on Sunday, but because the 4th of Zhao, Alejandrino Baluran and Oliver Boydell of NY.
July fell on a Monday this year, we were able to expand
into three full days with 8 games total - 3 on Saturday, 3 Benjamin Chow won BU1800 with 6 ½ points for $700
on Sunday and 2 on Monday. Faster time controls early and Tyson Le also won $700 for BU1600 in this third
on (G/60 with 10 second delay for day 1 and then G/90, section. Sarthak Gattani won a reduced prize of $250
d10 for day 2) allowed us to try this expanded schedule. due to his provisional rating of only 17 games, based
The last day, with the most important games, was played on the July supplement, which was used for pairing and
at a slower pace of G/120, d10. The turnout was quite prize purposes. Lorenzo Antonio won $300 for 2nd
good with 166 players in four sections, so I think people U1600 with 5 ½ points and Joseph McEntee won $200
liked this format. The ballroom is perfect for this event for 3rd U1600. Pejman Sagart, Chuck Ensey and Kevin
and we really love everything about this centrally located Mayberry won $50 each for 4th U1800 with 5 points. 5
venue, the Irvine Orange County Hilton, near John other players also scored 5, but won 3rd/4th U1600 for
Wayne airport. $60 each: Brian Lantz, Ryan Sweezey, Frank Tang, Bruce
Young and Rohan Daftuar.
Two GMs from Hungary tried their luck at this event
but a local hero ended up winning 1st Place by drawing In the U1400 Section Brandon You won BU1400 with
both GMs and winning all his other games. That would an impressive 7 points for $300. Giancario Paniagua
be IM-elect Kirk Ghazarian, who won $1,600 for a won BU1200 with 6 ½ points, again for $300. Matthew
7-point score. GM Gabor Nagy placed 2nd with 6 ½ for Talukdar scored 6 for 2nd U1400 while new player Phillip
the $1,000 prize; he also drew with GM David Berczes in Warther also scored 6, but being unrated, won only a book
round 4 and with Alex Wang in the last round. Third Place prize. Ziwei Xiao and Christopher Manlove split 2nd/3rd
was won by GM Berczes (5 ½ points for a $600 prize). U1400 with 5 ½ for $50 each while Victor Yi also scored
FM Kretchetov, Alex Wang and Rohan Rajaram tied for 5 ½, but won $200 for 2nd U1200. 4 players split the last
a pooled prize of 4th/ 5th Place/BU2300 for $300 each prize of 3rd U1200 for $25 each: Vian Parikh, Steven He,
with a 5-point score. Due to the good attendance the Ryan Kong and Ram Stewart, all with 5 points.
prize fund was actually increased by $1,000 to $11,000
from the advertised and guaranteed prize of $10,000. An 8-round rated Blitz event was also held on Saturday
The 6th Place prize of $100 was one of those added night and drew nice crowd of 30 players, all in one
prizes, along with some added and boosted prizes in the section at G/5 with 4 second delay. The 2 GMs scored
lower sections, plus we added 4 Best Game prizes. The 7 ½ (Nagy) and 7 (Berczes), but all but 5 of the players
4 sections were evenly spread out with 35 players in the also won nice prizes, as we almost doubled the prize fund
Open, 43 in the U2200, 39 in the U1800 and 49 in the from $600 to $1,100 because we were so happy with the
U1400, not including several house players that were turnout and the great spirit of the players. Wallcharts of
used due an odd number in each section. this and the main event can be found the USCF website.

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 So Cal Produces A GM
1000GM TOURNAMENT Mahajan (both scoring 5/9), as the IMs held their own
to finish on top. IM Alex Ostrovskiy deservedly won the
By IM Robert tournament with a 7.5/9 score, 1.5 points ahead of IM
Aaron Grabinsky (6/9). As for my own performance, I
Shlyakhtenko completed the tournament with only an even score in the
GM section, but was able to play a few interesting,games.
I will share one of them below:
Robert thinking circa
Woodward, Andy (2486) -
2019 courtesy of
Shlyakhtenko, Robert (2422)
Sean Manross
Hollywood Chess Norm Classic July 2022

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.h4!

For nearly a decade, high-level invitational events have
been few and far between in Southern California. That may
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be changing thanks to the combined efforts of Srikanth 9rsnlwqk+-tr0
Bangalore, Rushaan Mahajan, and Josiah Stearman, who 9zpp+-+pvlp0
initiated a series of round-robin title norm events in Los 9-+-zp-snp+0
Angeles under the joint organization of the 501(c)(3),
1000GM and Learn2Chess. These 9 round tournaments
9+-zpPzp-+-0
offer up-and-coming players a chance to compete for 9-+P+P+-zP0
IM/GM norms and titles. The most incredible part is 9+-sN-+-+-0
the free entry thanks to Srikanth’s generous sponsorship. 9PzP-+LzPP+0
Norm events typically cost $800.
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I had the opportunity to participate in the second of xiiiiiiiiy
these events, held from July 25-29 and directed by arbiter A strong prophylactic plan. In the Czech Benoni,
Randy Hough. Players were divided into two sections: a black generally plays for two pawn breaks: f7–f5 and
GM group and an IM group. b7–b5. With this move, White invites h7–h5, which
The GM tournament produced not only a norm, but a makes a later f7–f5 much less desirable for black owing
Grandmaster title. Viktor Matviishen, a student at Texas to the resulting weaknesses on the g5– and h5–squares.
Tech University, raced through the competition and
finished undefeated with 6.5/9. Having now completed 7...h5 7...h6 8.h5 g5 9.g4 is worse. 8.Bg5 a6 9.Qd2 I was
his final norm and already meeting the 2500 rating aware of the classic game Vladimirov - Stein, 1957, which
requirement, Matviishen just needs to await confirmation continued with the more consistent 9.a4! Nbd7 10.Qd2
of his title at the next FIDE Congress. He was outscored Qa5 11.Ra3 Rb8 12.Nh3 Qb4 13.Qc2 Qa5 14.f3 Nh7
only by GM Arman Mikaelyan who won five games and 15.Be3 Qd8 16.Nf2 , and Black’s lenghty maneuvers had
drew four to finish with 7/9. accomplished nothing.d

The top norm seeker in this section was IM Josiah 9...Nbd7 vent this move. Further maneuvering would
Stearman, who started with three losses but proceeded to compromise the flexibility of Black’s position.
spectacularly win six games in a row to clinch clear 3rd. 11.cxb5 axb5 12.Bxb5 Ba6 Black is aiming for
In the IM group, notable norm seeker results were compensation in the style of the Benko gambit, but
achieved by FM Max Gedajlovic and CM Rushaan objectively his position is worse. 13.Bc6 The most

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 ambitious move, but not the only good one. The most 23...Qf3! 23...Nf3+? leads only to a draw after 24.gxf3
natural approach was 13.Bxa6 Rxa6 14.0–0 13...Rb8 Qxf3 25.e5! Qg4+ 26.Kh1 Bg5 27.Qa5 Bf4 28.Qc7+
14.Ng1?! A slow regrouping, which gives Black time to Kf8 29.Qd8+ Kg7 30.Qf6+ Kg8 31.Bd7! and White is
organize counterplay. 14.f3 was better, with a subsequent in time to create threats of his own. 24.gxf3 The queen
Ke1–f2. 14...Rb4 15.Nge2 Qb8 16.Bxf6 in order to was too dangerous an attacking piece to be left alive. For
preserve his extra pawn, White must part with the bishop example, after 24.Ba4!? (intending Bd1) 24...Qf6 25.Bd1
pair. 16...Bxf6 17.Rb1 Ke7 Preparing to activate the Nc4 26.Qc2 the calm 26...Kf8! leaves White defenseless
knight with c4 and Nc5. against Black’s buildup.

18.a3 Now comes the first critical moment of the game. 24...Nxf3+ 25.Kg2 Nxd2 26.Ra1 The endgame is
It is of utmost importance that Black creates some technically winning for Black. White’s discoordinated
disharmony in White’s camp; otherwise, the first player willpieces cannot effectively fight against the c- and d- pawns.
consolidate his material advantage with no trouble at all.. 26...Rb8 26...c4 was more accurate. 27.Ra2 White should
have used the opportunity to play 27.b4 c4 , where it’s
18...Rd4! The only sensible move. 19.Nxd4 19.Qe3 was possible that the a- and b- pawns will have their own say.
safer, but understandably White did not want to allow 27...c4 28.a4 [28.b4 cxb3 29.Rxd2 b2 30.Nb3 Rxb3
Black’s rook to remain entrenched on d4. 19...exd4 31.Rb1 Bd3 32.Rbxb2 Bxe4+ 33.Kh2 Bg5 34.Rxb3 Bxd2
20.Ne2 Ne5 Black’s minor pieces come to life, whereas is winning for Black. 28...d3 29.e5! A clever try; On the
White’s rooks have little scope. This, coupled with the immediate 29.b4 cxb3 30.Rxd2 , Black would play 30...
long-term prospects offered by Black’s passed d-pawn, Bg5! (But not 30...b2? 31.Nxd3 b1Q 32.Rxb1 Rxb1 and
give Black more than sufficient compensation for the White can still play on.) 31.Rxd3 b2 and wins. 29...dxe5
exchange. 29...Rb4 was perhaps simplest. 30.b4 This was White’s
idea. If Black continues the same way as in the above
21.0–0 In view of the above note, it was worth considering note, then White is saved by Rxe5+! at the right moment.
21.b4!? to generate some counterplay. Now Black should Now Black has only one way to win. 30...Rxb4!! [After
play 21...Bxe2! (21...Nd3+? 22.Kf1 leaves Black unable to this move Black will be down a rook for three pawns.
deal with b4–b5.; 21...Bd3 22.Rc1 is also less convincing.) Yet White cannot stop the advancing mass of connected
22.Qxe2 c4 23.f4 d3 24.Qa2 Nxc6 25.Qxc4! (25.dxc6 passers. 30...cxb3 31.Rxd2 Bg5 32.Nxb3 Rxb3 33.Rxe5+
Qa7 26.Qf2 Bd4 wins.) 25...Nd4 26.Qxd3 Rc8 27.0–0 Kf6 34.Rxg5 Kxg5 35.d6 Kf6 36.d7 Ke7 37.Rd1! Bc4
Rc3! 28.Qa6! with mutual chances. 21...Qb3! Both an 38.Re1+ Be6 39.Re4! gives white enough counterplay to
attacking and prophylactic move. 22.Rfe1 22.a4!? , hold.
intending to exchange Black’s a6–bishop with Bc6–b5,
would have eased White’s defense. 22...Bxh4 23.Nc1 31.Rxd2 Kd6 32.Rdd1 32.Na2 was more resilient.
This was White’s idea. If the queen retreats, then White 32...Rb2! Paralyzing White’s pieces. The rest is a matter
has time for b2–b4. So Black must continue energetically: of technique -- Black simply needs to push the pawns,
XIIIIIIIIY albeit very carefully. 33.Rf1 e4 34.Kg1 Bg5 35.Be8 c3
36.f4 Bd8 37.Bxf7 d2 38.Bxg6 Bb6+ 39.Kh1 Bxf1
9-+-+-+-tr0 40.Bxe4 Be3! 41.Nd3 Bxd3 42.Bxd3 c2 43.Bxc2 Rxc2
9+-+-mkp+-0 44.Rxd2 Bxd2 0–1
9l+Lzp-+p+0
9+-zpPsn-+p0 Elite events tend to have a trickle-down effect on the
rest of the chess community, as titled players remain in
9-+-zpP+-vl0 the area to participate in other local tournaments. For
9zPq+-+-+-0 example, several of the GMs in this tournament played
9-zP-wQ-zPP+0 in the Pacific Coast Open just a week earlier. Currently,
9+RsN-tR-mK-0 1000GM is planning another norm event in September,
with more on the way. Hopefully, these tournaments will
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 Earning the Final Norm
to play Ba6 or Bb7, and both are typical moves. Most
By IM-Elect Kirk Ghazarian grandmasters played this.
Going into this game I was aware of how dangerous my
opponent was, especially with white, as he won all of his 10.h4N Although this is a novelty, h4 is a typical idea in
white games in this tournament. My plan was to create these position with the intention of playing h5 and then
a complex fight early on because I wanted a memorable lifting the rook to g3 via h3. This aggressive plan is one
game after I secured the IM title. of the most challenging ways white can play against the
5...b5 Vienna.
Konstantin, Kavutskiy (2395) -
Ghazarian, Kirk (2381) 10.Be3 Is the main move. 10...Bb7 11.Qc2 Qd7 12.Nc3
Bay Area Chess GM Norm April 2022 Na5 13.Rd1 f5 14.exf6 gxf6 15.0–0 0–0–0 This double
egded position with opposite side castling is risky for
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 [My opponent plays both sides.
many lines as white so I only briefly prepared this before
the game. I considered going for my pet line the Cam- 10...Bb7 11.h5 h6 12.Qd2?!
bridge Springs defense, but at the last moment I decided XIIIIIIIIY
to play something sharper.]
9r+-wqk+-tr0
4...dxc4 The Vienna. I decided to try a rather topical line. 9zplzp-vlpzp-0
5.e4 This is certainly the most critical try for an
advantage for white. 9-snn+p+-zp0
5...b5!? 6.e5 6.Nxb5 Despite Carlsen playing this, I don't
9+N+-zP-+P0
think black has problems equalizing here. See Carlsen,M 9-+pzP-+-+0
(2847) -Nepomniachtchi,I (2789) chess24.com INT 2021 9zP-+-+N+-0
6...Nd5 7.Nxb5 Nb6 8.Be2 Nc6 9.a3!? 9-zP-wQLzPP+0
XIIIIIIIIY 9tR-vL-mK-+R0
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This move is typical in the mainline where white doesn't
9zp-zp-+pzpp0 go for this early h4–h5 pawn advance. White has com-
9-snn+p+-+0 bined Qd2 with the moves a3 and h4–h5, which simply
loses too much time in this position.
9+N+-zP-+-0
9-+pzP-+-+0 12...Qd7 The strongest move, but also the most natural
one 13.Qf4 0–0–0? Another typical move, but I miss out
9zP-+-+N+-0 on a nice combination exploiting white's poor coordi-
9-zP-+LzPPzP0 nation. 13...Na5! 14.Nc3 Nb3 15.Rb1 Bxf3 16.Bxf3 Bg5!
17.Qg3 Bxc1–+
9tR-vLQmK-+R0
xiiiiiiiiy 14.Be3 of course not 14.Qxf7?? Bb4+ 15.axb4 Qxf7–+
My opponent played this new move with many recent
grandmaster games and I was already on my own. I don't 14...f5 15.Nc3 Na5 16.0–0?! It's too late to castle now.
understand why this move is good logically, but I know Black will attack on the kingside with Rg8 and g5 mean-
these positions from the 5...b5 Vienna are highly con- while all of white's counterplay on the queenside is stifled.
crete and if the computer likes it then it must be good. I 16.Rd1 Kb8 17.Qg3 Rhg8 This position is very tense, I
think the idea is to play Qc2 and complete development think black has an easier position to play because he's the
without castling short, and then throwing the h-pawn one playing for a pawn break (Qe8 then g6) but white is
up the board. 9.0–0 Is the main move, where both sides equal here.
need to be very well prepared.
16...Qe8?! 16...g6! this immediately was even stronger
9...Be7 This is not the only move, but I played it because 17.hxg6 Rdg8–+
I wanted to keep my options open. I'm not sure if I want
17.Nd2 Rg8 18.Bf3 g5 19.hxg6 Bg5 20.Bxb7+ Nxb7
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 21.Qh2 Qxg6 22.f4 Be7

Now black has the bishop pair and white has many
National Invitationals
weaknesses here. It is not objectively lost due to white's
strong center, but black is much better with an easy po-
sition.

23.Rac1 Na5 24.Qh3 Rg7 25.Nf3 Rdg8 26.Rc2 Kb8?!

Allowing unecessary counterplay. 26...c6! Was strongest
because it's prophylaxis against white's d5 pawn break.

27.d5! Nxd5 28.Nxd5 exd5 29.Nd4 Rf8?

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9-mk-+-tr-+0
9zp-zp-vl-tr-0 Dean Dewain Barber introduces his new book Humor in Chess II
9-+-+-+qzp0
9sn-+pzPp+-0 Irwin - GM Enrico Sevillano, Tie for 1st Place
9-+psN-zP-+0 Alternate - Thanks to IM Vincent E. McCambridge,
who played one round, then a late arrival was added
9zP-+-vL-+Q0
9-zPR+-+P+0 Denker - Tommy Wen, Tie for 6th Place
9+-+-+RmK-0 Alt. Elbert Zeng was paired in the US Open
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A passive move, giving away my entire advantage. Haring - Ellie Zhang, Tie for 14th Place,
Place
29...Nb3! 30.Qxf5 Qb6–+ Alt. Avery Yu, Tie for 14th Place,
Place placed 16th
30.b4 Nb3 31.Qf3?! [31.Nxb3 cxb3 32.Rc3 Bh4!? Barber - Suren Mikoyan, Tied for 20th Place,
Place
31...Nxd4 32.Bxd4 Qe6 33.b5 Rfg8 34.Qc3 Rg3
Alt. Sihan Tao - Special thanks for playing one game
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9-mk-+-+r+0
9zp-zp-vl-+-0 Rockefeller - Benjamin Benchen Tang Tied for 1st
2nd place on tie-breaks, $3,000 College Scholarship
9-+-+q+-zp0 Alt. Oliver Hsiao, Tied for 30th Place
9+P+pzPp+-0
9-+pvL-zP-+0 Weermantry Blitz--2200+ Section
9zP-wQ-+-tr-0 GM Enrico Sevillano 12th Place
1800-2199 Section-
9-+R+-+P+0 Benjamin Benchen Tang Tied for 17th Place
9+-+-+RmK-0 1800-2199 Section
xiiiiiiiiy Ellie Zhang Tied for 33rd Place
1800-2199 Section
At this point white never got a chance to get back in Avery Yu Tied for 33rd Place
the game.
1800-2199 Section
35.Rf3 Qg6 36.Rxg3 Qxg3 37.Qa5 Qxa3 38.Bxa7+ Suren Mikoyan Placed 49th
Kb7 39.Qxa3 Bxa3 40.Be3 Ra8 41.Kf2 Be7 42.g4 fxg4
43.f5 Bh4+ 44.Kg2 Ra3 45.Bxh6 Rg3+ 46.Kh2 Rf3
47.Rg2 Rxf5 48.Rxg4 Be7 49.Bf4 c3 No Chance of Finding in a Bullet Game Puzzle -
1...Qd8! with Qg5 coming and Black is Winning
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2022 SCCF BOARD OF DIRECTORS ELECTION

This year SCCF members will elect six of the twelve Board members to terms ending following the 2023 board
election. Vote for up to six. Mail ballots to SCCF Elections, C/O Chuck Ensey, SDCC, PO Box 120162, San Diego
CA 92112. Those voting by mail must include their name on the outside of the envelope. Mail in ballots must be
received by Thursday, September 1. In-person voting will also be available at the Southern Cal Open until Monday,
September 5, at 10 AM. Candidate statements and the ballot are below.
Jim Harrell
Brian Glover I enjoy being part of the SCCF board and promoting
As a life member of the USCF, active tournament chess. I have directed many tournaments and think hold-
player, chess teacher and current member of the SCCF ing lots of tournaments is to best way to boost our mem-
Board I will be happy to continue to serve if reelected. bership. SCCF is rebounding and we need to keep the
Frank Lee current chess boom going. Thanks for your support!
Please allow me to promote chess in Southern California Jim Mennella
to expand the number of players & tournament play for the It has been an honor and a privilege to serve the Chess
next generation. As a professional digital marketer man- Players of Southern California as a member of SCCF’s
aging successful popular web and social properties, I can board for the past 6 years. I hope you will continue to al-
help with the modern challenges and opportunities to better low me to use my 40+ years of experience as a US Chess
serve our events & communications. delegate to represent you.
Steve Morford Dylan Quercia
My board involvement allows me to give back to a life-long I am a chess educator and journalist working to im-
hobby. I stepped back in as board president this past year. prove all areas of chess. I have been teaching chess for
Our focus has been to rebuild the schedule of tournaments 15 years and started the 501(c)(3), Chess Prodigies, last
and provide members with a quality publication. I welcome year to provide college scholarships to well deserved
support promoting chess for all ages and proficiencies. youth. Thank you for your consideration.
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