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M Galyas vs J Bick, 2006  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 1 moves, 1-0
Recaptures are not automatic -- a unique # for all-times sake
Morphy vs Le Carpentier, 1849  (000) Chess variants, 13 moves, 1-0
Variants (000) 1-0 Castle Mate!?! What are the odds of that?
Morphy vs A Morphy, 1850  (000) Chess variants, 18 moves, 1-0
Strength of the cross-pin: the Sword of Damocles takes aim!
Morphy vs NN, 1850  (000) Chess variants, 18 moves, 1-0
Chess variants - UNUSUAL (000) 0-1 Queenmate!
Maurian vs Morphy, 1854  (000) Chess variants, 15 moves, 0-1
Chess variants (000) 1-0 Black quit too soon after losing his Q
Morphy vs Maurian, 1854  (000) Chess variants, 16 moves, 1-0
variants / no Qside R or N (000) 1-0 Pawn surge
Morphy vs Maurian, 1854  (000) Chess variants, 25 moves, 1-0
variants / pterodactyl (000) 0-1 stooping White knights
Maurian vs Morphy, 1854  (000) Chess variants, 19 moves, 0-1
Chess variants (000) 0-1 Q leaves, nailed by the kNight
Morphy vs Maurian, 1855  (000) Chess variants, 12 moves, 0-1
variants / Evans Gambit at Rook Odds (000) 1-0
Morphy vs NN, 1855  (000) Chess variants, 20 moves, 1-0
KGA King's Knight Gambit (000) 1-0 Pawn mate in 17 moves!
Morphy vs T Knight, 1856  (000) Chess variants, 17 moves, 1-0
KGA Bishop's Gambit Lopez Var (000) 1-0 Knights love a crowd
Morphy vs NN, 1856  (000) Chess variants, 20 moves, 1-0
Morphy gives Knight odds, sacs 2 pieces, and wins in 20 moves
Morphy vs Worrall, 1857  (000) Chess variants, 20 moves, 1-0
Chess variants (000) 1-0 FAMOUS Epaulette Mate
Morphy vs Worrall, 1857  (000) Chess variants, 22 moves, 1-0
Chess variants/Evan's Gambit (000) 1-0 Rampaging R
Morphy vs J McConnell, 1858  (000) Chess variants, 17 moves, 1-0
variants/Scotch Game (000) 1-0 K walk
Morphy vs NN, 1857  (000) Chess variants, 17 moves, 1-0
Game 12 in A First Book of Morphy by Frisco Del Rosario
Morphy vs Maurian, 1857  (000) Chess variants, 15 moves, 1-0
When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.
Morphy vs NN, 1857  (000) Chess variants, 18 moves, 1-0
variants/ Petrov's Def (000) 1-0 Pile on the pin
Morphy vs NN, 1857  (000) Chess variants, 20 moves, 1-0
variants / KGA at R odds (000) 1-0 work the diagonals
Morphy vs A Perrin, 1857  (000) Chess variants, 21 moves, 1-0
variants White N removed / Scotch Gambit (000) 1-0 Lolli's Mate
Morphy vs A Reif, 1857  (000) Chess variants, 24 moves, 1-0
variants / N odds, Evans Gambit (000) 1-0 Heavy control
Morphy vs Worrall, 1857  (000) Chess variants, 27 moves, 1-0
Chess variants (000) · 1/2-1/2
C Stanley vs Morphy, 1857  (000) Chess variants, 29 moves, 1/2-1/2
Chess variants (000) 0-1 Notes by Stockfish
C Stanley vs Morphy, 1857  (000) Chess variants, 30 moves, 0-1
Chess variants (000) 0-1 Q-R battery
C Stanley vs Morphy, 1857  (000) Chess variants, 28 moves, 0-1
Game 49: A First Book of Morphy by Frisco Del Rosario
Morphy vs Worrall, 1858  (000) Chess variants, 27 moves, 1-0
Chess variants / Bishop's Opening Copycat (000) 1-0 Corridor #
Morphy vs NN, 1858  (000) Chess variants, 25 moves, 1-0
variants /Nimzowitsch Def (000) 0-1 Black wiggles free
Owen vs Morphy, 1858  (000) Chess variants, 33 moves, 0-1
Chess variants (000) 0-1 0-0 vs 0-0-0 and pawn storm, R sacs
F J Devinck vs Morphy, 1858  (000) Chess variants, 25 moves, 0-1
Chess variants / missing Black f-pawn (000) 0-1 battery
Owen vs Morphy, 1858  (000) Chess variants, 18 moves, 0-1
Evan's Gambit minus 1kNight and he pulls of Boden's Mate!
Morphy vs J Thompson, 1859  (000) Chess variants, 26 moves, 1-0
Chess variants (000) 1/2-1/2 Rather unusual variant start
A Ehrmann vs Morphy, 1859  (000) Chess variants, 56 moves, 1/2-1/2
Paul Morphy: The Pride and Sorrow of Chess, pp. 221-22
Morphy vs N Marache, 1859  (000) Chess variants, 24 moves, 1-0
Evans Gambit. Lasker Defense (000) 1-0 Philidor's Legacy by PM
Morphy vs T J Bryan, 1859  (000) Chess variants, 23 moves, 1-0
Like a Philidor Def. Pin the pawn & roll upon it. En passant.
Morphy vs J Thompson, 1859  (000) Chess variants, 16 moves, 1-0
Variant KGA (000) 0-1 Avoiding exchanges means retreat
Morphy vs T Lichtenhein, 1859  (000) Chess variants, 24 moves, 0-1
Morphy said: "I want to play with the young NAPOLEON ...!"
Morphy vs Napoleao dos Santos, 1859  (000) Chess variants, 34 moves, 1-0
Chess variants - No N (000) 1-0 Inflict doubled Ps, seize files
Morphy vs A B Arnold, 1859  (000) Chess variants, 21 moves, 1-0
Chess variants - No N / Philidor CG (000) 1/2- R vs 2 Bs ending
Morphy vs W Thomas, 1859  (000) Chess variants, 49 moves, 1/2-1/2
Chess variants/Evan's Gambit (000) 1-0 Rob the pins
Morphy vs J Thompson, 1859  (000) Chess variants, 17 moves, 1-0
Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Accepted (000) 1-0 Skewer on h-file
Morphy vs J W Stone, 1859  (000) Chess variants, 30 moves, 1-0
Chess variants / Delayed Bird (000) 1-0 FAMOUS COMBO FINISH
Morphy vs Maurian, 1863  (000) Chess variants, 36 moves, 1-0
variants /King's Gambit, Muzio Gambit (000) 1-0 PM down 2 Ns
Morphy vs Martin Saint-Leon, 1863  (000) Chess variants, 29 moves, 1-0
Chess variants Italian Gambit (000) 0-1 Black has more pawns
Morphy vs Maurian, 1866 (000) Chess variants, 23 moves, 0-1
Morphy's shorthanded Bird beats the Dutch
Morphy vs Maurian, 1869  (000) Chess variants, 19 moves, 1-0
Morphy plays 1.b3 Dbl Fianchetto Bird Opening
Morphy vs Maurian, 1869  (000) Chess variants, 17 moves, 1-0
Chess variants / KGA Muzio Gambit (000) 1-0No knights; Pins win
Morphy vs Maurian, 1869  (000) Chess variants, 16 moves, 1-0
Chess variants, Q odds (000) 1-0 Reinfeld puzzle
Tarrasch vs Schroeder, 1890  (000) Chess variants, 12 moves, 1-0
Diagram 233 in Reuben Fine's The Middle Game In Chess.
Tarrasch vs Meisler, 1890  (000) Chess variants, 30 moves, 1-0
Chess variants (000) 1-0 Open diagonals and pins are powerful!
Tarrasch vs Sergel, 1891  (000) Chess variants, 13 moves, 1-0
Game 198 in Three Hundred Chess Games by Siegbert Tarrasch
Tarrasch vs C Kelz, 1891  (000) Chess variants, 15 moves, 1-0
Chess variants / Vienna Gambit (000) 1-0 Fantastic finish!!
Tarrasch vs Fiedler, 1892  (000) Chess variants, 16 moves, 1-0
Game 197 in Three Hundred Chess Games by Siegbert Tarrasch
Tarrasch vs C Kelz, 1892  (000) Chess variants, 15 moves, 1-0
Chess variants (000) 1-0 Tarrasch gives a lesson on attacking!
Tarrasch vs Romberg, 1893  (000) Chess variants, 21 moves, 1-0
Game 257, Nuremberg 1892-1894
Tarrasch vs Romberg, 1893  (000) Chess variants, 28 moves, 1-0
Game 243 in Three Hundred Chess Games by Siegbert Tarrasch
Tarrasch vs Schroeder, 1893  (000) Chess variants, 17 moves, 1-0
Game 242 in Three Hundred Chess Games by Siegbert Tarrasch
Tarrasch vs Romberg, 1893  (000) Chess variants, 28 moves, 1-0
Game 256 of Three Hundred Chess Games by Dr. Siegbert Tarrasch
Tarrasch vs Kolb, 1894  (000) Chess variants, 29 moves, 1-0
Game 255 of 'Three Hundred Chess Games' by Siegbert Tarrasch.
Tarrasch vs Schroeder, 1894  (000) Chess variants, 25 moves, 1-0
Odds-giver (Philidor) loses
Bernard / Carlier vs Philidor, 1780  (000) Chess variants, 32 moves, 1-0
Blindfold Simul; Variant / French-like (000) K&P ending
Maseres vs Philidor, 1783  (000) Chess variants, 58 moves, 0-1
Variants / Cntr Cntr Dec. (000) 1-0 The better player receives
Philidor vs J Bruehl, 1789  (000) Chess variants, 19 moves, 1-0
The Turk is operated by Jacques-Francois Mouret
Sturmer vs The Turk, 1820  (000) Chess variants, 20 moves, 0-1
Chess Variant / Robatsch (B06) 0-1 Whirling Nf2+ Windmill!
Strickland vs The Turk, 1820  (000) Chess variants, 38 moves, 0-1
Variants / French-like (000) 1-0 Sac, fork and pins
Cochrane vs The Turk, 1820  (000) Chess variants, 30 moves, 1-0
The Turk uses the "_rench defense" to defeat Miss Hook
Hook vs The Turk, 1820  (000) Chess variants, 32 moves, 0-1
variants (000) 0-1 Cochrane improved after this thrashing
Cochrane vs A Deschapelles, 1821  (000) Chess variants, 27 moves, 0-1
Game 10 in The Guinness Book of Chess GMs by William Hartston
Cochrane vs A Deschapelles, 1821  (000) Chess variants, 25 moves, 0-1
Chess variants - Black missing f-pawn (000) 1-0
W Lewis vs A Deschapelles, 1821  (000) Chess variants, 27 moves, 1-0
Game 220 in 500 Master Games of Chess by Tartakower & du Mont
McDonnell vs NN, 1830  (000) Chess variants, 18 moves, 1-0
Chess variants /KGA (000) 1-0 JC gives Q odds, mates in 14!
Cochrane vs NN, 1832  (000) Chess variants, 14 moves, 1-0
Center Game: Von der Lasa Gambit (000) 1-0 knight odds
La Bourdonnais vs W Pulling, 1834  (000) Chess variants, 17 moves, 1-0
KGA. Ghulam-Kassim Gambit (000) 1-0 K walk
La Bourdonnais vs Jouantho, 1837  (000) Chess variants, 23 moves, 1-0
Odds of Pawn and Two moves: Queen sacrifice to promote
E Lowe vs Staunton, 1847  (000) Chess variants, 57 moves, 1-0
Italian Game, Classical. Albin Gambit (000)1-0 Odd but pretty #
Bird vs Pinkerley, 1850  (000) Chess variants, 24 moves, 1-0
kNight odds game produces Legall's mate w/an extra step!
Smith vs NN, 1852  (000) Chess variants, 11 moves, 1-0
variants / Bishop's Opening Gambit (000) 1-0 K gets flushed out
Steinitz vs NN, 1878  (000) Chess variants, 15 moves, 1-0
Variant/Scotch Gambit (000) 1-0 "The Austrian Morphy" is here!
Steinitz vs Holstein, 1863  (000) Chess variants, 17 moves, 1-0
Chess variants (000) 1-0 Queen Sac for a famous king walk
Steinitz vs Rock, 1863  (000) Chess variants, 18 moves, 1-0
variants Black f-pawn removed (000) 0-1 0-0-0 vs 0-0
De Vere vs Steinitz, 1865  (000) Chess variants, 37 moves, 0-1
Notes by Irving Chernev. White changes mating squares!
Steinitz vs Van der Meden, 1865  (000) Chess variants, 20 moves, 1-0
Potter gave Queen odds and announced a forced mate at move 7!!!
W Potter vs NN, 1870  (000) Chess variants, 15 moves, 1-0
Variants /KGA Muzio Gambit (000) 1-0Remove the Guard, Pin, etc.
S Rosenthal vs Count Isouard, 1871  (000) Chess variants, 16 moves, 1-0
Wonderful attack on g-file, h-file and diagonal, N+Q+R sac
Zukertort vs Count Epoureano, 1872  (000) Chess variants, 23 moves, 1-0
Chess variants (000) 1-0 Storming Knights!!
Steinitz vs NN, 1874  (000) Chess variants, 15 moves, 1-0
Chess variants /King's Gambit (000) 1-0 Pin wins again
W G Ward vs H Browne, 1874  (000) Chess variants, 15 moves, 1-0
Knight Odds / King's Gambit Accepted (C38) 1-0
A Ascharin vs H Seyboth, 1876  (000) Chess variants, 23 moves, 1-0
Chess Variants / Evans Gambit. Accepted (C51) 1-0 Q decoy sac!
E Thorold vs NN, 1882  (000) Chess variants, 20 moves, 1-0
From Irving Chernev's "Chess Companion"; The 8 Pawn Gambit!!
W R Ballard vs J Fagan, 1884  (000) Chess variants, 30 moves, 1-0
Evans gambit / variants (000) 1-0 Block the 6th, rob the pin
Prince Dadian vs NN, 1890  (000) Chess variants, 20 moves, 1-0
G1 in JRC:Third World Chess Champion by Isaak & Vladimir Linder
R Iglesias vs Capablanca, 1893  (000) Chess variants, 38 moves, 0-1
Bird's Opening @ N odds (A03) 0-1 Lady champion flash
Lasker vs Nellie L Marshall Showalter, 1893  (000) Chess variants, 25 moves, 0-1
Game 250 of 'Three Hundred Chess Games' by Siegbert Tarrasch
Tarrasch vs Hermann Hirschler, 1893  (000) Chess variants, 31 moves, 1-0
Variants / KGA Muzio Gambit (000) 1-0 Sacs into Double B Mate!!
Janowski vs NN, 1895  (000) Chess variants, 21 moves, 1-0
Vienna Gambit. ML (000) 1-0 f6 N sac & Greek gift, battery
Harmonist vs NN, 1897  (000) Chess variants, 18 moves, 1-0
Variants - N odds / Bishop Opening Urusov Gambit (000) 1-0 Pins
Rubinstein vs NN, 1902  (000) Chess variants, 18 moves, 1-0
Akiba gives rook odds and delivers mate w/the remaining rook!
Rubinstein vs NN, 1903  (000) Chess variants, 22 moves, 1-0
Nimzo-Larsen Attack/Chess Variant (000) Two mating squares
Nimzowitsch vs Leelaus, 1910  (000) Chess variants, 20 moves, 1-0
variants (000) 0-1 Black charges like a bull to make trades
Alekhine vs Bashkirov / Prokofiev, 1914  (000) Chess variants, 31 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Def: 4 Knights. Exchange (000) 0-1 Fire on the f-file
Vigdorchik vs Alekhine, 1914  (000) Chess variants, 25 moves, 0-1
Black cannot mirror White in the Russian Game
O Bernstein vs NN, 1931  (000) Chess variants, 14 moves, 1-0
Fischer Random style. This game is rather sterile though.
Leko vs Adams, 2001  (000) Chess variants, 32 moves, 1/2-1/2
Zukertort Opening: Sicilian Invite (A04) 0-1 Protest->Expelled
I Penko vs Jernej Novak, 2001  (A04) Reti Opening, 10 moves, 0-1
variants / London System Copycat (000) 0-1Both Ks on outer file
T Chapman vs Kasparov, 2001  (000) Chess variants, 37 moves, 0-1
variants / Slav Def (000) 1-0 0-0-0 and pawn storm
Rybka vs Ehlvest, 2007  (000) Chess variants, 27 moves, 1-0
Chess variants/Sicilian less one pawn (000) 1/2-1/2
Nakamura vs Stockfish, 2014  (000) Chess variants, 32 moves, 1/2-1/2
Fischer Random Blitz (2018) (blitz), Baerum NOR, rd 2, Feb-13
Nakamura vs Carlsen, 2018  (000) Chess variants, 67 moves, 1/2-1/2
Chess variants (000) · 1-0
Caruana vs Firouzja, 2020  (000) Chess variants, 44 moves, 1-0
Chess variants (000) · 0-1
Aronian vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2020  (000) Chess variants, 31 moves, 0-1
Chess variants (000) · 0-1
Carlsen vs So, 2020  (000) Chess variants, 29 moves, 0-1
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Dominguez Perez vs Aronian, 2020  (000) Chess variants, 54 moves, 0-1
Game 33 A First Book of Morphy by Frisco Del Rosario
Morphy vs Maurian, 1866  (000) Chess variants, 27 moves, 1-0
The Dubuque Chess Journal of January 1876
Morphy vs Maurian, 1866  (000) Chess variants, 29 moves, 1-0
Macon Shibut's book on Morphy has the original moves from here
Morphy vs Maurian, 1866  (000) Chess variants, 29 moves, 0-1
Chess variants / Scotch Gambit less Nb1 (000) 1-0 Sac Attack!!
Morphy vs F Perrin, 1859  (000) Chess variants, 20 moves, 1-0
Chess variants (000) 1-0 K walk into a castle mate
J Mason vs Dr. S, 1882  (000) Chess variants, 18 moves, 1-0
Chess variants (000) ? 1-0
Morphy vs J Meunier, 1860  (000) Chess variants, 27 moves, 1-0
Anand-Kramnik No-Castling Match (2021), Dortmund GER, rd 1,
Anand vs Kramnik, 2021  (A30) English, Symmetrical, 66 moves, 1-0
Chess variants / King's Gambit less Nc1 (000) 1-0 Remove the G
Morphy vs P Ware, 1859  (000) Chess variants, 28 moves, 1-0
Chess variants (000) 0-1 He does not always win down a piece!
Morphy vs Maurian, 1869  (000) Chess variants, 31 moves, 0-1
KGA. Ghulam-Kassim Gambit (000) 1-0 Sac attack on open f-file!
Morphy vs M Conway, 1859  (000) Chess variants, 12 moves, 1-0
variants Symmetrical English (000) 0-1 23...? The Art of Exch
A Delannoy vs Morphy, 1858  (000) Chess variants, 28 moves, 0-1
variants minus f-pawn; Nimzowitsch Defense (000) 1-0 pins
W M Chinnery vs V Green, 1862 (000) Chess variants, 25 moves, 1-0
Leapin' kNights & Sittin' Queens! Suffocation Mate!
Mandolfo vs Kolisch, 1858  (000) Chess variants, 19 moves, 0-1
displacement chess - Ns & Bs swap places
Blackburne vs W Potter, 1875  (000) Chess variants, 28 moves, 1/2-1/2
Mr Blackburne's Games at Chess, Graham, London 1899
Blackburne vs Harley, 1862  (000) Chess variants, 20 moves, 1-0
Fischer Random Rapid (2018) (rapid), Baerum NOR, rd 3, Feb-10
Nakamura vs Carlsen, 2018 (000) Chess variants, 44 moves, 1/2-1/2
Fischer Random Rapid (2018) (rapid), Baerum NOR, rd 6, Feb-11
Nakamura vs Carlsen, 2018  (000) Chess variants, 39 moves, 0-1
variant / remove Ra8, Sicilian (B32) 1/2-1/2
Hudson vs Harrwitz, 1853  (000) Chess variants, 42 moves, 1/2-1/2
Chess variants (000) 0-1 Notes by Stockfish
E P Duclos vs S Rosenthal, 1865  (000) Chess variants, 30 moves, 0-1
N odds, Italian Game (000) 1-0 Sac attack w/raking bishops
Burn vs J George Whitehead, 1896  (000) Chess variants, 21 moves, 1-0
Uncommon King's Pawn Opening / Nimovich Def (B00) 0-1 Raking Bs
Murphy vs Steinitz, 1866  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 22 moves, 0-1
Carlsen vs Svidler, 2020  (000) Chess variants, 31 moves, 1-0
Chess variants / French Defense: Exchange (000) 1-0 K walk
Anderssen vs E Pindar, 1857  (000) Chess variants, 29 moves, 1-0
variants remove Qside N / Bird Opening Bb2 (000) 1-0 Kside roll
Janowski vs Siegfried Auspitzer, 1900  (000) Chess variants, 27 moves, 1-0
variants less QN, Bird's Opening (000) 1-0 Q sac for Mayet's #!
W Cook vs A E Wilson, 1881  (000) Chess variants, 12 moves, 1-0
Queen odds game (000) 1-0 Legall's Mate extended into K walk
J Krejcik vs NN, 1947  (C00) French Defense, 13 moves, 1-0
variants / Scotch Gambit less QN (000) 1-0 N on the 6th!
W Pollock vs A Rumboll, 1882  (000) Chess variants, 15 moves, 1-0
variants / less QN (000) 1-0 Coma Toast
F H Lewis vs Comas, 1860  (000) Chess variants, 21 moves, 1-0
variants / KGA, Muzio Gambit (000) 1-0 Black gets blasted
L O Hesse vs Charles Lochman, 1891  (000) Chess variants, 12 moves, 1-0
C37 King's Gambit Accepted, Ghulam Kassim gambit
Morphy vs H Knott, 1859  (000) Chess variants, 27 moves, 1-0
Scotch Game: Lolli Var (C44) 1-0 A SWIFT KICK IN THE PANTS!
Morphy vs NN, 1850  (000) Chess variants, 14 moves, 1-0
Consultation Rook odds (1892) (unorthodox), Bethlehem PA USA
L O Hesse vs Charles Lochman / Charles Lack, 1892  (000) Chess variants, 20 moves, 1-0
Chess variants (000) · 1-0
A Jakubiec vs Nakamura, 2009  (000) Chess variants, 20 moves, 1-0
Chess variants / Evans Gambit (000) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
Steinitz vs Schlesser, 1863  (000) Chess variants, 28 moves, 1-0
variants less QN1, pseudo Muzio Gambit (000) 1-0 Sac Attack!
W G Ward vs F G Rowe, 1875  (000) Chess variants, 19 moves, 1-0
World Fischer Random (2022) (rapid), Reykjavik ISL, rd 2, Oct-3
Nepomniachtchi vs Nakamura, 2022  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 39 moves, 0-1
variants KGA Bishop's Gambit less QR1 (000) 1-0 Balestra Mate
La Bourdonnais vs M Wyvill, 1840  (000) Chess variants, 36 moves, 1-0
Uncommon Opening / Owen's Defense* (A00) 0-1 B vs R ending
Nepomniachtchi vs N Abdusattorov, 2022  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 77 moves, 0-1
A Ascharin vs P Kerkovius, 1891 (000) Chess variants, 20 moves, 1-0
A Ascharin vs H Obst, 1892 (000) Chess variants, 36 moves, 1-0
variants / less QN Scotch Game (000) 1-0 Skewer the Defender
Morphy vs F Perrin, 1859  (000) Chess variants, 30 moves, 1-0
Owen vs Morphy, 1858  (000) Chess variants, 21 moves, 0-1
H Richardson vs Morphy, 1857  (000) Chess variants, 35 moves, 0-1
Staunton vs J Worrell, 1843  (000) Chess variants, 26 moves, 0-1
N odds, KGD Falkbeer Countergambit (000) 1-0
Morphy vs Maurian, 1861  (000) Chess variants, 32 moves, 1-0
variants - remove N-QN1 (000) 1-0 King's Gambit Accepted
Morphy vs C Mead, 1859  (000) Chess variants, 27 moves, 1-0
Sicilian, Alapin - Remove White's QN1 (B22) 1-0 Unpin, Q sac
Lasker vs NN, 1887  (B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 10 moves, 1-0
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