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Chess Masterclass: 5 Step Thinking Strategy | Best Tips, Tactics, Moves & Ideas for Beginners - YouTube
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Are you someone who makes random moves in
Chess games?
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Are you tired of making those long calculations,
which never really work?
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I guess you are looking for some tips to find
the good moves quickly?
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If you answered yes, then this is the video
for you.
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So make sure you watch this till the end because
this is going to be really useful for you.
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And of course, I have a brilliant chess puzzle
as well.
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So stay tuned till the end and keep watching
Chess Talk.
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I am sure most of you feel that chess is a
very complicated game because it involves
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so much of thinking.
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You are already trying to find too many answers
during a game like "what is my opponent thinking,
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what is the best Move that I can play, am
I calculating correctly, should I attack,
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should I defend, different strategies, tactics,
ideas."
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Huh.
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So many questions you have.
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But Hold on, are these the right questions
to ask?
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Well, that's what we are going to focus on
in this video.
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In this chess masterclass, I am going to share
with you a simple 5 step thinking process
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and I can guarantee that If you follow this
systematic approach of thinking, then you
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can easily take your game to the next level.
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Okay, so what are these 5 steps?
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It is the very popular SWOT analysis + one
extra step which I will discuss at the end
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of this video.
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As most of you already know, SWOT analysis
stands for Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities
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and threats.
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How will we apply all this to Chess?
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Well, I will explain that through different
examples so I request you to think along with
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me and this will be well worth your time.
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Okay, so let's say, in this position, you
are looking to play pawn to d3.
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How will you evaluate this move?
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What should be the correct questions you should
be asking yourself?
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When we are talking about your move, 2 basic
questions need to asked.
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What are the strengths of this move & what
could be the potential weaknesses of this
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move?
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So let's analyse the strengths first.
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What will this move achieve?
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Let's take a look.
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If you play this move, you can control these
2 squares: c4 & e4.
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Right?
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You are consolidating the center by adding
another defender to this strong e4 pawn.
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Another good thing is that you are opening
up this diagonal for your bishop, which will
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help in developing it later on.
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Those are the strengths that we can see.
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Now let's look at the potential weaknesses.
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When we talk about weaknesses, you need to
compare & evaluate.
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So this is how it is at the moment & this
is how it will look after you play this move.
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What's the difference?
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Does this move create any weaknesses?
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The obvious one is that you will lose control
over these 2 squares: c3 & e3.
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Also, this knight becomes undefended, which
makes it vulnerable to attack.
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Plus, this diagonal is also getting blocked,
which will make this bishop less effective.
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And you can also say that your king is getting
slightly exposed, which makes it a candidate
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for potential checks & pins on this diagonal.Now
in this same position, lets try & evaluate
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another move.
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Let's say, you are also thinking of playing
this bishop to b2.
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Same thought process.
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Strengths First.
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What does this move achieve?
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It provides additional support to your knight.
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It provides support to your rook as well,
which was undefended earlier.
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It develops your bishop on this long diagonal.
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Any time you can launch an attack on the center
after moving your knight.
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Okay, now lets find the weaknesses: What will
this move no longer achieve?
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The only thing I can think of is that this
pawn will lose a defender, but we still have
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some other pieces guarding it so it shouldn't
be a problem.
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Another one is that this bishop will be undefended
on this square, but we do not see any immediate
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threats as such, so thats also fine.
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Okay, now we have all the basic information
about the strengths & weaknesses of both these
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moves.
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What do you think?
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Which is a better move - pawn to d3 or bishop
to b2?
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You can answer it in this poll by clicking
on the i button above.
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I would think this should be an easy one.
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But still, let me know in this poll.
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Look, there are always going to be some strengths
& some weaknesses behind each move.
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Your objective should be to gather as much
information as possible & use that as a basis
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for evaluating your moves.
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As you saw, we did not perform any calculations,
neither did we think too far ahead.
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Our focus was mainly on the move at hand & that's
it.
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If you have this basic information, it becomes
so much easier for you to decide whether you
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should play a move or not?
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Anyways, let's go a step further.
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Now we will see how to analyse your opponent's
move and that's where we need to discuss about
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oppurtunities & threats.
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Let's take a look at this game.
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The material is even, it's your opponent's
turn and he plays knight to e4.
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Just like we did earlier, we need to think
in the same way, but this time, it's for our
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opponent's move.
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So what are it's strengths?
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What is this knight e4 move doing?
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Think along with me.
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He is centralizing his knight so that's good
for him.
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It's well protected.
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You do not have any pawns to attack it so
it will be difficult for us to push him back.
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This knight is now attacking these 8 squares.
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And out of all these, we need to be particularly
careful about knight f2 and knight g3, but
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at the moment, we have them well-covered.
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Also, if you notice, by moving this knight,
black has opened up this diagonal for his bishop,
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making it a more active piece.
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Let's do a final check.
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Are there any immediate captures or attacks
that he has against us?
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His knight can capture this pawn, but it is
well defended.
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He can take this knight, but that is also
covered.
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So you can safely say that there are some
things you need to watch out for, in the future
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maybe, but there are no immediate threats
as such. Now let's look for any opportunities.
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For that, we need to find the weaknesses of
this Move.
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Has he left behind any holes in his position?
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Let's find out.
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Compare and evaluate.
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Earlier, his knight was guarding these 8 squares.
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He is not doing that anymore.
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So can you find an opportunity here?
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I guess you found it already. Knight to d7.
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Forking the queen and rook.
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By following this structured process of thinking,
you will never miss out on such opportunities
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in a game.
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That's the power of this approach.
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It might seem that we are spending too much
time on every move, but actually, if you start
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doing this consistently, it will become a
habit and you won't be confused anymore.
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You won't make any blunders and that's a big
big improvement already.
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Anyways, let's go a step further and look
at another example.
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Okay, coming back to the game, in this position,
your opponent plays pawn to d4, attacking
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your knight.
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Again, let's follow the same thought process.
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What are the threats here?
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The obvious one is that he is threatening
to capture your knight.
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And I have seen many players make a big mistake
in such positions.
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As soon as they see any of their pieces being
attacked, they immediately start thinking
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of defending it.
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They don't analyse any further and that's
a problem.
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You need to stick to the same process.
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This is just one of the immediate threats.
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Have you even thought about the opportunities
you have?
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Is there any weakness that black has left
behind?
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Let's compare and evaluate!
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He has weakened his control over these 2 squares,
which this pawn was guarding earlier.
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Another point is that this move might result
in pawn exchanges and soon we might have an
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open center, And considering this black king
is still in the middle, this is not necessarily
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good for black.
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Okay, What else?
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Can you see this pawn?
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As a result of this move, this pawn is now
fully exposed.
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Can we launch an attack on this undefended
pawn?
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Of course, we can.
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Our bishop is attacking this diagonal.
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So we can simply gobble up this pawn & on
top of that, its a check, so black cannot
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take your knight.
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Instead we take his rook first.
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This brings us to our fifth step, which is
also very important.
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And that is, to always look for opportunities,
even when there is an immediate threat.
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It's all about positive thinking.
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Before reacting to anything, just ask yourself
"Should I react to this?
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Is it even necessary to react to this?"
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That's an important question to ask.
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Not only on chess, but even in life. Anyways, I hope you are enjoying this video.
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Okay, let's look at another example.
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In this position, black plays pawn to f6,
attacking your knight.
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Following the same thought process again.
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Just like the last example, the immediate
threat is that he is attacking your knight.
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Now comparing it to the previous position,
we can see that this pawn is no longer controlling
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these 2 squares so they are relatively weak.
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His king is also slightly exposed along this
diagonal.
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We have the basic information now.
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So can you think of any way to ignore this
threat and play a stronger move?
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I must remind that you need to be extremely
careful while ignoring any immediate threat.
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If you play a random forcing move like bishop
b5 check, then you will be in trouble because
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black can simply block with his pawn and now
you have 2 pieces under attack.
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So if you are ignoring a threat, then you need
to have a powerful counter attack so please
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double check before taking any risks.
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Okay, so It's puzzle time.
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But before moving onto today's chess puzzle,
I would like to remind that if you want to
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Okay, so here's the puzzle.
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In this position, It's your turn and you need
to find the Best Move continuation for White.
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If you are able to find the solution to this
puzzle, then share it in the comments below.
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Whoever gives the correct answer with the
perfect explanation, I will be pinning that
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comment at the top so that everyone can see
it.
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