FIDE Ethics imposes a six-month ban on Karjakin

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3/21/2022 – In reaction to public statements made by Sergey Karjakin about the war in Ukraine, the FIDE and Ethics and Disciplinary Commission banned Karjakin for six months "from participating as a player in any FIDE rated chess competition, taking effect from the date of this decision, 21 March 2022." Therefore, Karjakin will not be able to play in the Candidates Tournament that is scheduled to take place from 16 June to 7 July in Madrid, Spain. Grandmaster Sergei Shipov, who regularly works as a commentator, was not banned by FIDE for his statements about the war because "in comparison with Sergey Karjakin, Sergei Shipov is considerably less known and has, therefore, a less powerful platform." | Picture: Sergey Karjakin, Sergei Shipov | Picture: FIDE
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FIDE Press release, 21 March 2022

The FIDE Ethics and Disciplinary Commission (EDC) has reached a verdict on the case 2/2022, relating to public statements by grandmasters Sergey Karjakin (FIDE ID 14109603) and Sergei Shipov (FIDE ID 4113624).

The EDC First Instance Chamber, formed by Yolander Persaud (Guyana), Ravindra Dongre (India), and Johan Sigeman (Sweden) as Chairperson, unanimously decided as follows:

Sergey Karjakin is found guilty of breach of article 2.2.10 of the FIDE Code of Ethics, and is sanctioned to a worldwide ban of six months from participating as a player in any FIDE rated chess competition, taking effect from the date of this decision, 21 March 2022.

Sergei Shipov is found not guilty of breach of article 2.2.10 of the FIDE Code of Ethics. 

The article 2.2.10 of the Code of Ethics reads as follows:

“(…) Disciplinary action in accordance with this Code of Ethics will be taken in cases of occurrences which cause the game of chess, FIDE or its federations to appear in an unjustifiable unfavorable light and in this way damage its reputation.”

“The statements by Sergey Karjakin on the ongoing military conflict in Ukraine has led to a considerable number of reactions on social media and elsewhere, to a large extent negative towards the opinions expressed by Sergey Karjakin”, reads point 7.37 of the 10-page document where the EDC explains the reasons and legal background for its decision.

It continues: “A necessary condition for the establishment of guilt is that the statements have reached the public domain. This concept, with respect to disrepute clauses in sport, is not the world at large but the sport in which the accused engages, such as chess. Information concerning the accused's conduct which is not published in the media, but which can be learnt without a great deal of labour by persons engaged in the chess world or a relevant part of it, will be in the public domain and satisfy the public exposure element. The EDC Chamber is comfortably satisfied that this condition is fulfilled in this case.”

“The EDC Chamber finds, against the background given above, on the standard of comfortable satisfaction that the statements of Sergey Karjakin, which, by his own choice and presentation, can be connected to the game of chess, damage the reputation of the game of chess and/or FIDE. The likelihood that these statements will damage the reputation of Sergey Karjakin personally is also considerable”, it concludes.

The Chamber explains its decision to not sanction Sergei Shipov with the following argument: “In comparison with Sergey Karjakin, Sergei Shipov is considerably less known and has, therefore, a less powerful platform. The statements made by Sergei Shipov are also of a slightly different and less provocative character than the ones made by Karjakin. In an overall evaluation of the potential negative impact on the game of chess and/or FIDE, the EDC Chamber is not sufficiently convinced that Sergei Shipov’s statements qualify as a breach of article 2.2.10.”

Sergey Karjakin has been advised by EDC that this decision may be appealed to the Appeal Chamber of the EDC by giving written notice of such appeal to the FIDE Secretariat within 21 days from the date upon which this decision is received. The notice of appeal must clearly state all the grounds for the appeal. Failing the due exercise of this right of appeal, the EDC Chamber's decision will become final.

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arzi arzi 3/23/2022 10:29
MauvaisFou"What do Putinists have to say about freedom of speech in Russia ? "

It is called as a freedom of silence.
MauvaisFou MauvaisFou 3/23/2022 10:13
What do Putinists have to say about freedom of speech in Russia ? Freedom of demonstrating ?
Martas Martas 3/23/2022 10:03
@Keshava - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_genocides_by_death_toll
So you are right, numbers don't reach yet top of the list, but that war is not yet over. On that page you have also link to definition of word genocide based on intention, maybe it's hard to see it but considering Putin's own claim that he wants to "denazify and demilitarize" Ukraine tells a lot about his intentions.
Going through that list of cases shows a lot about abilities of Russia to cause the genocide, 90 years ago Ukraine was a victim of genocide clearly comparable to Holocaust. Would you consider proposing Zelensky to give up and risk something similar? Or would you risk your neck betting that Putin would never do something like this?
arzi arzi 3/23/2022 09:58
To Quanber "And then a correction: The deeply unbelievable JanneKejo is not primarily from Finland. He is primarily a communist, and will do anything to weaken Finland's security policy situation to promote communism."

Some information to Quanber. Even though a man/woman is a communist, born and grown up in Finland, he is still a Finn. It is his/her choice to be a communist. It is not a crime, at least not in Finland. Do try to be a human and not the asshole.
Michael Jones Michael Jones 3/23/2022 02:47
The arguments regarding "free speech" are bogus. Karjakin is not being imprisoned, he's being banned from playing chess tournaments. Freedom of speech does not mean freedom from consequences - you are entitled to express your opinions, but if other people find them abhorrent then they are entitled to disassociate themselves from you. Most mainstream media outlets (i.e. any which aren't specifically focused on chess) wouldn't know one chess player from another, so they would report on the matter as "Top chess player supports Putin" and a casual reader might take his views as representative of chess players in general (I don't suppose they would report on the letter signed by many other Russian players opposing the war). If he were allowed to play in the Candidates, the focus in the non-chess press would no doubt be on his views rather than the games, just as the Novak Djokovic (non-)vaccination saga before the Australian Open overshadowed the actual tournament. FIDE quite understandably wishes to avoid such association; it is right to ban him, just a pity it's not for longer.
klklkl klklkl 3/23/2022 01:55
@lajosarpad In principle you are right. But this case doesn't qualify as a free speech issue. Sanctions are economic penalties upon an adversary with no bearing on free speech. As a global body, FIDE have to pay respect to Western sanctions, and with its president's own close ties to the Kremlin, it might have been somewhat risky for it to allow a player with close ties to Putin himself to play in its second most prestigious event, with a shot at being the second face of it pinnacle event. Chess is the most political of all sports - with historical form as a microcosm of US-Russian tensions. Moreover, it has deep ties with dirty & now sanctioned Russian money. The damage to FIDE was potentially very real - imagine suddenly finding the organisation itself frozen for including him? So you are naive to rule out this dimension and insist on it being squarely about freedom of speech.
volna1975 volna1975 3/23/2022 01:16
....or invite him to play in a tournament in Mariupol where his favorite president is having a field day. Disgusting behaviour by a GM. You'd think that a GM has enough brains to understand what is propaganda what is not. Problem is that some people choose to believe what they want to believe.
volna1975 volna1975 3/23/2022 01:12
Well done Fide. Actually, not well enough. It should have been 12 months at least.
klklkl klklkl 3/23/2022 01:09
@Keshave, you seem to be implying that any government facing invasion should capitulate. By your principle it would be relatively easy for a bully to conquer the world. How is your Russian?
Quanber Quanber 3/23/2022 12:22
Thousands of vicious Russian hackers and manipulators from the FSB sit daily and spam Western news services. It's called freedom of speech. It is horrible to hear all these holy FSB views tell us that Karajkin has the right to express himself freely when the Russia he defends gives citizens 15 years in prison precisely for expressing themselves freely.
Navalny has just had his prison sentence extended by 9 years due to false accusations. It is a Russia in total resolution we observe, a total rotten leadership that only holds on to power by imprisoning and killing all opposition.

And then a correction: The deeply unbelievable JanneKejo is not primarily from Finland. He is primarily a communist, and will do anything to weaken Finland's security policy situation to promote communism. He is closely linked to the Russian security service FSB through his involvement in communism, and he uses the same horrific method as the FSB by consistently legitimizing Russia violence that others have historically been violent as well. It's insane.
Keshava Keshava 3/23/2022 12:11
As bad as what Putin is doing in Ukraine it does not amount to genocide the way it was practiced by the Nazi's. The Jews surrendered but still they were sent to death camps. What Putin is doing is more like what the U.S. and allies did during WW2 - 'We will slaughter your civilians until you surrender, and consider you culpable for not surrendering sooner!' (fire-bombing of Dresden, nuclear weapons on Japan) - except Putin is doing it at a lesser scale. Still bad and technically 'war crimes' but he is following a standard already set by they hypocritical West. True, Ukraine was attacked and they have the right to fight 'to the last man - to the last drop of blood' - however civilians which have no water or food depend upon their government to protect them. Denouncing Putin (who it is right to denounce) will not save those civilians - but Zelensky can. Or he can just continue to say 'glory to Ukraine' while he shows the world how bad Putin is for slaughtering people that he has a duty to protect (and hoping that it will convince NATO to intervene). What would you do if you were Zelensky?
northwolf northwolf 3/23/2022 12:07
we do not need flags while playing.we want to see humans at table not nationals flags.today russian s under pressure tomorrow usa brtish china and others will face same problems.
Keshava Keshava 3/22/2022 11:57
Excluding Karjakin from a chance at a title match is much more serious than just a six month suspension which could have been served later (as I think they do in other sports). Perhaps they considered and rejected this idea and if so then I am o.k. with their decision - as long as they keep this a consistent standard. For instance, if Carlsen made similar statements (I am sure that he wouldn't) would they suspend him? I ask this because Fischer made even more outrageous statements but when he was the best in the world FIDE did not dare to suspend him (by 1975 he was nuts enough - and had been inactive for three years - that no one knew if he was still the best), because when he was an active #1 Fischer could have broken FIDE the way Kasparov did for a few years. Karjakin is at the level that FIDE can uphold their principles.
A Alekhine A Alekhine 3/22/2022 11:55
Karjakin received his "youngest GM title ever" by cheating, as is well-known.

His recent statements confirm what kind of person he is: his very bad ethics, his disregard for truth.

Such people as Karjakin bring chess into disrepute.
Quanber Quanber 3/22/2022 08:38
The image of Sergei Karajkin from a hotel in Dubai, where he poses with boxing gloves and with the subtitle "Spring for Russia" is an excellent illustration of the extreme kind of lack of intelligence that has characterized Russia's violent attack on Ukraine.
A slaughterhouse where millions of Ukrainians are on the run after cities have been laid in ruins as well as a minimum of one hundred thousand wounded or killed is being sold as a fresh spring adventure aimed at protecting an enclave of Russians in Ukraine. Where all sensible can see that it is about conquering Ukraine and making Russia bigger.
No one from the Russian security service FSB can anymore save Russia in the media from the fate that befalls ordinary Russians supporting this madness. Exclusion and condemnation. This also applies to Karajkin.
It should be borne in mind that FIDE's exclusion of Karajkin for 6 months is an insignificant mosquito bite compared to the actual exclusion from tournaments that will affect Karajkin for the rest of his life.
Tournament committee after tournament committee, with the support of sponsors, has made it clear that Karajkin will not be invited again. On the more personal level, top player after top player has likewise made it clear that they will not play against people who pay homage to war crimes as a spring excursion. This is where the real exclusion comes from and it will last the rest of his life.
vponf vponf 3/22/2022 08:17
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
I did not mean to imply that Voltaire used these words verbatim and should be surprised if they are found in any of his works. They are rather a paraphrase of Voltaire’s words in the Essay on Tolerance — «Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too».
Martas Martas 3/22/2022 06:24
I just hope that with few more tweets like this FIDE would reconsider the option to take away Karjakin's GM title. If the 6 months warning is not enough, why to allow him misusing the weight of the title to support such statements which are targeting mainly chess community. In my eyes his public statements is shameful similar way to cheating of formerly famous ex-GM living in my country.
Stupido Stupido 3/22/2022 05:50
@martas - What's wrong with Karjakin's statement is that it is just relaying Russia/DPR propaganda on twitter - by the way a service that is partially blocked in Russia, because, you know, freedom of speech does not work both ways...
Martas Martas 3/22/2022 05:10
Karjakin's twitter : "Today, March 14, 2022, the Ukrainian army shelled the very center of the city of Donetsk. 25 people died, about 19 people got injured. Lying Western Press, why are you silent?
Zelensky is the killer of the children of Donbass!"

There are some generic advices how to behave when you travel to foreign country, ie. follow the rules, in case of troubles leave the country if you are asked to. These basic rules are even followed by ordinary Russians, there is a big number of them in my country. Unfortunately thanks to this it's not difficult to provoke a conflict and consider it a reason for entering other country with an army to "protect" your people. This is well known technique from the history.

Now isn't there something very wrong with Karjakin's statement? What the hell is Russian army doing in Donetsk? Oh, I forgot, protecting their own people. Just don't forget, the very same reason can be later used everywhere in the world.
fgkdjlkag fgkdjlkag 3/22/2022 05:06
@Leavenfish, I agree that they have the right to do it as an organisation, but I wouldn't make that decision. I'm sure it would have been the same for Fischer.

@lajosarpad, the FIDE rules clearly state that they are allowed to act for the reputability of the sport. And they explained that in why they did not punish Shipov but punished Karjakin for the same thing. So it's a question of whether this is more important than consistency, but that's the decision FIDE made.
Martas Martas 3/22/2022 04:41
@James Satrapa : regarding generalization, I'd say that's the problem with your application of famous Voltaire's quote in wrong context.
Martas Martas 3/22/2022 04:32
@James Satrapa : asking for exact quotes, ok let's take this one for example.
"I am on the side of Russia and my President. No matter what happens, I will support my country in any situation without thinking for a second!"
Genocide - "the deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that nation or group"

So yes, in my opinion Mr. Karjakin is advocating genocide. And my opinion is based not only on "western" TV spots about situation in Ukraine. As a citizen of Czech Republic I can see the amount of Ukrainian people coming to our country because of Putin's actions, also I can get direct information from other half of my family living in Kosice (Slovakia, less then 100km from Ukrainian border).
Monxxta Monxxta 3/22/2022 12:39
@JanneKejo
"Wow! So, if the mass media in your country is not the means of state propaganda (as it isn't in mine either) then whose's propaganda is it? And does the "indepence" mean only independence of the people that are elected by the people? In other words, does the independent media mean media that is not dependent of the will of the majority of the people?"
Haven't read it properly, too complicated for me. I just compare media of the likes of RT and Sputnik and what happens on Russias streets with normal countries. The vast majority in functioning democracies does that, and it suffices to make sure to live in a normal society.

Jacques Ellul's book "Propaganda": Don't know that. I have a functioning brain, so I think that normal societies teach their children to be able to read as a starting point for a successful life.
In the middle ages, the king said to the priest: You keep them dumb, I keep them poor. Would make more sense, and is applied in Russia, and the US as well by the way.
JanneKejo JanneKejo 3/22/2022 12:30
"Which sponsor and which audience will possibly be interested in this squad?"

I would gladly swiitch over to a chess organisation that doesn't ban its members for their political views. I'm sure I'm not the only one.
Monxxta Monxxta 3/22/2022 12:26
@JanneKejo
"...And, as Karjakin has mentioned in his tweets, this might result in the creation of new chess associations. In 1993 Kasparov and Short created the new Professional Chess Association..."
Remains to be seen if Karjakin and Shipov (and probably some other, even lesser known russian GMs/IMs) have the same attractiveness to sponsors as Kasparov/Short. If you spot some sarcasm in this sentence you are right. Which sponsor and which audience will possibly be interested in this squad? If Karjakins has uttered something of the likes I would think it is whistling in the dark because he has a premonition of his chess career being over.
JanneKejo JanneKejo 3/22/2022 12:23
"In my country (mass) media are not a means of state propaganda, because I live in a functioning democracy with independent (mass) media."

Wow! So, if the mass media in your country is not the means of state propaganda (as it isn't in mine either) then whose's propaganda is it? And does the "indepence" mean only independence of the people that are elected by the people? In other words, does the independent media mean media that is not dependent of the will of the majority of the people?

" And are you in all earnest suggesting that children are taught to read in order to be able to read state propaganda??"

Actually, I first encountered this idea in Jacques Ellul's book "Propaganda" (https://www.amazon.com/Propaganda-Formation-Attitudes-Jacques-Ellul/dp/0394718747) I recommend this book to everyone who wants to understand the current mass media.
arzi arzi 3/22/2022 12:20
Monxxta:"And are you in all earnest suggesting that children are taught to read in order to be able to read state propaganda??"

Yes, JanneKejo means that is happening in his favorite country, North Korea. North Korea may not be the best example of a democratic society, but of heaven for comrades.
Monxxta Monxxta 3/22/2022 12:08
@JanneKejo
"Even so, the consistense of the story does not guarantee that it is true, but the inconsistense guarantees that it is not true."
There is some sense in that. For months the russian govt. lied the world in the face. We are only doing manoevres, we have no aggressive intentions, we are withdrawing our troops, we haven't attacked Ukraine. The latter uttered by the russian foreign minister two weeks AFTER the invasion began. At the same time Putin insults the ukr. president being a nazi, one day later a drug-addicted nazi, the whole ukrainian govt. is nazi, generously leaving out that he himself supports rightwing extremist parties all over Europe for years.
Seems utterly inconsistent for me, and I draw my conclusion from this inconsistency and from his record of lies.

Somehow veering off-topic now, but this "Nobody can know the truth" is one of the tools of the Trumps, Putins and other such creatures of the world to sow chaos and undermine democracy and I find it hard to let such things stand uncommented

"...it became important to make sure they vote the correct alternative. Therefore propaganda, i.e. mass media, was needed. First it was the newspapers and therefore it was important to have public schools that would teach all children to read."
In my country (mass) media are not a means of state propaganda, because I live in a functioning democracy with independent (mass) media. This is different in the US, and I have a suspicion also in Russia. And are you in all earnest suggesting that children are taught to read in order to be able to read state propaganda??
JanneKejo JanneKejo 3/22/2022 11:45
All in all, this is a sad decision to FIDE; it makes FIDE a party of the conflict. And, as Karjakin has mentioned in his tweets, this might result in the creation of new chess associations. In 1993 Kasparov and Short created the new Professional Chess Association because the prize money offered by FIDE was not satisfactory to them.

This time it is about something more important: The right to express one's political opinions. I would not be surprised if there were new international chess organisations in addition to FIDE in the near future. I would actualy welcome them after this shameful resolution of FIDE to ban Karjakin for his political views.
arzi arzi 3/22/2022 11:24
Lajosarpad:"5. Who determines what thoughts are "sinful" and what are not "sinful"?"

Who determines what is the opinion and what is the incitement to violence against a specific group of people. Do you know the difference, Lajosarpad? You should know that because you have written about minority problems.
arzi arzi 3/22/2022 11:19
Quanber:"JanneKejo is of course alias FSB"

I don´t know about FSB. He is a blogger from Finland. Good or bad I don´t know and even care. He also seems to write in ASSOCIATION OF THE COMMUNISTS, homepage about, "News from Northern Korea". FSB is too dilute alongside great divine leader Kim Jong-un.
lajosarpad lajosarpad 3/22/2022 11:08
5. Who determines what thoughts are "sinful" and what are not "sinful"? Who will have the right to determine what on ought to think? 1984 was a novel about a distopian world, not a blueprint for political actions.

6. "vocem mittere in alteram partem" {Seneca}

I predict that Russian individuals will also be excluded from chess tournaments. I hope I'm wrong.
lajosarpad lajosarpad 3/22/2022 11:07
So, Karjakin is being punished for thought crimes. Some problems with this:

1. Inconsistency in general: if we look carefully into the past of all chess players, we will find that many of them said horrible things or supported horrible actions in the past. If we accept the principle of banning for thought crimes, then anyone saying anything horrible or supporting anything horrible should be banned.

2. Inconsistency in particular: If Karjakin is being punished for his thoughts, then Shipov must be similarly punished for expressing equivalent thoughts

3. Directly affecting the results of the world championship via non-chess means. Tripoli, 2004: Israeli players were not allowed into the country because a suspicion that they could be "spies". I found that reprehensible, not only because the accusation was ridiculous (it was mainly Islamic antisemitism being manifested by Lybia), but also because it meant that the "world championship" was not a real world championship, that is, should the best player in the world be Jewish, he/she would never get the chance to show it. Kasparov was similarly blocked by the Soviet Union back in the day and it was up to Kortchnoi to play the match with him anyway. What if Karjakin would be the best player in the candidates? Should we block the possibly best player of chess, because we do not like his attitude and world view?

4. The UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights clearly states that everyone has a right for free expression. Do I like Karjakin's opinion? No, not at all. The real test for free speech is to see whether horrible opinions are allowed to be expressed. If proponents for horrible opinions are being punished for thought crimes, then sooner or later they will find your opinion - whatever it is - horrible as well and will start abusing you for it. Because this is how Bolshevism works.
JanneKejo JanneKejo 3/22/2022 11:07
It is obvious that propaganda is rife in our time and has been for many years, starting from a century ago. When ordinary people were given the right to vote, it became important to make sure they vote the correct alternative. Therefore propaganda, i.e. mass media, was needed. First it was the newspapers and therefore it was important to have public schools that would teach all children to read. Later there were radio, tv and internet. In Hitler's Germany the state gave a radio to every home. You might guess why? And you might also guess why some European countries are now blocking access to some Russian media and why Russia is blocking Facebook and Instagram?

Some people read news from one side and some from some other side. Some few like me read both. How can one know what is true? As long as one is not an actual vitness, the only test is the internal consistence of the story offered. Even so, the consistense of the story does not guarantee that it is true, but the inconsistense guarantees that it is not true.

I guess I am reading other news articles than most of the western audience. In the following link you can find the news articles I have read this morning.

https://maailmaltauutisia.blogspot.com/2022/03/viikko-11-122022.html
Monxxta Monxxta 3/22/2022 10:58
@James Satrapa
You didn't get the point. And I have a feeling that you are one of those persons who is not only lacking in clue but is apparently unable or unwilling to acquire clue even when handed it on a plate in generous portions.
Stupido Stupido 3/22/2022 10:53
The argument about freedom of speech is bogus. First, FIDE is not limiting Karjakin's freedom. FIDE will not fine him or send him to prison for what he says. Second, FIDE is only protecting the interests of the sport. Acts or speeches that put FIDE and/or chess into disrepute call for disciplinary sanctions. That is the way all sport federation in the world work. Athletes get bans for obnoxious speeches in any sports all the time.
sivakumar R sivakumar R 3/22/2022 10:30
History is written by victors- if Putin wins this war, Zelensky win adorn Hitler's mustache.... and vice versa....
Karjakin's image too will rise ....or fall further....
Quanber Quanber 3/22/2022 10:26
JanneKejo is of course alias FSB. Lie after lie after lie. Constantly manipulating with facts. Putin himself did the job shooting people in Donbass in order to have an excuse for invasion. That is his M.O. ( Modus Operandi). To create terror and blame other.

Monxxta absolutely nailed it . He expose what a big liar FSB / JanneKejo is.
Pionki Pionki 3/22/2022 10:10
My take on Karjakin is that, living in Russia and watching Russian TV, like so many brainwashed Russians, he simply does not know the reality of Ukraine. He may well believe that this is indeed a special operation to free Ukraine from something evil.
Monxxta Monxxta 3/22/2022 09:32
@JanneKejo
You mean just like the "oppression of Germans in Poland", before Sep 1 1939, which triggered the "special operation" back then?
It is not about these made-up stories of Russins being killed, or NATO or anything. It is about the fear of one man about having Maidan on the Red Square.

"Having read Sergei Karjakin's tweets for the last few weeks" ... it seems to me that he is just ok with the bombing of kindergardens, schools, hospitals, housing blocks, shopping malls and the killing of a 96year old, who survived four nazi concentrations camps. He calls it patriotism. I call it complicity. If only he, and you as well, could take one step back from patriotism and nationalism, take a look at the picture without having the propaganda in mind and use your brains. And then ask yourself: why are facebook and instagram and twitter blocked in Russia, why are people with "no war"-signs, with "two words"-signs or with signs without anything on them being arrested, and why does the russian society need to be "cleaned from traitors", as Putin says? I mean, cleaning a society from traitors? What kind of person uses this language? Doesn't that give you shivers? Or at least a certain feel of unease?
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